12 Hours of Clifton - 9 Lap

Parking, ride support and post ride festivities will be located in the Clifton parking lot just north of the train tracks. Start: Villagios Parking Lot 6:15 Safety brief and photo. Official start time is 6:30 am Official finish 6:30pm

Safety Notes  These are our standard Clifton Cycling Club rules.  Please read and reread the safety notes below. Please have a working, charged blinky light and ensure that you maintain social distance as we prepare to depart.

• Respect the Director Sportif.  Respect the ride leaders. Our ride goals are that we will all get a good workout, enjoy each other’s company, and arrive at our destination safely. Our rides always start with a safety briefing, and we have one DS who accounts for our riders to ensure we have everyone, and who “manages” the ride to ensure we are riding safely.  Please support the efforts of the DS to ensure a safe and enjoyable ride for everyone. 

• Running Red Lights and stop signs. Running a light by yourself puts you at risk.  Running them while you are pulling the paceline puts everyone at risk, increased because the riders behind you may not have seen the light changing 

• Jackrabbit Starts.  Let's avoid those.    Some of us are much stronger and faster than others.  Please wait for everyone to make it through the stoplight, or other point where we've paused and for the signal from the Director Sportif before starting out.  We're shedding good riders off the back because they never get the chance to catch up!

• Crossing intersections.  When in the front of the peloton please use caution going through lights and be cognizant that there could be 20 to 30 riders behind you and that they will need extra time to clear the intersection.  If you are at the front of the peloton and approaching a light and it turns yellow please don't try and beat the light.  You might be inadvertently drawing people behind you into a very dangerous situation.

• Do Not Cross the Yellow Line Regardless of whether the lane appears clear or not.  Doing so puts you into the path of oncoming cars, placing you and the rest of the group at risk.  

• We do not allow TT bikes, Tri bikes or aero bars on a road bike. These are not allowed (no exceptions) in most UCI sponsored road races and are not allowed on CCC rides because of the dangers they pose to the rider and to others in the peloton. There are many reasons for this rule.  Aerobars are unstable in tight formations and when turning - and we have lots of both on our rides. They don't allow for quick decisions which are often needed to maintain a safe and fun ride for all in a tight group.  And, they present a spearing hazard in a crash.  

• We do not allow E-bikes. These disrupt the natural flow of the paceline, drafting, and the effort of the peloton.   

• We do not allow earbuds.   It is very important to be listening for safety call outs on our rides.  Also, our rides are intended to be social when we are not hammering and it is hard to talk to the person next to you when you or they have something stuck in your/their ear.  For the 12 Hours of Clifton we are allowing earbuds as long as you are not riding in a peleton. 

• Snot Rockets. When you have to clear your nose be sure to move to the back of the peloton before you do.