Road Etiquette
In order to ride safely as a group (peloton) here are some guidelines you will need to know:
Unless otherwise instructed ride two abreast taking up a whole lane. Riding more than two abreast is illegal so keep it to two.
Obey the road rules; stop for red lights, stop signs, and for pedestrians. You are classified as a vehicle when riding on the road so you must obey the road rules.
Do not overlap your wheel with the riders in front of you. If you have overlapped your wheel and the rider in front moves left or right and collides with your front wheel you will come down. This in turn can bring other riders down behind you in the peloton.
Please do not half wheel. This is for the two leading riders of the peloton. It basically means that if you are stronger than the rider next to you and they are struggling to keep up with you, slow down so that both your wheels are aligned, not half wheeling.
There will be times where we need to go from riding two abreast to single file. In order to do this safely please use the following format. Riders in the left line of the peloton need to accelerate gradually to open up a bike length between wheels, so the rider who was on their right can slot in behind them.
When riding along single file or two abreast riders need to indicate parked cars on the left to the rider behind. When riding close you need to know what is ahead and parked cars can easily be hit by the rider behind you if they don’t know they are there. Simply place your left had behind you and point right to indicate to the rider behind that there is a parked car ahead.
Parking
If you are driving to the shop to start your ride please do not park directly behind the shop or near the fruit market. Due to the ride finishing after the shop opens, we get very short on car spots for other customers. The best place to park is in the undercover section directly below Franklins.