Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club Website

Joining Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

For those who are fairly new to riding, we promote a 'try before you buy' (at your own risk) policy for your first two or three road rides. After that we do insist you make a choice of wanting to join the club and get a licence, or not proceed with riding with the club.

Its very important for insurance, for rules (including UCI and State and Australian Laws), and for organisational purposes that people join if they enjoy riding with DHBC.

Track riding note: You must have at least a 'recreational' licence to do any form of track training with DHBC.

Three easy steps to membership:

Understand the Risks of Cycling by reading here.
Register as a Rider with DHBC so we know your emergency contact details;
Join Cycling Australia and DHBC by paying the applicable membership fee.

Joining DHBC gives you membership to two organisations:

A: Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

B: Cycling Australia (which provides insurance and allows you to race if you have a race licence)

If you just want to ride Saturday Slowies and/or do Waterfall on a Sunday, participate in other official club training rides and/or do Track Training (not racing) you only need a Recreational licence, the cost of which in 2010 is $77.00 for ages 19 and over. A percentage of this goes to DHBC and the rest to Cycling Australia.

If you want to race on the road or track (including track omniums) you need a racing licence.

Please click this link for full details on membership types and elite versus masters details.

Click here for all age categories for 2010 - which one are you?

July 2010 Note:
Recreational licences are now valid year to year (by quarter) from the time you join DHBC i.e. they don't all expire on 31/12 like race licences so if you join now (Q3 2010) your licence won't expire till the end of Sep 2011.
Race licences still all expire on 31/12 every year but if you join in Q3 you pay a half year rate and if you join in Q4 you get 15 months membership for the price of 12. Simple huh!

Payments:
In 2010 the preferred method to join DHBC is to Join Cycling Australia on-line using a credit card (click the link). This includes your yearly DHBC membership.

If you do not have a credit card then you can download a printable form (PDF), fill it in and post with your cheque to:
DHBC Secretary
13 Denison Rd
Lewisham 2049

Alternatively you can hand it to a club official at a DHBC event with cheque or cash.

2010 charges for a DHBC / Cycling Australia membership are as follows:

Elite (generally M & F 19-29)	$255
Jun Boy Under 13	$114
Jun Girl Under 13	$114
Jun Men Under 15	$114
Jun Men Under 17	$114
Jun Men Under 19	$202
Jun Under 11	$114
Jun Under 9	$114
Jun Women Under 15	$114
Jun Women Under 17	$114
Jun Women Under 19	$202
KIDZ	$10
Men Masters Div 1	$202
Men Masters Div 2	$202
Men Masters Div 3	$202
Men Masters Div 4	$202
Men Masters Div 5	$202
Men Masters Div 6	$202
Men Masters Div 7	$202
Men Masters Div 8	$114
Men Masters Div 9	$114
Recreational U19	$16.50
Recreational	$77
Sport Licence	$110
Women Masters Div 1	$202
Women Masters Div 2	$202
Women Masters Div 3	$202
Women Masters Div 4	$202
Women Masters Div 5	$202
Women Masters Div 6	$202
Women Masters Div 7-	$202
Women Masters Div 8	$114

Family Membership Note: Cycling Australia has introduced a new family discount for 2010. This is only available to families of four or more Cycling Australia members living under the one roof. Families are advised to contact their state association to check eligibility and availability. Family discounts are only available using manual membership forms through the club.