Club Activities

Tarwheel Twitter site! http://twitter.com/tarwheels

Tarwheels Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1408194375

Volunteer Activities

Club Donations

Thanks to Tarwheels for donation to Triangle Rails to Trails

Tarwheels Pedaling for MS -Tarwheels participation in Multiple Sclerosis riding fund raising

About The Carolina Tarwheels Bicycle Club

We are a group of bicycle enthusiasts who organize social rides in Orange, Durham, Wake, Alamance, and Chatham counties of North Carolina. We promote the fun and challenge of cycling and advocate for cycling safety and bike-friendly policies in our communities. The Tarwheels are affiliated with the League of American Bicyclists (LAB).
Tarwheels By-Laws (.pdf format)

To Join or Renew: www.memberize.net/clubportal/MemberJoin.cfm
Group Rides

A list of rides offered by the club and led by club members is published in The Cog Hauler. Guests may participate in any club ride. All riders must sign a liability waiver for each ride, and helmets are required.

Many rides feature a special theme such as lunch at a local restaurant, a combination of biking and canoeing or biking and dancing, or chocolate chip cookies. Although most of our club rides are road rides, the club also offers off-road rides for mountain bike enthusiasts. Club members sometimes offer group trips to remote sites for biking. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a popular weekend destination, usually combined with a stay in the youth hostel in Galax, VA.

The club also offers rides specifically designed to attract new members and beginning cyclists. These rides are short (8 to 20 miles) and slow-paced (10-12 miles per hour) with frequent stops for riders to regroup. If you haven't been on a bike in a while, and want a gentle reintroduction to the pleasures of being on the road, be sure to look for the beginner/new member rides!

E-mail List: There is an electronic mailing list for Tarwheels news and announcements. Members are automatically added to the list. If you would like to be removed from the list, send a message to info@tarwheels.org.

Bi-Monthly Club Meetings
Club meetings are held every two months in various local restaurants. Club business is conducted, and many times an invited speaker makes a presentation on a cycling topic. The meetings are an excellent time for new and old members to get to know each other. Non-members sometimes attend meetings to learn more about club activities.

Rentals: Members can rent the club's bike travel boxes and BOB trailers. Contact the Rental Coordinator for more information. (Rentals are for members only).
Rates: 10 days free, then $1/day thereafter; $10 deposit required:
BOB trailers (qty 1) - Jeff Charles
Bike Travel Boxes (qty 4) - Jeff Charles

Bike Shop Discounts
A number of local bike shops in Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Cary
and Raleigh offer discounts to members.