Ride Safely
Dittons Velo Safety sub-Committee is committed to improve and advise on ride safety.
The remit of the Safety Sub Committee is:
- To continually reduce the number of DV incidents
- To ensure reporting of incidents
- To analyse & summarise statistics
- To propose topics for and contribute to Ride Leader and Rider training with communications channels agreed with the Committee
- To decide if an incident report needs to be submitted to BC
- To determine the safety of proposed club rides, both from route and weather perspectives
- To maintain all club safety records on the Ionos cloud storage
- To report regularly to the Committee
Weather Criteria for Club Ride Cancellations. Club rides can be cancelled by any Safety sub-Committee or Committee member if the following conditions are forecast:
Criteria / Risk / Notes
- Temperature falls below 3°C Ice / Loss of traction
- Temperature falls below 3°C overnight and is not forecast to rise above 4° C by time of the Ride Ice / Loss of traction
- Heavy rain, Thunderstorm / Loss of traction / Showers, rain, drizzle are at leader discretion
- Fog / Visibility / Mist is at your discretion
- Wind speed gusts over 40mph, gale or storm / Stability / Strong gusts, 30-39 mph (49-63 kph) is at leader discretion
- Temperature exceeds 38°C / Heat stroke
We want you to enjoy riding with Dittons Velo and do not take unnecessary risks.