Advice and Tips for New Members
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A General policy
The Club’s aim is to provide safe and enjoyable cycling facilities for its members. This guide is
designed to ensure that individual members are aware of the responsibilities required of them to fulfil
this aim.
The club rides in various distances according to ability and distance, please ensure you are
comfortable with the distance proposed and pace of the group.
At the start of the ride if numbers and range of ability are sufficient it may require the formation of two
sections within the same group, in which case the ride Leader should liaise with group members to
split the group and appoint another ride Leader and rear marker. Each section should then agree the
proposed route and café stop and ride independently of the other section.
The combination of two groups [eg. A and B] into one must not occur, as this gives rise to obvious
difficulties in respect of the speed of the combined group. However, if any A riders decide to join the
B group the pace of the group will remain as for B riders. Similarly if A and/or B riders decide to join
the C group the pace remains that of the C group.
Individual conduct
Before the ride
Ensure your bike is roadworthy
You are in possession of basic repair items
A contact number is in a back pocket in case of emergency
At the start of the chosen ride
Make yourself known to the Ride Leader
If you have a health problem likely to affect your ride eg. shortness of breath and feel comfortable
in disclosing it, inform the Ride Leader
Whilst on the ride
Be courteous and considerate when riding eg. respond to calls of ‘car up’ and ‘car down’ by
adopting single file. On narrow lanes please ride in single file. Remember, like any other rider
you owe a basic duty of care to all other road users as they do to you.
Communicate any problem that arises affecting your ride to the nearest rider/ride Leader eg.
personal health, mechanical problem, speed of the group at the earliest opportunity.
Stay within the group ie. between the ride Leader up front and rear marker at the back. This may
not be possible on uphill and downhill sections in which case the ride Leader should organise a
suitable ‘catch up’ point to reassemble the group. Remember the club policy is that groups
remain together and that riders do not get left behind.
If you decide to leave the group prematurely tell the next rider/ride Leader at the earliest
opportunity.
If the group is joined by riders from a faster group avoid any tendency to alter the proposed pace
of the group and make those joining aware of that. The group should ride at the pace of the
slowest rider.
There may be occasions when alteration of the proposed route is required due to unforeseen
traffic/road conditions. Communicate clearly your decision to the group. Avoid any rider being
left behind.
In event of emergency or accident this must be reported to a member of the Club committee as
soon as possible upon completion of the ride.
