NYCC Policies & Documents

This page contains the official policies, governance documents, and organizational guidelines of the New York Cycle Club (NYCC). Members and guests can review club rules, safety policies, and other important documents related to participation in NYCC activities.

Code of Conduct:

The New York Cycle Club (“NYCC” or the “Club”) has adopted this Code of Conduct to promote an environment which fosters good sportsmanship, safe cycling, mutual respect and courtesy when participating in all Club activities and when representing the Club in any manner. The Club expects that all relationships among persons participating in Club activities will be respectful and free of harassment, discrimination or bullying. A violation of this Code of Conduct may result in disciplinary action up to and including the suspension or termination of your membership privileges.

Individuals and Conduct Covered
This Code of Conduct applies to all members and guests participating in Club activities and it prohibits harassment, discrimination, bullying and retaliation, whether engaged in by members or by someone not directly connected to the Club (i.e. vendor or guest). Conduct prohibited by this policy is unacceptable. It applies to all members at all Club activities, including rides, trips, meetings, Club-related social events, when conducting any Club-related business or engaging in any Club-related communications using NYCC’s website and forums, Club emails, Facebook pages or similar sites or applications.

Defining Prohibited Harassment, Discrimination and Bullying
Harassment, discrimination and bullying are often characterized by insulting, hurtful, vindictive, cruel or malicious behaviors which have the purpose or effect to create a hostile, intimidating or offensive Club environment. This prohibited conduct may be the result of deliberate intention or not. It is important to recognize that it is the impact of the behavior on others, not the intent, which determines whether or not harassment, discrimination or bullying has occurred. Depending upon the severity and impact of the behavior, a single significant incident may constitute prohibited conduct, if it is found to be sufficiently offensive, threatening or intimidating. To determine whether or not prohibited conduct has occurred, each situation must be examined reasonably and objectively, based on its specific facts.
Examples of conduct or comments which might constitute prohibited harassment, discrimination or bullying include:
· oral, written or physical threats and intimidation;
· insulting or derogatory remarks, gestures or actions;
· shouting, yelling, swearing and calling someone derogatory names;
· targeting an individual through persistent, unwarranted criticism, personal insults or public ridicule;
· vandalizing personal belongings;· nonconsensual use or disclosure of a person’s private information;
· spreading malicious rumors;
· harassing, discriminatory or otherwise lewd or offensive written or verbal language, drawings, gestures or symbols that demean or show hostility or aversion towards an individual based on his or her race, religion, color, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability or similarly protected characteristic;
· unwelcome intentional physical contact with another person; and unwelcome sexual advances or unwelcome sexually suggestive comments, remarks, notes, texts, emails, voicemails, etc.

MEMBER RESPONSIBILITY
Each member of NYCC has a responsibility to maintain a Club that is free from prohibited acts of harassment, discrimination and bullying. The Board will make every reasonable effort to establish and maintain a Club environment free of harassment, discrimination and bullying by establishing a fair and equitable protocol for responding to complaints and by taking appropriate corrective and/or disciplinary measures, where applicable.
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Any member who believes that he or she has been subjected to any conduct prohibited by this Code of Conduct is asked to report the matter to a Club officer. We ask for your cooperation to support the implementation of this important Club policy.

Privacy Policy:

Member Account, Password and Security
By joining NYCC and/or creating an account on this website, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract. All members under the age of 18 must obtain parental consent to join NYCC and must be accompanied by an adult at least 18 years of age or older on all club rides.
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You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the membership form (the "Membership Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update your Membership Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or NYCC has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, NYCC has the right to suspend or terminate your membership and refuse any and all current or future participation in NYCC.

You will receive a password upon completing the Membership registration process. Existing members are asked to reset their passwords by following the NYCC.org Upgrade Info on the Home page. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password. You agree to (a) immediately notify NYCC of any unauthorized use of your password or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your NYCC login at the end of each session.

How NYCC Collects and Uses Your Personal Information- NYCC collects your name, address, phone number, email address and other optional information such as, but not limited to, ride level preferences, and volunteer status. If you participate in a club ride, we will ask you to sign a release and provide your name, signature, and emergency phone number. Your contact information as well as your emergency contact information will be shared with the leaders of any ride you join.
- The Membership Director is responsible for the collection, maintenance, and accuracy of all personal information collected in association with membership activities by NYCC. If your personal information changes or you would like to review the personal information we have on file, please click on your account and then the profile tab.
- The Rides Coordinator is responsible for collecting release forms containing personal information. Release forms are only used for insurance purposes, and the personal information contained on the release form is not used by the club for any other purpose.
- NYCC does not release personal information to commercial interests or other third parties.
- NYCC shares personal information of members with other members depending on the member’s own privacy settings for the disclosure of personal information. Members will be able to publish personal information, including but not limited to name, address, and phone number, by means of a membership roster.

Privacy Settings
This section explains how your privacy settings work, and how your information is shared with other NYCC members.
Name and Profile Picture: NYCC offers ways to make it easy for you to find and connect with other members. For this reason, your name and profile picture do not have privacy settings. If you are uncomfortable with sharing your profile picture, you should delete it (or not add one).
Contact Information: Your contact information settings control (available when customizing your privacy settings) who can contact you through the online NYCC Membership Roster, and who can see your contact information such as your email and phone number(s). Remember that you are not required to disclose any of this information.

Online Data Security
‍NYCC keeps certain personally identifiable information on our web server which is connected to the Internet. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use best practices to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If we detect or learn of any breach of security, we will inform affected members.

Cookie Policy
We use 3rd-party analytics services to help us understand how visitors use our site, such as but not limited to: pages viewed, time spent on the site, scrolls and clicks. Most analytics providers use cookies to collect this information, which may be transmitted to and processed by the provider in accordance with the 3rd-party provider's privacy policy. We review these terms of agreement ahead of integration and provide them to our membership upon request. The data we collect through these services is used solely to improve the functionality and content of our site and is not shared for advertising or commercial purposes.
We do not allow advertising on our primary website. Our Escape New York website may contain content from our event sponsors but does not serve other personalized ads.

Cookie policy updated Aug 7, 2026
Links to Other Sites
This web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by NYCC. Please be aware that NYCC is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this web site.
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Changes in this Privacy Statement
‍We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, it will be reflected in this statement, and we will notify members by means including but not limited to e-mail, our newsletter, or a notice on our home page.
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Equipment Requirements:

The club has the following mandatory policies regarding cycling gear:
· Helmets required;
· Bikes in good working condition;
· No aerobars;
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Listening devices:
· None allowed on A-rides;
· On other rides, a single earpiece or bilateral bone-conducting headphones are permitted at the discretion of ride leaders, but only for voice navigation.
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Limited gear - The following gear are allowed, but with some limitations, and ride leaders have discretion to adjust or add further limitations:
· Electric-powered bicycles: allowed on rides at a pace of 16 MPH or less, or above at leader discretion, limited to Class 1 or Class 3 pedal assist e-bikes.
· Throttle type e-bikes are not allowed on Club rides.
· Sound amplification devices audible to other riders at distances within the ride's group configuration.

Social Media:

NYCC Social Media Rules
‍The NYCC Code of Conduct applies to all Club communications, including the Club’s Discord, Facebook and other social media platforms. These rules are designed to ensure such venues are welcoming for members to engage about topics relevant to the Club.

‍Members must not:
Post comments, messages, or updates that harass, discriminate against, or bully other members
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Target an individual or group through persistent, unwarranted criticism, personal insults, or the spreading of misleading information
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Monopolize a channel with persistent posts intended to provoke confrontation
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Repeatedly post the same or substantially similar objections, or post at a volume that dominates discussion, after a matter has been addressed
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Share another person’s private identifying information without their consent (“doxing”)

Post obscene or offensive material

Post spam, commercial content, or advertising outside channels designated for it (e.g., “marketplace,” “trips-around-and-about”)

‍Enforcement. The Committee may, at its discretion, remove posts that violate these guidelines and suspend or revoke a member’s access to the Club’s social media. Conduct that may warrant suspension or termination of Club membership will be referred to the Board under the Code of Conduct and the Club’s bylaws.

‍Notice. These updated rules serve as notice to all members. No further warning is required before action is taken.
‍Reporting. To report a violation, contact the Committee at moderators@nycc.org

Central & Prospect Park Protocol:

NYCC in coordination with other cycling and racing clubs in NYC has agreed that all group rides will follow this protocol.• Cyclists are subject to all laws, rules and regulations governing Central Park and Prospect Park at all times and shall act accordingly.
• Cyclists shall always yield to pedestrians, regardless of whether they are in a crosswalk. The safety of pedestrians is paramount at all times.
• Cyclists shall ride predictably at a speed appropriate to the circumstances; shall employ caution and common sense when approaching crosswalks and signal lights; and be prepared to yield and stop.
• Central Park - Cyclists should be extra vigilant throughout the south section of the Park, from West 72nd Street around to the bottom of Cat’s Paw Hill north of the Boathouse, in order to maintain safety through this narrow and congested area.
• Prospect Park - Cyclists should be especially vigilant at the Vanderbilt / West Drive crosswalk – this is at the bottom of a steep downhill, by the lake. It is an especially congested area.
• Training rides should be limited to times when the Park is least crowded (i.e., weekdays before 8am and after 8pm in the summer or 6pm in the winter) and should be kept small and take into account proximate park user traffic. Cyclists shall employ front and rear lights before dawn and after dusk.
• Be mindful of other cyclists who might be riding with different intentions, such as commuters, casual riders, delivery workers and tourists who do not know the rules.
• In general, slower cyclists should stay left and faster cyclists should pass on the right when safe to do so. No cyclist may ride in the runner’s lane at any time. When passing any park users, allow several feet of clearance.
• Cyclists shall carry valid identification.

Notes:
Central Park and Prospect Park are two of the most visited parks in the city. Park goers are typically very good, understanding, and well-behaved, however, on occasion, regardless of any regulations, someone, a pet, and even objects will get in the way, so please prioritize your and others’ safety always. Be prepared to stop.

Similarly, cyclists should have realistic expectations of when and how they can ride and train—early weekday mornings, when the park is less busy, could be good moments to train or do group rides. Busy evenings, summer weekends, days with running races, or walk events, should come with the expectation that you’ll need to ride slowly and carefully.

Your behavior as an athlete and cyclist should never be conditioned by those around you. Be courteous and gracious no matter the circumstances – especially if in a Club jersey: Represent.

For medical emergencies in Central Park, call the CP Medical Unit: 212 585 0911. In Prospect Park, call 911.

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