What is One Ride?

Well, one day a year in April, thousands of Royal Enfield motorcyclists across the world celebrate their collective passion by riding out in large numbers. It is a day of great camaraderie and unity as the roads come alive with generations of Royal Enfields and their owners who are bound by a pure, almost childlike joy of freedom and the smell of gas and leather (~gearheads).

A huge part of riding is about the respect and enjoying the two-wheeled bond with friends. Find great riding experiences in the company of like-minded individuals on brilliant roads, amidst stunning scenery and in a great atmosphere. Your Royal Enfield One Ride can be whatever you want it to be. Just get on your Royal Enfield motorcycle and ride.

It’s because a Royal Enfield motorcycle isn’t something you have, it’s something you do.

Delhi Edition?!

So, as you must have read above, One Ride 2016 was organized across the country. For Delhi, the ride was organised by Royal Enfield, Saket Dealership. Since it was the only Store ride in the capital, we did expect a relatively large crowd to turn up (~205 registrations) Anyways, we registered for the event on the ride page, and geared up our bulls. 😎

Here are the ride details:

Time to ride!

I woke up at 4 am (thanks to a series of alarms) and called up my team (Harpreet and Vikas) to make sure they get up too. As the meetup time at Saket was 6:00 AM, we decided to leave home by 4:45 AM. Honestly, I don’t remember what was the last time when I got up so early in the morning. Anyways, we (I and Harpreet) met Vikas at Brar square and by 5:45 AM, we reached the venue. There were already some odd 70-80 bikes parked outside the showroom.

So, we parked our rides in a 2 lane fashion as regulated by mods. We went to the showroom and registered by filing a consent form with required details and paying ₹300 as registration amount for breakfast. We were given a pair of One ride stickers (for helmet and bike each).

One ride T-shirts were promised but we found them to be selling at ₹500. Not sure why?

At 6 AM, the riders were briefed by the Traffic marshal and ride moderators. We were educated about ride rules and the hand gestures to signal the riders/traffic behind yourself.

There were few interesting mandates: