Northeast Bicycle Club

Bicycle Racing and Development for Boston and Beyond!

About NEBC

» General Club Information

» Useful Documents

2005 Membership Application
Individual Member Release Form
Multiple Guest Release Form (for club rides)
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.
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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 Suarez 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.
  • 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 Program

General Description

The Race Reimbursement Program (“RRP”) reimburses race entry fees for NEBC Members who race in USCF-, and/or EFTA-sanctioned races. This program intends to encourage race member involvement in the club by also requiring volunteer contributions.

The goals of RRP are to:

  • Promote the sport of bicycle racing by encouraging NEBC members to enter races and 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.

  • Obtain a USA Cycling annual license which states your club is “0035 – Northeast Bicycle Club” and your team is “NEBC/Cycle Loft/Devonshire Dental”.
  • Riders must enter “NEBC/Cycle Loft/Devonshire Dental” 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!
  • Only races raced during the current calendar year, January 1 through December 31 may be claimed.
  • Racers must participate in a minimum of 8 races for NEBC. Note that stage races (i.e., Fitchburg, Green Mountain, Working Man’s, etc) count only as one race – please list these only ONCE on the form.
  • Racers must volunteer for a minimum of 12 hours of service to the club. These hours will be verified with the appropriate volunteer coordinator. A minimum of THREE of these hours must come from one of NEBC’s USA Cycling permitted events: Spring Race Clinic, CBTT, Kid’s Crit or Bow.
  • Riders must be wearing the current official NEBC club jersey in each race they claim. A jersey from the current sponsorship cycle is required!
  • Elite team members (road teams) may submit non-road races for reimbursement if the 8 race minimum is achieved (i.e., 8 cyclocross or 8 MTB races in addition to road races). The 12 volunteer hours must also come from outside your elite team commitments.
  • Races must be sanctioned by the United States Cycling Federation (“USCF”), 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. Please note that Wells Ave, Charge Pond, Charlie Baker and other training races are NOT eligible for reimbursement.
  • Races must be bicycle races (Track Events, Criteriums, Time-Trials, Road Races, Mountain Bike races (downhill 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.

RRP Participant Responsibilities

Each RRP 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.
  • Racers must volunteer for a minimum of 12 hours of service to the club. These hours will be verified with the appropriate volunteer coordinator. A minimum of THREE of these hours must come from one of NEBC’s USA Cycling permitted events: Spring Race Clinic, CBTT, Kid’s Crit or Bow.