Welcome from the
We want to take this opportunity to
welcome you to our Monday and Wednesday evening rides. Three years ago
our club formed an agreement with Irving Bible Church (IBC) to use their
parking lot as a starting point for our weekly
rides. At that time, we were asked to adhere to several requests.
In return, we would be allowed to use their parking lot and restroom
facilities. If you have not joined the club, you are riding from this
location as our guests. As such, we ask that you also follow the simple
guidelines as they were given to us.
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1 |
Parking
is only allowed in the lower parking lot, we have been asked not to
park west of the lower hedge line. |
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2 |
Please leave restroom facilities
in the same condition you found them. |
Parking
in the upper lots has become an increasing problem. It may not make sense
to you for us to park close together with all the open space in other lots, but
please help us out and conform to the IBC agreement. We were asked to
leave our last parking site, because many would not adhere to that
agreement. Please help us keep a great relationship with
About our weekly rides:
CCC is a
small organization. We enjoy riding our bikes for the fitness and
fellowship of our members. We ride on municipal streets and share the
roads in this area with commuting motorists. One of our ride groups was
recently stopped by the Irving Police Department (IPD). The group was
asked to either ride single file or in a two-up pace line. This is the
second season we have been asked by IPD to be more courteous on the road.
Many
faster riders enjoy riding as a peleton rather than the pace line used by our
members. This has proven to be unsafe, as several recent crashes bear
out. Additionally, this type of grouping takes up too much of the road
and often interferes with motorists, causing complaints to IPD. Please
follow the rules of the road as requested by IPD.
Above all, keep in mind that
aggressive riding or racing is simply not safe on municipal streets.
Doing so will no doubt cause accidents.
The sad
fact is that this area is becoming more congested with commuter traffic.
Eventually, we will be forced to locate a less congested area. For now,
let’s ride safe and keep the aggressive riding for less congested areas.
In
conclusion, we ask that you help us out with our agreement with the church and
follow the rules of the road as requested by IPD when you are riding as our
guest.