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 Wednesdays: Wilhoit
Safeway Store, 450 White Spar Road, Prescott, AZ, USThe last TdW ride of the year is the 30 mile/3000' out-and-back ride to Wilhoit. Whether you're still scrambling to meet your mileage goal or just looking to top things off, this scenic ride is a great way to wrap up another fun year of cycling with Bike Prescott!
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!
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Helmets required, lights highly recommended, E-Bikes welcome. For more information check out our safe group riding guidelines.9 attendees
New Year's Bartlett Lake Road and MTB Ride, +Picnic
Desert Awareness Park, N Vermeersch Rd, Cave Creek, AZ, USStart your New Year off by joining us on Bike Prescott's traditional New Year's Day ride to Bartlett Lake (now Sunday, January 4th due to weather). We have two ride options for you - the classic road ride and a mountain bike ride (MTB). If you’re doing the MTB ride, please, sign up on the separate post so we can get a head count.
The park claims they will be open. If not find a place to park your vehicle and make your way to the start of your ride. We will still have our picnic at the park when we have finished riding.
Option One is the original ride which starts at the Desert Awareness Park in Cave Creek and goes to Bartlett Lake. This is about 42 miles with 4200' of climbing.
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Option Two is a MTB that starts at the Pima/Dynamite Trailhead also at 10 a.m. See the separate post for more details. NOTE: If you want to ride an e-bike, you need to request an exception at 480-312-4444.
Anyone can adapt either route to suit themselves. For example, make Option One easier by not make the final descent to the lake.
The rides are out-and-back so we can all watch out for each other along the way. After our rides, we will gather for a picnic at Desert Awareness Park. Please bring something to share. You also might want to bring a chair. Bike Prescott will contribute sparkling water, beer, plates & silverware.
Helmets required, lights highly recommended, E-Bikes welcome. For more information check out our Safe Group Riding Guidelines.5 attendees
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