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STAGING AREAS
Rides will leave at times specified in the newsletter, bulletin board or web. Please arrive with a full tank and empty bladder. Please arrive early enough to review the route, sign release form etc. See below for additional info on how we ride.
Tibby’s: Many rides leave from Tibby’s Harley-Davidson, 227 Berkshire Ave in Springfield.
Dunkin’ Donuts: The Dunkin Donuts we meet at is the one on Boston Rd in Wilbraham, 2144 Boston Road (across from the Toyota dealership)
Bob's Restaurant:Bob's is located at 200 Center St. (Rt. 21) in Ludlow. Their phone number is: (413) 589-5500. If you plan to eat before the ride, please allow plenty of time.
HOW WE RIDE
All riders and passengers must sign a release.
Speed limits will be observed.
Please do not use drugs or alcohol before or during the ride.
Your safety is your responsibility, and we are all responsible for the safety of the group - do not ride above your comfort level at any time and stay alert to changes around you.
Please have your bike ready for the ride; check air pressure, oil level, lights, etc before the ride. Please arrive with a full tank of gas.
If you will be leaving the ride before its completion, please let a road captain know so that time will not be spent looking for you.
If you have special needs or concerns, please let the group leader know.
We ride in a staggered formation (see image).
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Try to maintain a two-second space from the bike ahead of you. Additional space may allow room for a car to try to squeeze in, and result in a dangerous situation.
Maintain your lane position unless you need to ride up to fill a gap in the formation. This allows riders to become familiar with riding styles of those around them and creates predictability.
Be careful not to ride in someone’s blind spot.
Do not block traffic or intersections; the head road captain will pull over when safe and wait for the rest of the group to make it through the stop sign, red light, or other obstacle.
When stopping as a group at an intersection, break stagger formation and pull up beside the bike in the adjacent lane. This will reduce the length of the group by half. Stay in this formation until you are through the intersection (if we are going straight). Because the group is half as long it will take half the time to clear the intersection and increase the odds of keeping the group intact.
On turns at intersections, let the rider who was traveling ahead of you go first. When in a tight curve, the rider on the outside of the curve should give room to the rider on the inside, in case the curve is too tight to negotiate at that speed without excessive overcrowding.
Directionals and hand signals should be used at all times. See below for a hand-signal reference chart.
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