About us
If you want to check out cycling in the Prescott area, Bike Prescott can get you started.
Most Bike Prescott rides are for road and e-bikes. Rides designed for gravel or mountain bikes will state so in the title of the posting.
Two Important Steps:
- Join Bike Prescott bikeprescott.org, and
- Follow Bike Prescott here on Meetup
About Bike Prescott Meetup
This Meetup is a forum for Bike Prescott club members to post group rides and events.
Once you join this Meetup, you can view and sign-up to attend many of Bike Prescott's daily and weekly rides.
We have rides for riders of all abilities.
Before joining Bike Prescott, you are welcome to come on one ride as our guest.
After that, we encourage everyone to join.
About Bike Prescott Club Membership
Bike Prescott Cycling Club is a paid membership club. Please go to bikeprescott.org and sign up. Membership has its privileges!
The $30 annual membership dues include:
- In addition to what is posted here on Meetup, the club Bike Prescott has rides, events and trips that are open only to paid members of Bike Prescott, the club.
- Club newsletter
- Meet new people
- Ride with great groups
- Daily rides posted
- Road, gravel and mountain ride options
- E-bikes welcome
- Social activities and biking trips
- Community involvement opportunities
- Insurance when riding on posted club rides
Bike Prescott loves cycling and we hope to see you on a ride soon!
Bike Prescott Safe Group-Riding Guidelines (predictability is the key to safety)
- Riders must wear a helmet. Taillights strongly suggested. Mirrors and brightly-colored clothing may help you see and be seen.
- Riders must carry emergency contact information.
- Do not wear anything in your ears that prevents you from hearing what is going on around you.
- Riders must obey traffic laws.
- Understand how to safely navigate various traffic configurations and turns. Refer to the Arizona Bicycling Street Smarts Manual. Here’s the link:
http://www.azbikeped.org/bicycling-street-smarts.asp
- Ride single-file and stay to the right except when road conditions allow.
- Don’t bunch up at traffic lights (creates traffic confusion).
- As a general rule, pass other riders on their left. Say “on your left”. If for some reason you decide to pass on someone’s right, call out: “On your right”.
- Point out hazards and route turns verbally and/or with hand signals.
- Keep together as a unit as much as possible at intersections. (“One larger thing” is more visible and less confusing to cars than “smaller separate things.”)
- Riders who want to be dropped or go off on their own must tell someone.
Upcoming events
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Freewheeling Friday in the Back 40
Williamson Valley Rd & Fair Oaks Rd, Williamson, AZ, USThis is the final time I'll be scheduling a Friday ride in this area for awhile. (Note a little earlier start time of 8:30) Meet at the intersection of Williamson Valley Rd and Fair Oaks Rd. This is a low traffic area that gives the option to ride out and back in three different directions. This week the route will first go out Fair Oaks/Tonto Rds to the end of the pavement, then out to the end of the pavement on Williamson Valley Rd, and then over into Crossroads Ranch, where we'll go left on Dillon Wash Rd and follow it around the entire loop and back out Crossroads Ranch Rd to the start. I ride at a very moderate pace, take breaks every so often and if you ride with me we'll look out for each other. You are invited to ride along with me or do the distance that you would like at your own pace.
This route is 37 miles with 2000+ feet of climbing.
pdf map of the ride
RWGPS routePlease note: Helmets are required for all Bike Prescott rides, and lights are strongly recommended. Guests are welcome, however Bike Prescott insurance covers club members only. To become a member join us at bikeprescott.org.
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Past events
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