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2013 Bike Around the Bay, sponsored by What does the Registration Fee include? How Does the One Day Option Work? What are the Tour Start and End Times? Where can I get Route Directions What can kind of route markings, cones, conditions should I expect? What are the Route Breakpoints? What about Medical, Emergency and Security services? What SAG Assistance can I expect? What Props are included in the packet? Should I be concerned about Weather Conditions? Will transportation be provided back to the start location on the first day? More Questions? Send us an Email! What does the Registration Fee include?
The cost of dinner at the Moody Gardens are included in the registration fee. Additional dinner tickets may be purchased for your friends and family when you register. How Does the Day One Option Work? What are the Tour Start and End Times?
What is the Ride Route? The routes are scenic and picturesque countryside of the Texas upper coast roadways. Day One 94.3 miles Where can I get Route Directions Day One Route Map (1 MB PDF) Day Two Route Map (4 MB PDF) There will also be route markers clearly displayed along the roadways with occasional flaggers at selected turns for additional support. What kind of route markings, cones, conditions should I expect? The entire bike tour will be marked with directional signs, traffic ones, and barricades. Selected intersections and turns will have flaggers to alert the rider of the correct direction. Selected state highways will be closed and possibly coned to provide the utmost safety to rider and vehicle traffic. What are the Route Breakpoints?
What about Medical, Emergency and Security services? There will be trained medical personnel at the start, breakpoints, and overnight. Certified Police officers will accompany the bike tour. Difficult highway crossings and intersections will be controlled by police officers. Sunday morning traveling over the Galveston causeway will be by police escort ONLY. Cyclists will not be allowed to cross the causeway unless with the tour's escort. What SAG Assistance can I expect? There will be vehicles sweeping the route to provide support to riders who cannot complete the day's ride. These vehicles will be equipped to transport you and your bike to the next breakpoint. What Props are included in the packet? Riders will be issued a "Rider Number". A numbered bib, luggage tag, wrist band, and bike tag will be included in your packet. Riders are required to attach the numbered bib to their clothing while riding the bike tour. The numbered wrist band allows rider to receive refreshments at breakpoints, food at lunch, and the dinner at the Moody Gardens. The bike and luggage tags must be attached if rider uses our transport system and secured bike compound. Weather Conditions The ride will continue even in the face of inclement weather, rain, wind and heat. In extreme weather conditions, the staff will temporarily close the route. Will transportation be provided back to the start location on the first day? No transportation will be provided back to the start location on the first day. Safety Policies: Stay Alert. Stay Alive Your bicycle is a vehicle. When you cycle on public roadways in any country, you assume all the same rights and responsibilities, and are subject to the same laws and local ordinances as the driver of an automobile. Participants are required to follow the following principles and policies: Helmets required. You must properly wear an ANSI, Snell or ASTM approved helmet while on the ride. Group riding. Riding in a group is very different from riding by yourself. Your riding behavior affects not only your life, but others' lives as well. Your actions on your bike will affect others. Remember-there will be riders of all skills and abilities on the ride. Keep safe distances from other riders at all times! Riding unsafe. Unsafe riding is foolish. You should never ride in such a way as to endanger the lives of others. The ride is not only non-competitive; it is a context of community and support that does not tolerate unsafe riding behavior. Unsafe riders will be removed from the ride. Distractions. The use of earphones, radios or cellular phones is not permitted while riding. Riders need to remain alert at all times. Drafting. Drafting is the act of following closely behind another cyclist. Drafting can be dangerous, especially for inexperienced cyclists. Drafting is discouraged on the ride at any time, regardless of cycling experience. The ride is not a race. You will be sharing this experience with cyclists who are not familiar with drafting, and you will endanger your life and limbs and theirs if you draft. Please keep safe distance from other riders at all times. Alcohol and drugs. This is absolutely not permitted while on the ride, including breakpoints and lunch. Obey Traffic signs and signals. Cyclists must ride like motorists if they want to be taken seriously. Doing so is the safest behavior. When approaching a stop sign or red light, you are required to come to a complete stop and proceed only when safe to do so. If a certified law enforcement officer waves you through an intersection - you must continue as directed by the officer. Follow lane markings and do not turn left from the right lane. Obey all traffic signs! Never ride against traffic. Motorists are not looking for bicyclists riding on the wrong side of the road. Many other hazards threaten the wrong-way rider. Use hand signals. Riders who use hand signals to tell other road users what they intend to do is the safest method while traveling with other vehicles and cyclists. Ride in a straight line. Whenever possible, ride in a straight line, to the right of traffic but about a car door's width away from parked cars. Always pass on the left. Motorists and cyclists will never expect you to pass them on their right. So do not! Always pass on their left, giving them at least three feet of clearance. Announce "passing on left" when approaching another cyclist. Maintain your bike in good working condition. Keep tires properly inflated, and make sure bike is in top notch condition before starting this bike ride. More Questions? Send us an email! For inquiries regarding registration and ride details, contact tbartsch@galvbay.org For inquiries regarding sponsorships and fundraising, contact jcurran@galvbay.org For inquiries regarding volunteer oportunites, contact eford@galvbay.org
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