Your membership fee covers YOU, RIDERS, and the COMMUNITY:

• Insurance

Your membership supports the infrastructure of this ride:

• Website

• Customer Relations Management

• Community Outreach

• Administrative Tasks

• Event Planning

Positive vibes and a bike are the two most important!

Other requirements:

• Waiver

• HELMET!

• Rear red flashing light

• WDR Members: bike plate affixed to bars with contact information filled in on the back

• Downloaded route to personal device

• Front white light is encouraged

Note: Members sign the online waiver once, while non-members/guests must sign the waiver for the ride that day.

CLUB MEMBER:

In order to be recognized as a Women’s Drop Ride LLC club member, both payment for membership and a signed waiver must be completed prior to participating in a Women’s Drop Ride activity. Members are participating at their own risk as outlined in their signed waiver.

Non-Club Member / Guests:

Non-members or guests wishing to participate in weekly rides must sign the waiver prior to each separate Women’s Drop Ride activity they participate in. By doing so, guests also acknowledge that they are forfeiting the insurance coverage provided to club members and are participating at their own risk as outlined in their signed waiver.

YES! We welcome new riders and your friends. First two rides are FREE, we encourage repeat riders to support the cause and purchase a membership.

NOTE: all guests ride at their own discretion and assume all liability. Only members are covered under the Women’s Drop Ride insurance policy.

In the event of an accident, collision, or injury, please call 911 first. Once emergency services are contacted and the scene is safe, notify a ride organizer if one is present. Riders are responsible for their own safety and decision-making on the road.

Note: All Women’s Drop Ride Members will have their emergency contact listed on their WDR bike plate.

PACELINE SAFETY:

While riding, please work to prioritize safety by practicing extra caution and awareness:

• Stay focused - eyes ahead on the road and aware of other riders

• Don’t overlap wheels - no half wheeling, stay FULLY behind, not next to wheels in front

• Communicate - using clear, concise hand signals and voice

• Maintain a deliberate and cooperative paceline - smaller groups of 6-7 riders (may mean shorter wait times at regroups), save hardest efforts for climbs

REGROUPS:

• There are suggested regroup points and wait times listed for each route.

• The purpose of the regroup is to provide opportunity - opportunity for riders to try and grab wheels of others who started out faster, opportunity to have a different place in the group when conditions or terrain changes, opportunity to learn from others, practice, improve and progress.

• As is true in any classroom, we learn from being around others with whom we share both similarities and differences.

• Regardless of our pace, regrouping creates opportunity for each one of us.

• Opportunity is something we work to incorporate into all of our rides.  Opportunity allows us to grow and strengthen and stretch our wings.  Opportunity gives us hope, allows us to try things, experiment, make choices and explore pushing up against our current boundaries, often expanding and deepening our self awareness and our capacities.

• This is a community ride with no leaders, instructors or guides. 

• Ride at your own risk and be prepared to ride solo.

• Have navigation and proper gear/supplies including a fully charged rear red tail light for safety.

• Please be familiar with and use hand signals when riding to communicate with other riders and vehicles.

• Register for the ride by MONDAY 11:59PM.