NEWS + NOTICES
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BIKES Holiday Party
Saturday, December 2nd, 6pm
Parade in your Ugly or NOT! holiday sweater, feast on the holiday potluck buffet, share your favorite beverage with your riding buddies, and pick up a Rider Miles award if you rode with the club in 2023.
BIKES provides ham for the buffet, plates, cups, glasses, napkins, eating utensils, water and coffee.
You must be a club member to register, and you can bring a guest! All the details and the registration are on the event calendar.
Sign up please so the party planners know how much ham to buy!
McClinchy Camano Classic Century 2024!
We have an important planning meeting for this, the best cycling event in North Puget Sound, on Thursday, December 14, 6:30 p.m. at Snohomish County PUD Building. We want you there!
McClinchy Camano Classic Century will be held on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Put it on your calendar.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Pizza will be provided, so please register your intent to come on the event calendar. We wouldn't want to run out!
New e-bike policy!
At our all-member club meeting on September 14, the club approved some revisions to the e-bike policy.
The updated e-bike policy (in summary form) is thus:
- Class 1 (pedal-assist up to 20 mph) can go on all club group rides.
- Class 2 (pedal-assist and throttle-assist up to 20 mph) can go on social-pace and steady-pace rides.
- Class 3 (pedal-assist up to 28 mph) can go on all club group rides.
- (Note that class 2 e-bikes are not allowed on moderate, brisk, and strenuous rides.)
- All e-bike riders shall follow all the customary rider courtesy and safety requirements expected of all riders, such as staying with the group (not riding far ahead or falling far behind) by maintaining the set pace.
- Since state and local laws regulate where each class of e-bike can legally ride, all e-bike rider shall be responsible for ascertaining the legality of riding their e-bike on a club group ride (by reviewing the route ahead of time). If the route uses streets or trails where regulations prohibit the use of certain classes of e-bikes, it is the responsibility of the rider to comply with this requirement and leave the ride or depart from that portion of the route.
- All e-bike riders shall be self-sufficient with their battery and its use and not rely upon others should they run out of juice.
The full policy can be found on our E-bikes Policy page.
Upcoming Rides + Events
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Do you know what the Safety Stop law is? How about which e-bikes can legally ride on sidewalks and trails? If you don't know these, then you ought to get a copy of the Pocket Reference Guide. Find it and more bike law information on our Bike Laws page in the Resources drop down menu. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ...Chainwheel Chatter(i.e. club newsletters)We have all our club newsletters available on the site under About Us drop down menu. You'll find lots of good information about what's going on in the club, the rides, and some "learnin' stuff" from our fearless leaders. Here are the recent newsletters. Newsletter Feature
"Ask the Wrench"Do you miss Dear Abby or Dr. Laura? Neither do we, 'cuz we've got something better! Road Bike Wrench (aka RBW) cut his teeth by wrenching on bikes, new and vintage, for over 40 years. There's not a squeak or creak he can't track down and squash like a bad bug. Or so he claims. You can send your bike maintenance and equipment questions to Road Bike Wrench. You can ask him anything - simple or complex - from how much pressure should be in your tires, to whether you should go tubeless or not. If RBW deems your question worthy, he'll reply with a witty, irreverent, or truly useful answer (his choice), and it'll be published in Chainwheel Chatter for all to enjoy. |
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