MHBC Ride Guidelines with COVID-19 Precautions
All club rides and activities will comply with state and local COVID-19 guidelines and mandates. Ride Leaders always have the authority to limit group size or to ask any rider to leave the group if it is the leader's feeling that a rider represents an unreasonable health risk to others.
Riders have individual responsibility to keep themselves and others safe:
Vaccines are strongly encouraged but not required.
Do not participate if you are not feeling well. If you have been exposed to COVID-19, follow current guidelines for testing and quarantine.
Spitting or any expelling of bodily fluids from nose or mouth is not permitted. Please keep tissues or a handkerchief securely tucked inside your pocket for use during the ride.
Know what your personal tolerance for COVID-19 risk is and communicate it to other riders.
Respect other riders by maintaining social distance, if requested.
Consider carrying a mask and hand sanitizer for off the bike activities like visiting indoor businesses and facilities or when social distances can't be maintained.
While outdoor events are safer than indoor events, be mindful that as more contagious and/or more virulent new variants of COVID-19 virus emerge, crowded outdoor activities potentially become less safe. Outdoor activities are not 100% safe.
Some airflow studies have shown that there may be less risk of transmission when riding side-by-side (when traffic allows) than there is when riding close behind fellow riders. The safe distance to ride behind will vary depending on speed and other conditions.
In addition to MHBC’s standard waiver, MHBC will require all participants to acknowledge and agree that:
Bicycle riding is inherently dangerous and that riding in a group can increase the participant’s chances of contracting and spreading COVID-19.
The participant will take reasonable precautions to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and will conduct themselves in accordance with MHBC requirements as well as the recommendations of public health officials.
Appearance and public perception matters. We, as concerned bicycle riders, want to convey to the public, by our actions, that we are always riding in a safe manner. We do this by adherence to state and local guidelines and mandates.
The participant has read and understands all the above and will abide by all of the terms and conditions of the ride waiver and these supplemental guidelines for group riding.
Updated July 20, 2022