Blog Posts - Washington State Bicycle Association serving Washington, Oregon and North Idaho

#GivingTuesday

11/21/2018

Please consider the WSBA on #GivingTuesday, November 27. Contributions from our members and friends are vital to the success of the WSBA. Gifts help us send junior racers to national training camps and international events, purchase safety equipment, support new event development across cycling disciplines, and more. To donate, please visit our Donation page.

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Thank you !!

Meet the Team Rides 2018

7/9/2018

The schedules for Meet the Team Rides--ROAD and DIRT versions—are under construction! The purpose of these rides is to allow riders at all levels and abilities to get to know local Northwest teams seeking new members.

If your team is interested in hosting a Meet the Team ride this year, please contact marthalwalsh at yahoo.com with your preferred date and one or two alternates. All dates in the schedules are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

ROAD Meet the Team Rides begin right after Labor Day and will take place on Saturdays and Sundays from September 8 through November 18. Rides will meet at 9:15 at Leschi Park, 201 Lakeside Ave S, Seattle 98122, with the rides departing at 9:30 and proceeding at a social, "no drop" pace around the south end of Lake Washington and returning across I-90 to Leschi.

If your team wants to host a ROAD Meet the Team ride outside Seattle, we will be happy to include your information in the ride list on the WSBA website. Please just let us know where and when the ride will meet and the estimated time/distance of the ride.

DIRT Meet the Team Rides will be scheduled one ride per weekend date from now until the cross season starts. You pick the time, place, and route for your team’s ride.

To secure a date, you’ll need to provide:
1. the name and email address of a team contact (which will be published with ride details);
2. a brief statement of your team's goals and who you’re recruiting;
3. the URL of your team website; and
4. if it’s a dirt ride, please supply full details on the location, meeting time, ride duration, etc.

USA Cycling recommends that each team permit its Meet the Team ride as a Non-Competitive Training Ride, which can provide general liability insurance. More information on that permitting process is available from USA Cycling:
http://www.usacycling.org/forms/waiver.php?url=noncompetitiveeventapp.pdf

If you have questions regarding the permit or process, please contact permit@wsbaracing.com.

2018 Championship Races

3/10/2018

The 2018 WSBA Championship schedule is SET!
Thanks to support from our partners Absolute Mortgage and JLVelo, the category winners at every WSBA championship race this year will be awarded a champion’s jersey at the race finish.

April 15 - Mountain Bike Championship 360 Park Westside
April 29 - Senior & Master Time Trial Championship Tenino
June 30 – Senior Criterium Championship Poulsbo
July 28 – Senior & Master Road Race Championship Spokane/Spangle
July 29 – Master Criterium Championship Post Falls, ID

All Washington, North Idaho and Oregon members are eligible to win WSBA championships, including gold medals and the championship jersey. All USAC/UCI and one day licensed riders are eligible to compete in WSBA championship events. However, racers from areas outside the USAC-defined geographic designation of the WSBA will not be awarded medals or championship jerseys.
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Safe Sport

2/28/2018

With all the news addressing inappropriate behavior, the WSBA wants to take a moment to discuss safe sport. USAC & the WSBA are committed to a SafeSport environment. Safe sport is not ‘just focused on youth in sport’; it encompasses our entire sporting community regardless of age, gender identity and role within the sport. Both organizations have a zero tolerance policy toward any misconduct, including sexual misconduct. We also recognize that addressing the threat of abuse requires a team effort, and we urge everyone in our sport to be vigilant and to immediately report any instances of misconduct that come to their attention.
Thus, we want to make certain you have information about how to do so readily at hand.

Report sexual misconduct to the Center for SafeSport: The Center handles ALL reports of sexual abuse within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Make a report to the Center if you have a reasonable suspicion of sexual misconduct such as child sex abuse, non-consensual sexual conduct, sexual harassment or intimate relationships involving an imbalance of power, at 1-720-531-0340 or on their website https://SafeSport.org. If USA Cycling receives a report of alleged abuse, it immediately refers the report to the Center for further action, as well as to any applicable civil authority. The contact email for USAC safesport reporting is: safesport@usacycling.org

If a crime has been committed, report it to local authorities: Contact local authorities if you have a reasonable suspicion that sexual abuse or neglect has occurred. All reports of child abuse or sexual assault of a minor must also be reported to local authorities. Reports of abuse not involving a minor may also be reported to local authorities.

Contact USAC for other kinds of misconduct: Other forms of misconduct including emotional or physical misconduct, bullying, hazing or harassment may be reported to USA Cycling for handling in accordance with USA Cycling’s grievance procedures. For a more complete understanding of USA Cycling’s policies and programs, including its grievance procedure, please refer to USA Cycling website: https://www.usacycling.org/resources/safesport/.

Contact the SafeSport crisis line for 24/7 crisis support: A 24/7 hotline has been established by the Center for crisis interventions, referrals and emotional support. This confidential and secure helpline 1-866-200-0796 is operated by RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. Life-threatening emergencies should call 911.

USAC Safesport information can be found here.
The US Center for Safesport can be found here.

Capturing and storing your digital USAC license

2/23/2018

Racers need to be able to present their USAC license information at any USA Cycling event. Unless you opted to purchase a printed USAC license, the easiest way to have a handy copy of your license information is to store it as a photo in your phone. The image will be accessible even where cell coverage is poor or when the USAC site is slow to load.

Here is the shortest path to that screenshot:

Go to legacy.usacycling.org using your phone or other mobile device.
Log in to your account using the LOG IN box by clicking on the upper right corner.
Click on the link to the legacy site in the heading at the top of the screen.
Choose the license link in the bar under the banner at the top of the screen.
Click on the Print Authorization to Ride button.
Take a screenshot of this one page. (If you don't know how--look it up! It's easy.) It shows all the info on one screen that you’ll need at a race: license number, racing age, categories by discipline, and current USAC membership status (for 2018). For WSBA members, your jersey number appears in the Chip Numbers field; you’ll also need that number at race registration.

Be sure to take your license information and WSBA numbers to every race!

Storing all this info NOW in one place will save lots of time for you (and everyone else) on race day. USAC is working to improve its apps and encourages members to explore that option as well.

Good luck this season!

Women's Racing Clinic on February 24, 2018

1/24/2018

Local women’s cycling teams will offer a coached clinic for women thinking about road racing who want to learn – or improve on – the necessary skills to race effectively and safely. No previous race experience is needed! The clinic will be led by Marsa Daniel of MD Endurance Coaching, and she has much to offer to new racers as well as experienced Cat 4 and Cat 3 women.

More info and links to registration are here: https://legacy.usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2018-375

2017 WSBA annual meeting 4:00 pm 12/9

12/6/2017

!! TIME CHANGE !!

The WSBA annual meeting on Saturday, December 9, 2017, will begin at

4:00 pm

This earlier start time will allow us to conclude all business during our allotted time in the Cascade facility (7787 62nd Ave NE, Seattle WA 98115--inside the Sand Point complex).

Please join us!

2018 WSBA Bib Allocation and Membership Renewal Timeline

12/4/2017

Renew your WSBA membership during the online USA Cycling renewal process, or join the WSBA when you sign up for a new USAC membership online. Do this by January 20 and receive your WSBA numbers in time for the first road events of 2018. WSBA membership is $25 for 2018.

If you are on the USAC auto-renew program your auto-renew will automatically add a WSBA membership to your purchase if you bought your WSBA membership via USAC in 2017.

If you purchased your WSBA membership via paypal or other methods in 2017 you will need to manually purchase your WSBA membership through USAC or via this link. http://www.wsbaracing.org/ membership.html.

If you aren’t renewing with USAC for 2018, or your USAC account doesn’t show WSBA as your Local Association, or if you’ve never had a USAC membership, follow this link: http://www.wsbaracing.org/ membership.html.

For memberships received by midnight January 20, 2018:

WSBA race numbers will be sent to each team for members whose USAC accounts indicate membership in that road team. Bulk shipments will go out no later than February 15. Team leaders, you will be receiving an email confirming the address on file for your team. Please update the team information within the USAC database no later than January 11, 2018 to insure proper delivery of your team membership numbers.
Numbers for members without a team affiliation will be individually mailed to the member’s address in the USAC database no later than February 20, 2018.

After January 20:

Memberships will be processed in the order received and race numbers will likely be received early March. Those received before February 25 will be shipped in mid-March. For memberships purchased after February, allow at least 3 weeks to receive race numbers. After June 1, new and renewing members should email joinwsba@gmail.com to indicate membership purchase or the membership may not be processed due to so few new members in this time frame.

Numbers returned due to incorrect addresses will be resent after all new memberships are processed. Any member whose numbers are returned for an incorrect address more than one time will be subject to a $5.00 handling fee. Please verify your address on file with USAC is correct when you renew!

Annual meeting, elections, BARR awards: Sat. 12/9 4:30 pm

12/3/2017

Just a reminder that the 2017 annual meeting of the Washington State Bicycle Association will take place Saturday, December 9, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at:

Cascade Bicycling Center
7787 62nd Avenue NE
Seattle WA 98115

All members are encouraged to attend.

During the meeting we will briefly review 2017 and then look ahead to what’s on the horizon for 2018 as the WSBA works to enhance competitive cycling opportunities in our region. The slate of directors and representatives will be presented to the clubs for election. Each club is eligible to cast one vote on the proposed slate of directors. Please contact WSBA president Gina Kavesh at gkavesh[at]gmail.com to indicate who from your team will be present with authority to vote for your club.

Slate of nominees can be found here:
http://www.wsbaracing.org/home/2017-wsba-annual-meeting-and-elections

BARR and BAT awards for 2017 will also be presented during the annual meeting. The winners for BARR and BAT can be found here:
http://www.wsbaracing.org/resultsbarr.htm

Shop with AmazonSmile and help the WSBA !

11/29/2017

You can support the WSBA when you shop online! Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the WSBA whenever you shop at smile.amazon.com.

And remember, you can donate directly to the WSBA using the PayPal link on our donation page: wsbaracing.org/donate/html

Donors receive no goods or services from the WSBA for their contributions. Pursuant to RCW 109.09, the WSBA is registered as a charitable organization with the Secretary of State, State of Washington. For more information, call 1-800-332-4483. Contributions or gifts to Washington State Bicycle Association (WSBA) 501(C)(3) are tax deductible as a charitable contribution for federal income tax purposes. Note that membership dues are not deductible.