2025 RIDE INFO & RULES

RIDE RULES​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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ASSIGNED MEMBER ID (TBD) or GUEST PASS ID REQUIRED TO RIDE TUE RIDES (NO EXCEPTIONS)​

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• All Members are required to have their INDIVIDUALLY ASSIGNED Member ID (TBD) in order to participate in Tuesday night rides, no exceptions. Band placement as follows:​​

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• Member Guests - Orr Road Cooperative Members in good standing are allowed to bring 1 guest to a Tuesday night ride starting in Apirl with the following restrictions:

  • Up to 2 guest invites total per Member for the 2025 season.​

  • Each individual guest may only attend up to 2 Tuesday night rides (inclusive of any Open House rides).

  • Member guests are required to complete the Orr Road Rider waiver prior to any respective Tuesday night ride start to participate (NO EXCEPTIONS).

  • No Member guests during the Orr Road season's opening month (i.e. March 2025)

• NO Member Administration is conducted at ride venues (i.e. registrations, waivers, Member bands, guest sign-ups, etc.), EXCEPT Member pre-approved/registered Guest rider band pickup/return.

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GENERAL ORR ROAD COOPERATIVE RULES

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- Respect other riders and be safe, there is no money on the line here.
- Helmets must be worn at all times! No exceptions.
- No use of tri bars or extensions in the group.

- Riders are to ensure their bike is in good working order for intense riding conditions.

- Use of earphones or other audio devices that would interfere with rider and group safety is prohibited during rides.
- Ride consistent lines, no erratic riding. Be obvious with your intentions and moves.
- Don’t cross wheels or stuff yourself into gaps.
- If you are at the front of the group, you are responsible for keeping the ride smooth & safe
- Minimize vocalizations during the ride. Yelling only serves to increase angst in the group.
- No horse play like hand slings etc. There are less experienced riders out here.
- No public urination. Please use designated area.
- Use a towel for changing as public nudity also does not help our relationship with the park tenants
- Keep it fun.

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TUESDAY NIGHT VENUE RIDE RULES

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Ride is run clockwise in General Commerce Center's inside lane (traffic in the outside lane follows normal counter-clockwise pattern):

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COURSE BOUNDARY is marked by (in order of priority around the course): 

 

• Painted center lines/orange cones/enforcement line (existing road seam demarcation). For clarification, riders must stay INSIDE THE COURSE BOUNDARY. A rider is deemed outside the course boundary if they touch/cross onto a painted center line/orange cone/existing road seam demarcation:​

  • IF A RIDER GOES OUTSIDE or BREACHES THE COURSE BOUNDARY DURING A RIDE, REGARDLESS OF REASON, (INCLUDING TOUCHING A CONE), THEY MUST:​

    • NOT re-enter the course while the main bunch is still in proximity of the breaching rider, or in the case of a knocked down cone, rider must safely disengage from the group, and replace the cone.​​

  • IN EITHER CASE OF BREACHED BOUNDARY OR CONE KNOCKDOWN, THE OFFENDING RIDER MAY ONLY RETURN TO THE PELOTON:

    • AFTER the MAIN GROUP has made one full lap around the course without the offending Rider present, and

    • BEHIND THE LAST RIDERS OF THE MAIN GROUP, OR ANY TRAILING GROUP, and

    • When it is safe to do so, IN A SAFE MANNER, FROM THE DESIGNATED RE-ENTRY ZONE (2025 TBD). INTEGRATION MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE NEXT TURN OR THE OFFENDING RIDER MUST WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LAP TO ATTEMPT INTEGRATION.

    • Note: If the Course Boundary breach or cone knockdown is within the "+" number of laps after Timed period is reached for the respective ride, or the the Offending Rider cannot re-enter with the Main Group BEFORE the start of the "+" laps portion of the ride, the Offending Rider may not re-enter the ride/course until the ride is finished.

• If you are dropped, and you wish to re-integrate into the group before 5 laps to go, please re-enter the ride from the designated re-entry zone (2025 TBD). Re-integration MUST BE AT THE BACK OF THE FIELD, BEFORE ENTRY INTO THE NEXT TURN (DO NOT INTEGRATE ON THE INSIDE OF ANY TURN).

  • NO COOLING DOWN/NON-INTEGRATING RIDING ON COURSE WHILE ANY RIDE IS IN PROGRESS! You must be an active part of the ride (In a break, in the main bunch, or actively chasing the main bunch).

  • ​Dropped riders with 5 laps to go (or the "+" number of laps after Timed period is reached for the respective ride) may not re-enter the ride/course until the ride is finished.

• To avoid confusion during the ride, dropped/retired riders please cool down outside of the course enclosure, but MAY NOT RIDE IN THE TRAFFIC LANE.

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ENFORCEMENT OF RIDE RULES, MEMBER CODE OF CONDUCT, AND CLUB POLICIES

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• 1st infraction - Official warning of misconduct item.

• 2nd infraction - Restriction from next upcoming Orr Road Cooperative Ride

• 3rd infraction - Orr Road Cooperative committee review for disciplinary membership revocation.

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