Before we ride

Fab Rides is not a club and not a business. There are no clients here, only fellow riders. This ride is arranged between friends, nobody is paying and nobody is being paid, and every rider looks after themselves. Fill this in before we set off. If any of it doesn’t work for you, don’t sign. Come for the coffee instead, no hard feelings.

There is no qualified first aider on this ride

The ride leader’s first aid certification expired in July 2026 and renewal is in progress. Plan for that: carry a charged phone, be able to describe where you are (what3words, a dropped pin or an OS grid reference), carry your own medication and a small first aid kit, and be ready to call 999 or 112 yourself.

The ride

Ride leader: Fabrizio de Liberali, riding as a fellow rider.

Ride or route

Date of the ride

Hire shop (bikes, helmets, repair kit)

You

So somebody can identify you and reach the right person if it goes wrong.

Full name *

Please give your full name.

Mobile you’ll have with you *

Please give a mobile number.

Emergency contact and how they know you *

Please name someone we can call.

Their phone number *

Please give their number.

Your health

Only what a paramedic would need to know. Nothing else.

Do you have any medical condition, allergy, medication or recent injury that could affect your safety on this ride?

YesNo

Please answer yes or no.

If yes, what should a medic know?

If you answered yes, take your own medical advice before riding, bring your medication, and tell the leader on the day where it is.

What you’re agreeing to

Read it properly. It is short on purpose.

An unpaid ride between friends

The ride leader is choosing a route and navigating on a best-effort basis, as a fellow rider, not as a commercial, qualified or professionally certified guide, coach or instructor. No instruction, supervision or duty of care beyond that of an ordinary riding companion is offered or implied.

You look after yourself

You are responsible for your own fitness, food, water, clothing and lights, and for riding within your own limits. A correctly fitted helmet must be worn at all times. Nobody has inspected the trails for you: you decide whether to ride, walk or skip any section, and nothing the leader or another rider says is a warranty that a line is safe for you.

Hired bikes and kit

Bikes for this ride are hired, and the hire shop supplies the helmet and the trailside repair kit. Your hire agreement is between you and the shop, not the ride leader. Before you set off, check the bike yourself (brakes, tyres, wheels and axles, dropper post, gears), check the helmet fits you and is undamaged, and make sure you know how to use the repair kit you have been given. Raise anything that is wrong with the shop, before the ride starts. The ride leader has not inspected the hired equipment, has no control over it, and gives no assurance about its condition or suitability for you. Damage to a hired bike is a matter between you and the shop, so check what their damage cover includes before you sign for it.

The risks are real

Mountain biking carries risks that cannot be designed out: rough, steep and loose terrain, unseen obstacles, drops, trees and rock, other trail and road users, livestock, weather, mechanical failure, collision, falling, serious or fatal injury, and slow access for emergency services in remote places.

Claims

To the fullest extent permitted by law you release the ride leader and the other riders from any claim for loss, damage, illness or injury arising from your participation, including damage to your bike and kit, and you agree not to bring a financial or legal claim arising from it. Nothing here excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded. English law does not allow that, and this form does not pretend otherwise.

Insurance

No personal accident cover is provided and no commercial or public liability policy covers this ride. Your own cover is your responsibility: personal accident, travel, or a membership such as British Cycling or Cycling UK, which usually includes third-party liability. Check your policy.

On the day

Obey the Highway Code on public roads, respect access rights, livestock and other trail users, and tell somebody if you turn round, drop off the back or head home early, so nobody spends the evening looking for you.

I understand this is an unpaid ride between friends and the leader is not acting as a qualified guide.I understand there is no qualified first aider present and I am responsible for my own emergency preparation.I will check the hire bike and helmet myself before riding, and I accept that the hire agreement and the condition of that equipment are between me and the shop.I am responsible for my own kit, my helmet being worn, and every decision I make on the trail.I accept the risks, I ride at my own risk, and I will not bring a claim, so far as the law allows.I am 18 or over and everything I have written above is accurate.

Please tick every box before you sign.

Sign

Type your full name. Typing it here counts as your signature.

Signature *

Type your name as you wrote it above.

Date signed

Your answers stay in this browser until you send them. Nothing is stored anywhere else by this page.

Signed. One step left.

Email it to fab@fab-rides.co.uk, or send it on Signal to fab.101.

Email it to fab@fab-rides.co.uk

On Signal: open a new chat, find by username, type fab.101, then paste.

What happens to your information. It is collected for one purpose: so somebody can reach your emergency contact and give a paramedic the right information if something goes wrong on this ride. The ride leader holds it, shows it to nobody except emergency or medical staff if needed, and destroys it within 30 days of the ride unless an incident makes it necessary to keep it. It is never used for mailing lists. Ask at any time to see or delete it.

Fab Rides · www.fab-rides.co.uk · Pochi ma buoni.
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