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1000 Mile Club
Ride and record 1000 miles or more during the calendar year and be recognized at the annual awards ceremony. There are additional recognition "Clusters" for those that ride and record over 2,500, 5,000, 7,500, and 10,000 miles. The preferred logging tool is Love to Ride USA (https://www.lovetoride.net/usa/groups/2518), but you may log on Strava, Excel or any other tool provided you submit your miles monthly to the club "Awards, Recognition and Statistics" committee chair, currently Cliff Roebuck.
Love to Ride has an IPhone app to manually log miles and ability to link to our Strava protocol which will automatically log your outdoor miles. Indoor miles must be logged manually. The top ten mileage loggers are recognized in the quarterly club newsletter and on the club Facebook group page. Annual challenge winners are recognized at the February awards ceremony, on the club Facebook group page and in the club newsletter.
For the 1000 mile club both indoor and outdoor miles may be logged.
Birthday Club Rules
- PBA members aged 50 and over can qualify for the “Birthday Club” by riding their age (in miles) within one week before or after their birthday.
- Active membership is required, and you must qualify annually.
- Members over the age of 75 may deduct a mile for every year over 75 (i.e., a member who is 78 years old may ride 72 miles to qualify).
- Members with birthdays in January or February are granted a grace period through March 15 to qualify.
- There are numerous 'Open Seasons' throughout the year, allowing members to qualify during a cycling event or holiday weekend regardless of their birth date. Examples of events are Cap2Cap, Tour de Chesapeake and the Between the Waters Ride. Holiday weekends include Memorial Day and Labor Day. Specific dates are published in the Chainstay newsletter and on the PBA Facebook group page ahead of time for member planning.
- “Birthday Club” membership is recognized in the Chainstay newsletter, on the PBA Facebook group page and during the annual awards ceremony.
- There are three categories of membership: "Vanilla" ages 50-59; "Peaches and Cream" ages 60-69; and "Rocky Road" ages 70 and over.
- Members age 80 and over who qualify for the Birthday Club are also recognized with the Ron Hafer Award. Ron who passed in 2020 was the first club member age 80 and over to qualify for the Birthday Club. Ron was a mentor to many "Rocky Road" members to "keep on keeping on".
- Please email your qualifying ride details (or Strava activity link) and your birth date to Cliff Roebuck.
BORN TO RIDE RULES
- Ride the number of miles in the last two digits of your birth year 12 times during the calendar year.
- No more than two rides may be recorded in a single month (but of course you may ride as often as desired).
- If born in 1962 or later ride 62 miles.
- Periodically send birth year, date and miles to the "Awards, Recognition and Statistics" committee chair.
Examples:
Birth Year Miles to Ride
1942 42
1955 55
1960 60
1968 62
1979 62
1985 62
2000 62
See the "1000 Mile Club" for logging and notification information.