Easy Riders Bicycle Club

• The truth: I'm not a doctor, a fitness instructor, a medical practitioner, or a therapist of any kind. I'm not charging money. I'm not telling you how to get in shape.
  
  I do not have current first aid, CPR, or any other medical or crisis response training. I'm just some woman who wants to ride with folks on a casual basis. (More about me.)
  
  To ride with us, please read the READ ME page. Before each ride, you must fill out an official CBC form releasing me and the club from any and all harm resulting from this activity. It's your responsibility to check with your doctor to see if you're OK to ride.
  
  Your health, safety, equipment, behavior, and illnesses, accidents, or other events arising from this activity are your sole responsibility.
  
• The official CBC release form: I'll need the names and contact info of someone I can call to come get you in case you don't feel well, are injured, or have a gear malfunction.
  
• No pain, no shame, and all gain: You are responsible for your medical issues, equipment problems, and all aspects of your well being. You need to stop when it hurts. Please know and FOLLOW your limitations. (And it's OK to quote this back to me... as often as necessary.)
  
• Wear a helmet: Or ride elsewhere. (I know, that wasn't nice; see the following.)
  
• Be nice: Anybody taunting, threatening, or harrassing people about a disability, a limitation, their size, an eating issue or other medical problem, cycling speed, or an uncool bicycle will get booted from the club. This is Easy Riders not Hardass Riders.
  
  And bugging people about the usual race, gender, ethnicity, gender identity, or partner gender preference (and whatever else these things usually say) will not be tolerated, either.
  
• Limit whining: We're not hardcore Mountaineers (at least not anymore), so if you're hurting, injured, ill, or otherwise indisposed, please stop cycling.
  
  Don't stoically have a coronary, OK? I don't have any medical training, but I do know how to call 911.
  
  But personally, I'd rather not turn this into one of those continual medical-complaint support groups or a big ol' bitch session. My focus is to enjoy bicycling together and have fun. So state what you need help with or what issues come up, and then if it's not acute, try to have fun.
  
  We're here to lift each other up not wallow in pain and misery together. Please note: I really hate hearing about phlegm. Blecch.

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