How to Create a USA Cycling Club
Registering your club with USA Cycling is easy! All you need to do is fill out the Club/Team Application and send it to USA Cycling with your payment of $150. Once received and processed you will receive an email confirmation from us informing you of your new club status – that’s it!
Typical turn-around time from when we receive your application to when racers can buy their licenses and attach them to the club is under two business days.
If you have any questions you can email our membership department at membership@usacycling.org. You may also contact your membership services coordinator or regional coordinator by clicking on your state in our Local Contacts map.
If you are thinking about creating a collegiate club, we recommend reading this quick-start guide to collegiate cycling clubs.
Below are some frequently asked questions relating to starting a club. Click here for some additional questions on club membership.
Typical turn-around time from when we receive your application to when racers can buy their licenses and attach them to the club is under two business days.
If you have any questions you can email our membership department at membership@usacycling.org. You may also contact your membership services coordinator or regional coordinator by clicking on your state in our Local Contacts map.
If you are thinking about creating a collegiate club, we recommend reading this quick-start guide to collegiate cycling clubs.
Below are some frequently asked questions relating to starting a club. Click here for some additional questions on club membership.
There are three primary benefits to becoming a USA Cycling club.
First, only registered USA Cycling clubs can be found in our club directory, which members and non-members alike will use to find a club in their area.
The second benefit is the ability to purchase supplemental liability insurance for your club. Club General Liability Insurance is a $1,000,000 general liability policy that covers your club for anything they do, from the club’s annual banquet to club rides and even trail building excursions. Club Directors and Officers Liability Insurance offers $1,000,000 of general liability protection for the individual club directors and officers for the club.
Finally, USA Cycling clubs have the ability to permit events through USA Cycling, which can be a source of both revenue and publicity for your club.
First, only registered USA Cycling clubs can be found in our club directory, which members and non-members alike will use to find a club in their area.
The second benefit is the ability to purchase supplemental liability insurance for your club. Club General Liability Insurance is a $1,000,000 general liability policy that covers your club for anything they do, from the club’s annual banquet to club rides and even trail building excursions. Club Directors and Officers Liability Insurance offers $1,000,000 of general liability protection for the individual club directors and officers for the club.
Finally, USA Cycling clubs have the ability to permit events through USA Cycling, which can be a source of both revenue and publicity for your club.
While we strongly encourage clubs to host events, it is not a requirement to be a club. However, it is a requirement for a club to be considered an active club, which means a club can include sponsor logos on its jerseys and add teams (see below). Additionally, clubs in some areas are required by the Local Association to host an event in order to have voting rights within the LA.
A club is the umbrella organization under which any number of teams may be formed. For example, within your club you can have a Masters Team, a Junior Team, a Womens Team, a Cat 4 team, etc. Riders can select both a club and a team from within that club on their license. Only Active Clubs (see below) may have teams.
In accordance with our rule book, section 1E:4 – An active club is one that is in good standing and annually organizes/co-organizes a USA Cycling permitted event open to members of other clubs. Newly-formed clubs may have this requirement reduced by an administrator.
Only active clubs may:
a) Enter into sponsorship agreements, subject to USA Cycling regulations;
b) Form one or more club race teams (sponsored or not);
c) Have jerseys with more than the club name and manufacturer’s logo.
This means clubs can’t technically show sponsorship on their jerseys until they have put on an event. Keep in mind, though, that up to five clubs may be listed as organizers for a single event, so you can team up with another local club to satisfy this requirement.
Only active clubs may:
a) Enter into sponsorship agreements, subject to USA Cycling regulations;
b) Form one or more club race teams (sponsored or not);
c) Have jerseys with more than the club name and manufacturer’s logo.
This means clubs can’t technically show sponsorship on their jerseys until they have put on an event. Keep in mind, though, that up to five clubs may be listed as organizers for a single event, so you can team up with another local club to satisfy this requirement.
To start a club, all you need is yourself. There are clubs that have just one member and others that have more than 600 members.
We make all first-time clubs apply in paper so that we can try to avoid any duplicate or very similar club names. Sometimes we have clubs that switch leadership, especially in collegiate cycling, where the new club president has no idea what previous presidents have done when registering the club. This prevents us from having multiple ‘ghost’ club entries in the database.
This Article Published January 23, 2012 For more information contact:
