Bike Bunch

The Bike Bunch, established in 1973, has scheduled rides every week, April through October. The season's schedule is distributed online through MeetUp with Ride with GPS containing all our route maps. The cost for membership is $20/year. Bring: water, lunch, snacks, helmet, spare inner tube, repair tools and pump on all rides. Our email is bikebunch@gmail.com

We are a very social group and enjoy chatting during the ride and at lunch. Many members are couples, but we also have a lot of singles, 50/50 split between men and women. We ride to a designated park/restaurant for lunch, then return to the start. Distances and ride difficulties (*hills*) vary, but the rides are typically 20-50 miles long. If you just show up at a ride as a newbie, we pair you with a ride buddy. We don't leave anybody behind meaning we stop to fix flats, take bathrooms breaks and re-group.

Easy Riders - average 12 mph; stay together; 20-30A,B mile rides
Leisure Riders - average 13 mph; regroup often; 30-40C mile rides
Long Riders - average 14+ mph; regroup occasionally; 40+C,D mile rides

We utilize a guideline to rate each route an A, B, C, D or E. The data is based on the metrics provided by RWGPS. The number proceeding the rating is the total route mileage. The letter is determined by the average vertical gain (hills) and maximum grade. For example: A 35B route will be 35 miles long with approximately an average elevation gain of 21-30' per mile and a maximum grade of 3.6-4.5%

A = basically flat, 20' or less per mile and 3.5% or less grade.
B = gentle, rolling terrain, 21'-30' per mile and 3.6%-4.5% grade.
C = moderate, shorter hills, 31'-50' per mile and 4.6% - 6.0% grade.
D = difficult, long, steep hills, 51'-85' per mile and 6.1%-10.5% grade.
E = extremely, difficult, sustained climbing, 86' or more per mile and 10.6% or more grade.

RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, AND INDEMNITY ("Agreement") for LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMAN D/B/A LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS ("LAB")

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1. ACKNOWLEDGE, agree, and represent that I understand the nature of Bicycling Activities and that I am qualified, in good health, and in proper physical condition to participate in such Activity. I further acknowledge that the Activity will be conducted over public roads and facilities open to the public during the Activity and upon which the hazards of traveling are to be expected. I further agree and warrant that if, at any time, I believe conditions to be unsafe, I will immediately discontinue further participation in the Activity.

2. FULLY UNDERSTAND that (a) BICYCLING ACTIVITIES INVOLVE RISKS AND DANGERS OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, INCLUDING VIRAL INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND ILLNESSES, PERMANENT DISABILITY, PARALYSIS AND DEATH ("Risks"); (b) these Risks and dangers may be caused by my own actions or inactions, the actions or inactions of others participating in the Activity, the conditions in which the Activity takes place, or THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE "RELEASEES" NAMED BELOW; (c) there may be OTHER RISKS AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LOSSES either not known to me or not readily foreseeable at this time; and I FULLY ACCEPT AND ASSUME ALL SUCH RISKS AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSSES, COSTS, AND DAMAGES I may incur as a result of my participation in the Activity.

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