I would like to welcome all PBA cyclists and guests to the Plano Bicycle Association web site. Please take some time to browse the site and learn more about the club's many weekly ride opportunities and get plugged into one of the fastest growing bike clubs in Texas. Club membership offers many benefits including full website access for online ride logging and participation in a very active forum community. Have questions about the club? Feel free to send me an email and we will be back in touch with you shortly. Terry

PBA Ride Rules
A goal of the PBA is to increase the enjoyment of group cycling by encouraging our members to take
responsibility for their own safety and the safety of their fellow riders. Here are some rules we think
will help. 1. We follow the instructions of the ride leader
• To hear the instructions, we do not wear any sort of headphones, earbuds, or other soundmaking
devices
• We do not ride “off the front” of the ride leader (generally out of sight or hearing)
- unless we have informed the ride leader, and
- the ride leader agrees, and
- we know the ride route, and
- we have agreed upon a re-group point 2. We keep the ride leader informed
• If riders have to stop or slow down, then word is passed forward to the ride leader Read More...

Riding in a Pace Line A ‘pace line’ is a tight group of riders that follow some rules to optimize efficiency. The group achieves a much
greater speed than a single rider with the same effort. It does require that all riders are in roughly the same shape.
Small differences can be compensated by letting stronger riders spend more time in front, which takes the most
strength because they are the only ones who feel the full force of the headwind. Learn how to ride in a pace line - FULL Document

Texas Transportation Code
Chapter 551
Operation of Bicycles, Mopeds, and Play Vehicles
SUBCHAPTER A. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
Sec. 551.001. Persons Affected
This chapter applies only to a person operating a bicycle on: a highway; or a path set aside for the exclusive
operation of bicycles.
Sec. 551.002. Moped Included
A provision of this subtitle applicable to a bicycle also applies to a moped, other than a provision that by its nature
cannot apply to a moped. Read full document

A copy of the PBA ride waiver can be downloaded by clicking this link. Click here to download a copy of the ride waiver 70.01 Kb

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