Northeast Bicycle Club

» General Club Information

• Club and Team Names (for license application and race entry forms)
• Club Membership Information/Applications
• Monthly Club Meeting, held at the Burlington Public Library.
• NEBC History and Philosophy
• Race Reimbursement and Volunteer Recognition Programs
• eMail Mailing Lists
• Useful Documents
• Contact Information

» Useful Documents

2005 Membership Application
Individual Member Release Form
Multiple Guest Release Form (for club rides)
Winter 2005 Clothing Order Form
Winter 2005 Clothing Order Form
1998 Club Brochure (a little piece of history…)

» NEBC email Mailing Lists

Electronic mailing lists are one of the best features of the Internet. Think of the combination of pen pals, an unlimited-way conference call and computers.

NEBC sponsors two electronic mailing lists. uscf-ne is a free list that is open to all road racers in the USCF Northeast Region.
» Subscribe to the list, or change options

NEBC also has a seperate mailing list, nebc, that is exclusively for NEBC members.
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» Thank you for your interest in joining NEBC

online membership application

Why Join?
NEBC offers many benefits to its members, whether new prospective racers, or old hands. The following list covers the highlights:

• Teams from Junior to Grand Masters, beginners to advanced, to train, race, and develop with. Teammates and team resources readily available to coordinate and focus training, racing programs, and carpooling.
• Skills clinics in various disciplines—(crit racing, hill climbing, sprinting, cyclocross).
• Professional, team-oriented coaching periodically throughout the season.
• A weekly menu of training rides designed to build strength (Wednesday hill climb), endurance (Wednesday time trial), camaraderie (Saturday group rides), and to promote recovery from a weekend’s worth of stressful racing (Monday spinning).
• Dozens of teamates of varying abilities and experience levels to train with.
• Substantial discounts on most merchandise at the Cycle Loft and Pedal Power.
• Team clothing from Louis Garneau and Sockguy provided at dealer cost.
• Discounted entry fees for the Charlie Baker Time Trial.
• Race Reimbursement Program—Partial refund of race costs for folks who race regularly, and perform a modicum of club volunteering.
• Volunteer Recognition Program—Cycle Loft gift certificates awarded to people who volunteer in club activities.
• Access to chat lists where experts know the answer to even the most obscure questions about training, nutrition, technique, equipment, and the rules of racing.
• NEBC places special emphasis on junior and women’s programs, fielding one of the largest, most eclectic women’s Clubs in the nation, with members ranging in age from 9 to 65 and racing experience from beginner to World Champion.

For more info on the Club, browse through our web site and be sure to visit the NEBC History and Philosophy page, and the list of NEBC news archives. Or send us a note at info@NortheastBicycleClub.org .

You can also join us for the monthly club meeting, held at the Burlington Public Library.

How much does it cost?
Adult Single Membership- $35.

Junior Membership (17 and under)- $10

Family Membership- $20 for each additional member

Race Reimbursement Program- FREE

How do I Join?
To start the process, please fill out our online membership application.

After you have submitted the application, you will be presented with payment instructions. The club now accepts payment by personal check, or online via PayPal.

» NEBC History and Philosophy

Founded in 1957 by a small group of racers intent upon promoting and growing the sport of bicycle racing in Greater Boston, NEBC has outlived equipment fads and life-style changes, persisting as one of New England’s oldest racing clubs. The founders’ success is evident today in the proliferation of opportunities which range from a full calendar of Citizen races to national caliber competition such as the Fitchburg and Killington Stage races.

NEBC’s basic philosophy is simply put: rider development. More than one rider has entered the club as a junior, performed well in club training rides and local races, eventually becoming a well respected senior category rider, and finally continuing their development by moving beyond club racing. NEBC is constantly striving to find the next generation of racers, provide them with the basic skills, and to infect them with a lifetime enthusiasm for cycling. Names and faces change, but the program keeps working.

NEBC kid’s crit NEBC bases its program upon a complete set of USCF teams, covering all age groups, men and women, each with its own team captain. We encourage all members to join one of these teams and we make room for all who are willing to participate. There are no hard and fast rules about who trains with whom, and riding with more experienced riders is strongly encouraged. In this way, we quickly weave new members into the club’s fabric, giving them experienced club riders to lean on and learn from, and instill early on a sense of racing as a team sport.

During the racing season, April to September, NEBC hosts a full calendar of weekly events designed as an integrated training program to produce well-rounded skills.

Membership is in excess of 250 riders; more than two-thirds being USCF licensed. Women constitute about 21% of the club membership. NEBC members come from all walks of life, including engineers, architects, lawyers, doctors, accountants, clergymen, students, teachers, shopkeepers, business people, etc.

NEBC racer Every Spring NEBC hosts a “New Racer Development” clinic to introduce the technical aspects of bicycle racing to newcomers. This four week clinics is coached by experienced racers and is designed to provide the basic skills necessary for newcomers to become comfortable with speed and to rider predicably in close quarters.

NEBC is an active participant in USCF district events, both on and off the bicycle. We keep our membership aware of important District activities and USCF developments and policy changes through regular representation at District meetings.

NEBC is also involved in community activities. In the communities we serve, NEBC wants to maximize the exposure of casual riders to bicycle racing, in the hopes that they will be bitten by the racing bug and join us, or at least that we will be able to improve their skills and thus increase their enjoyment of cycling.

» NEBC Club & Team Names

Club Name (used on USCF license application): Northeast Bicycle Club
Team Name (shown on license and used on race entry forms): NEBC/Cycle Loft/Devonshire Dental

» Race Reimbursement and Volunteer Recognition Programs

RRP is being handled via the NEBC member list. A message was sent out on Dec 3rd, 2008 requiring all RRP info to be submitted by Dec 15, 2008.

New For 2008

December 2007, the board voted to make changes to the Race Reimbursement Program for 2008. In short the changes to the program are as follows:

1. Eliminated $10 sign up fee
2. Eliminated deadline for sign up
3. Kept minimum races at 8 qualifying races
4. Increased volunteer requirement to 12 hours

You do NOT need to sign up in advance for RRP and you do NOT need to pay $10. If you race a minimum of 8 qualifying races and volunteer 12 hours, you will qualify to have a portion of those race fees reimbursed at the end of the year. Note that we are switching from “points” to “hours” to simplify things. Also note that for a race to “qualify” you must be an NEBC member, have NEBC listed on your license as your racing club (or have made that change with the USCF), and wear a current NEBC jersey in the race. This means that races raced for other clubs will not qualify. Race must be sanctioned by the USCF, NORBA, or EFTA and may NOT be training races. A full description of the program and its requirements will be sent out after the January board meeting. There will be a revised list of volunteer opportunities posted after the January board meeting.

The changes to RRP are for 2008. They are NOT retroactive to 2007.

General Description

NEBC has two programs to encourage member involvement and recognize the contributions of its racing and non-racing members.

The Race Reimbursement Program (“RRP”) reimburses race entry fees for NEBC Members who race in USCF-, NORBA- and EFTA-sanctioned races. The Volunteer Recognition Program (VRP) was created to encourage the involvement of members who choose not to be part of RRP. In recognition of the large amount time and energy these members give to NEBC, they are given gift certificates to the Cycle Loft (aka “Cycle Loft Bucks”). In addition, RRP participants who have met their RRP requirements (see below) are then put into the VRP and rewarded with Cycle Loft Bucks for their additional service to NEBC.

The goals of RRP/VRP are:

• Promote the sport of bicycle racing by encouraging NEBC members to enter races and/or to volunteer in the promotion of bicycle-racing events such as races, clinics, training, etc.
• Promote the image, logos and products of NEBC, its sponsors, and the sport of bicycle racing by wearing the club jersey in races, and on training rides, and at bicycle-related events.
• Maintain NEBC as an attractive club for its membership.

RRP Participation Requirements

The following are the requirements for participation in the RRP.

• Complete the RRP enrollment form and return it, along with the $10 enrollment fee.
• Obtain a USA Cycling annual license which states your club is “0035 – Northeast Bicycle Club” and your team is “NEBC/Cycle Loft”.
• Only races raced during the current calendar year, January 1 through December 31 may be claimed.
• Racers must participate in at least 8 races for NEBC.
• Riders must be wearing the current official NEBC club jersey in each race they claim. A jersey from the current sponsorship cycle is required!
• Riders must enter “NEBC/Cycle Loft” on each race entry form (“Standard Athlete Release”) on the club/team line (or equivalent.) It is YOUR responsibility to make sure the team name is recorded correctly!
• Racers must volunteer for a minimum of 10 “points” in service of the club. See the table below for a list of suggested duties and the points they carry. Other duties must be approved by a vote of the Board of Directors (“BOD”). You must perform one “big” duty which carries a weight of 5 duty points or more, plus additional duties to accumulate the minimum required. Once members have 10 points, any additional points will count towards VRP. Juniors need a minimum of 5 points to receive RRP.
• Races must be sanctioned by the United States Cycling Federation (“USCF”), the National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA), or the Eastern Fat Tire Association (EFTA) and may NOT be training races. Sanctioning exceptions will be made for those racers who do not have sufficient races available locally for their age group.
• Races must be bicycle races (Track Events, Criteriums, Time-Trials, Road Races, Mountain Bike races (down hill or cross country), or Cyclocross.) Triathlons, centuries, fund raisers, etc. are not included in the RRP.
• Eight of the races must be in the North Atlantic District (NH, MA, ME, CT, RI, VT, NY.) Additional races may be in any district.

VRP Participation Requirements

The following are the requirements for participation in the VRP.

• You must be an NEBC member.
• Volunteer activites claimed under VRP must have been completed during the current calendar year.
• Volunteer activities must be sanctioned by the Board of Directors. Activites not listed in the table below will be subject to approval by the VRP coordinator and the BOD.
• All volunteer time must be submitted on the online form, prior to December 15.

RRP/VRP Participant Responsibilities

Each RRP or VRP member must:

• Submit all duties (hours) on the spreadsheet, prior to December 15.
• Submit race results for all qualified races via the online race entry form, prior to December 15.

Duty Point System

VRP Payout Schedule