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#ThrowbackThursday
Cool patches. First State Wheelman. Tandem bicycle rallies. Self-made jerseys. Delaware Century. Want some to see flashbacks of White Clay Bicycle Club? Look for our #ThrowbackThursday posts on Facebook (@Friends of White Clay Bicycle Club and @White Clay Bicycle Club), Instagram (@WhiteClayBicycleClub) and Twitter (@rideWCBC) as we celebrate WCBC’s 50th Anniversary throughout all of 2023.…
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Silver Status
Newark, Delaware was recently received a silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) Award by the League of American Bicyclists. Newark was selected for its efforts to create a better, safer place for people to bicycle. Newark is the first city in the state to be recognized at the silver level and joins 115 communities across the…
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Futons of Transportation
At the Bike Delaware Everyone Gets Home Summit in Dover on May 4th, the message of safety was emphasized because of a trending increase of 8% in the state’s traffic deaths. The event’s special speaker was Minnesota Department of Transportation State Traffic Safety Engineer Derek Leuer. Minnesota has the lowest traffic fatalities per capita in…
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Sign Up to Ride
Why does WCBC ask you to sign up for Club Rides in advance using SignUpGenius? Bicycle club rides provide a great way for cyclists to find other like-minded people to ride with and enjoy the relative “safety in numbers” that we get from riding in a group rather than riding alone. It’s great to…
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We Are Now Friends
Changes for the better. You may have noticed that there are two Facebook pages for WCBC. One is the voice of the Club (www.facebook.com/whiteclaybicycleclub) and the other is a Facebook Group page (www.facebook.com/groups/146834435354426). The major difference being that only the Club admin can post on the Club page. The public may comment but cannot initiate…
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eBikes and WCBC
As eBikes become the “new bike” for many, new guidelines and rules have been put into place by lawmakers and insurance companies. Recreational bicycle clubs, such as White Clay are finding it necessary to follow those guidelines and rules for the protection of our members and ride participants. There are different classifications of eBikes; Class…
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Is My Membership Current?
As club-led rides resume quite a few are probably asking themselves: “Is My Club Membership current?” That’s a question that you can answer with a few clicks of a mouse. As you know we use BikeReg.com for our online member registration. BikeReg has an easy tool that will allow you to check to see if…
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We Are Not Racers
The purpose of the Club is to support recreational cyclists. We are not racers and do not promote ourselves as such. We may feel like we are racing along on some of our rides, but we are in fact a group of recreational cyclists riding for any number of personal reasons. Fitness. Love of the…
