RIDE RIVER SAINT JOE
RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY FORM
This form must be completed before any participation will be allowed. Printed completed forms will be held on file by the organizer for the duration of the season.
Participant’s Name _____________________________________________
Date of Birth _____/______/_____
Home Address___________________________________________
City/State/Zip_______________________
Home Phone ____________________ Cell Phone____________________
Email ________________________
In consideration of being permitted to participate in any way with bicycle group ride(s) and related activities
(“Activities”), sponsored jointly by BEDLAM BICYCLE COMPANY, LLC and BUCHANAN CRAFT, LLC (“Companies”), I, for myself, my personal representatives, assigns, heirs, and next of kin, hereby acknowledge and agree as follows:
1. I have the skills, judgment, and physical condition to participate in the Activities.
2. I am familiar with the laws that apply to the operation of bicycles on Michigan roads, sidewalks, and pathways.
3. I understand the nature of the Activities and that they are conducted over public roads or trails and facilities open to the public during the Activities and upon the hazards of which traveling are to be expected.
4. I will ride in a safe, prudent, and courteous manner.
5. I will wear a protective helmet while participating in this ride and refrain from wearing one earplug, a pair of earplugs, or headsets for entertainment.
6. If at any time I believe the conditions to be unsafe, I will immediately discontinue further participation in the Activities.
7. That participating in the Activities involves risks and dangers of serious injury, including personal injury, disability, paralysis, death, property damage and theft, and these risks and dangers may be caused by my own actions, or inactions, or the actions or inactions of others participating in the Activities and the conditions in which the Activities take place.
8. I hereby expressly WAIVE, RELEASE, AND DISCHARGE Companies, their members, managers, employees, volunteers, agents, affiliated persons, groups, successors and assigns from any and all liability, claims, actions or rights of action for damage for personal injury, paralysis, disability, death, property damage and theft as a result of my participation in the Activities.
9. I hereby expressly INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS Companies, their members, managers, employees, volunteers agents, affiliated persons and groups, successors and assigns against any losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, actions, judgments, settlements, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, or expenses of any kind, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out or resulting from any loss or claim related to my participation in the Activities, including any claim related to my own negligence or the ordinary negligence of the Companies.
10. I understand this Release and Waiver Form can only be revoked or amended in writing, duly signed by me and notarized and delivered to Companies.
By signing, I acknowledge that I have read the above Release and Waiver of Liability Form and fully understand its terms, understand that I have given up substantial rights by signing it and have signed it freely and without an inducement or assurance of any nature and intend it to be a complete and unconditional release of all liability to the greatest extent allowed by law and agree that if any portion of this Release and Waiver of Liability
Form is held invalid; the balance notwithstanding shall continue in full force and effect.
Signature of participant: ____________________________________________ Date ____________________
(Parent’s signature if under 18 years of age)
I represent that I have legal capacity and am authorized to act on behalf of the minor named herein.
Parent/Guardian Signature: __________________________________________ Date _________________
RIDE RIVER SAINT JOE RULES
Participants will follow instructions given by the Organizers before and during group rides.
Participants will ride no more than two abreast per Michigan law (MCL 257.660b).
Participants will, to the best of their ability, alert other riders of obstructions and pot holes in the road, as well as directional changes in the route using appropriate hand motions and audible signals.
Participants will, to the best of their ability, alert other riders of traffic from ahead of and behind the group.
Participants are encouraged to have a spare tire, tire lever, and inflation device while participating.
Participants will refrain from the use of aerobars, or any other device that removes the hands from the braking and shifting mechanism.
Participants’ bicycles will be in safe and mechanically sound working order.