Caring over competition! Whether we ride fast or slow, we ride together. If you'd rather ride with headphones and music or a podcast, Puppyton isn't for you. Getting to know future friends is part of the game!

Have the day's on your computer. A GPS bike computer is highly recommended, however we will not exclude anyone not being able to ride with a computer, but please make sure you know the route very well.

We ride in an organized manner and with the help of our ride captains try to make the group work well together. Respect the Ride Captain’s decision as they ensure the safety of everyone. If you want to lead a ride sometime, hit us up!

We try to minimize our impact on motorized traffic. We don’t provoke and don’t act aggressively. For training purposes, road cyclists are allowed to ride in two rows, side by side. We don’t ride wider than 2x2 (except for a short period while rotating turns on the front) and we may ride single-file if safety requires it. On all cycling and shared paths we slow down to avoid dangerous situations with other road users.

For our Wednesday Ride we create three different groups with respective speed levels (Leadout, Chasing Group, Peleton). If in doubt, choose the lower level. You can try to ride in a faster group next time. If you accidentally choose the wrong group, be fair to the others and let the group go without being mad or expecting that they will wait. If a group feels too slow for you respect your fellow riders and swallow your inner Gustav!

We want to ride as safely as possible. When rotating back from a turn on the front ALWAYS move out to the left, even when we ride in a double row. In this case the first rider in the left row moves out first, followed by the first rider of the right row. With this procedure we want to keep a maximum of three rows (riders) side by side.

Always indicate danger spots, changes, stops and pass them through the entire group. You appreaciate it when you are at the back, and so do your fellow riders.

Stronger riders have more responsibility. When riding in front, act like a leader and consider the dynamics of a group and avoid dangerous situations by anticipation. Actively watch out for the weaker riders in your group (applies for Saturday rides and No-Drop-Groups on Wednesday). This does not give you the right to man-splain anyone.

We expect everyone joining our group rides to wear a helmet, ride a well-functioning road bike and bring lights when necessary. Always being able to brake is crucial that is why we don't allow aero bars in our group rides.

During no-drop rides always wait on top of climbs, after descents and anytime riders that have fallen behind. If you want to leave the ride early, please communicate that clearly.

Helping also goes a long way, providing spare parts in a pinch, waiting up for slower riders or giving advice (when asked for!) is much appreciated.