Champions for MS

Team Tip of The Week:

Avoid putting your head down, especially when you are tired. For safety’s sake keep your eyes on what’s coming, looking ahead as far up the road as is comfortable. Periodically tilt your head from side to side, to stretch and relax your neck muscles. 

 Wear a Helmet

• Wear Eye Wear
• Obey the rules of the road
• Stop at all stop signs
• Do not ride with head phones or MP3 Player
• Ride on the right side of the road
• Do not ride on side walks
• Yield to pedestrians
• Do not ride two abreast in traffic. Try to ride in line.
• Get used to eating and drinking while on the bike, and maintaining a straight line.
• Keep a safe distance between you and the rider in front of you
• Use hand signals to tell traffic where you are turning
• When changing lanes for a left turn, do take the center of the lane so as to avoid traffic turning into you.
• When riding in a group call out and point to road hazards, or debris . Ex ” Glass” “Hole”, “Sand”. and point to it with your right or left hand. Depending on where the obstacle is.
• Point your right hand down and call out ” Slowing or Stopping” when riding in a group.
• Call out traffic ” Car back ” when a car is coming up from behind. “Car up” for oncoming traffic. “Car left” or Car right ” for side street traffic.
• Call out “Dogs” if a dog is running loose.
• If confronted by a dog yell ” STAY”, if that does not work and the dog is close spray them with your water bottle or dismount your bike. DO NOT try to out run a dog.
• Watch out for parked cars. Take a wide line around them if someone is inside, to avoid being hit by car doors.
• Stay as close to the shoulder of the road as possible.
• When passing other riders always pass on the left, and call out “On Your Left!”.
• If runners or walkers are in your line of travel, always call them out to your group” Runner up” or ” Walker Up”.
• Be careful crossing railroad tracks, always cross them verticly never at and angle or horizontal.
• When going over an obstacle ( like a hole, or railroad track )etc. Move your weight with the bike. When the bike goes up you go up. When the bike goes down, you go down. This will avoid wheel damage and pinch flats.
• If confronted by a motorist, catch their plate number.