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Mandatory Reading

• Ride Guidelines | This document covers most of what you need to know before riding with the Club including; mandatory items, how to join a ride, how rides work, group riding techniques and communication and dealing with an emergency.
• Risk Management | Learn more about our insurance coverage, role of the Ride Leader, and emergency protocols.
• Weather Policy | When do we cancel a ride due to adverse weather?

Our Ride Leaders do their best to announce ride cancellations via the CYQL App two (2) hours before the scheduled start of the ride.

Club rides will be “Cancelled” as an insured and sanctioned ride due to weather if:

• There is a forecast of 70%, or more, of lightning / thunderstorms.
• Extremely high winds or gusts (40km/h+) on the day of the ride.
• The temperature (humidex value) is above 40°C.
• If the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is at 7 or above.

Rides are on “Weather Watch” if:

• If winds are above 30km/h.
• If the humidex is above 35°C.
• If the AQHI is between 4–6.

A cancelled ride does not mean you cannot ride, it just means that we do not recommend you ride. For safety reasons we cannot sanction it.

OWCC will ride in the rain. The group will adjust distances between riders accordingly. Ride Leaders are to cancel a ride if the rain is causing dangerous conditions (visibility, road conditions).

Additional Forms & Policies