What we’re about
If you want to check out cycling in the Prescott area, Bike Prescott can get you started.
Most Bike Prescott rides are for road and e-bikes. Rides designed for gravel or mountain bikes will state so in the title of the posting.
Two Important Steps:
- Join Bike Prescott bikeprescott.org, and
- Follow Bike Prescott here on Meetup
About Bike Prescott Meetup
This Meetup is a forum for Bike Prescott club members to post group rides and events.
Once you join this Meetup, you can view and sign-up to attend many of Bike Prescott's daily and weekly rides.
We have rides for riders of all abilities.
Before joining Bike Prescott, you are welcome to come on one ride as our guest.
After that, we encourage everyone to join.
About Bike Prescott Club Membership
Bike Prescott Cycling Club is a paid membership club. Please go to bikeprescott.org and sign up. Membership has its privileges!
The $30 annual membership dues include:
- In addition to what is posted here on Meetup, the club Bike Prescott has rides, events and trips that are open only to paid members of Bike Prescott, the club.
- Club newsletter
- Meet new people
- Ride with great groups
- Daily rides posted
- Road, gravel and mountain ride options
- E-bikes welcome
- Social activities and biking trips
- Community involvement opportunities
- Insurance when riding on posted club rides
Bike Prescott loves cycling and we hope to see you on a ride soon!
Bike Prescott Safe Group-Riding Guidelines (predictability is the key to safety)
- Riders must wear a helmet. Taillights strongly suggested. Mirrors and brightly-colored clothing may help you see and be seen.
- Riders must carry emergency contact information.
- Do not wear anything in your ears that prevents you from hearing what is going on around you.
- Riders must obey traffic laws.
- Understand how to safely navigate various traffic configurations and turns. Refer to the Arizona Bicycling Street Smarts Manual. Here’s the link:
http://www.azbikeped.org/bicycling-street-smarts.asp
- Ride single-file and stay to the right except when road conditions allow.
- Don’t bunch up at traffic lights (creates traffic confusion).
- As a general rule, pass other riders on their left. Say “on your left”. If for some reason you decide to pass on someone’s right, call out: “On your right”.
- Point out hazards and route turns verbally and/or with hand signals.
- Keep together as a unit as much as possible at intersections. (“One larger thing” is more visible and less confusing to cars than “smaller separate things.”)
- Riders who want to be dropped or go off on their own must tell someone.
Upcoming events
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Tour de Wednesday: Double Loop
Trailhead, Williamson Valley Road & Pioneer Parkway, Prescott, AZ, USStart from the new trailhead on Pioneer Parkway. The rides is 46 miles with 3000' of climbing. Park at the trailhead parking lot on the north side of Pioneer Parkway midway between Williamson Valley Road and the Commerce St traffic circle, about 1 mile east of Williamson Valley Road.
The Tour de Wednesdays is a challenging ride. The pace is brisk and there are limited stops. Pace varies to suit each week's participants and similarly paced riders ride together. Join us!
RideWithGPS Link
Helmets required, lights highly recommended, E-Bikes welcome. For more information check out our safe group riding guidelines.3 attendees
Thursday Fun Ride to Paulden
Memory Park, Chino Valley, AZ, USThe day is forecast to start off pretty chilly, so we'll start the ride in the afternoon. Starting at Memory Park in Chino Valley, we'll take Road 3 across Hwy 89 to Rd 1 East. At Rd 4 N, we will go to Hwy 89 and follow 89 to Old Hwy 89 then to the Depot 89 Marketplace which is our turnaround point. (FYI, we ride for 3 miles on 89 in each direction. There is a wide shoulder, with fast-moving traffic on 89.) Return the same way with a right on Rd 5 N to return to the park on Rd 1 West. Total mileage approx. 18 miles, elevation gain 450', mostly on the return. Optional additional mileage by riding the Yuma rollers. All of the ride is on pavement, restrooms and water available at the start/finish and at the Depot 89.
Ride with GPS link: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43442568
The Thursday Fun Rides are a series of road rides designed for the less experienced rider and anyone who may want a less challenging ride. Most rides will be 15-20 miles in length and as flat as we can make them given Prescott's surroundings. Pace is expected to be in the 12+ mph range, and we will ride at the pace of the slowest rider. Regroups and stops as needed. HELMETS REQUIRED, LIGHTS RECOMMENDED. Guests are welcome. However Bike Prescott insurance covers club members only. To become a member join us at Bike Prescott.
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