Non-Club Event Rides Earning Club Mileage
That’s a mouthful, isn’t it? Non-Club Event Rides Earning Club Mileage. It’s actually a very descriptive title and can be understood by reading slowly and carefully!
Each year PBC allots at least 10 bicycle event rides (that are not official club rides) the prestige of earning our club members MILEAGE credit. The precise criteria can be found on our website (see Mileage Credit Policy).
The intent of this club policy is simply to encourage you all to venture out and play nicely with others. We want you to grow as cyclists, meet new people, ride on different roads, see new scenery, smell new smells. You might even enjoy the experience! ✎
Breaking this idea down a bit more: EVENT RIDES are rides that you pay to participate in. There is usually support in the form of rest stops and food and SAG (Support and Gear). Your registration fee may help a bike club such as Salem’s or Vancouver’s or a charity such as American Lung Association or the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
It is early in the year, but organizations are jockeying for position on that limited summer calendar we here in the Northwest call the cycling season. Find your favorite rides and submit them to the board before the February 16 board meeting. Please include:
Name and date of ride- Ride leader
- Name of organization hosting the ride and/or who it benefits
- Rationale promoting its inclusion on the list
Dick Weber has already submitted the Gorge Ride and Reach the Beach. Other rides approved in prior years include Ride Around Clark County, Worst Day of the Year Ride, Chilly Hilly, Monster Cookie and Harvest Century to name a few.
Please be aware that some dates are “blacked out” so to speak. June 11 is our own Pioneer Metric. July 16 and 17 is STP weekend. Our picnic is usually the first Sunday of August but is not set at this writing. Those dates are reserved for PBC activities, and so no other rides will be offered.
Look for rides you want to do and that you think others will enjoy too. Being the ride leader is some responsibility but not burdensome.
Let’s build up our summer calendar with a nice mix of club and non-club rides!
Thank you.
Ann Morrow, Vice President