Website Tips
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- Using the ride calendar
The Portland Bicycling Club strives to offer at least one organized ride every day. See our Ride Calendar to find the right ride for you:
- Point your browser to portlandbicyclingclub.com
- Click on the “Rides” menu item link at the top of the page.
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- Joining the club
If you wish to join the Portland Bicycling Club, follow these steps:
- Point your browser to portlandbicyclingclub.com
- Click on the “Join” menu item link at the top of the page.
- Choose the type of membership (Individual or Family) that you would like and press the appropriate “Select options” button.
- Select a one-year or two-year membership and press the “Add to cart” button.
- Verify your shopping cart contents and press the “Proceed to checkout” button.
- Fill out the “Billing details” form, required entries are indicated by an asterisk. Pay special attention to the email address and account password entries, you will use these in the future to login to your club account.
- Choose your payment method.
- Read the club’s terms and conditions and check the box to indicate that you agree to them.
- Press the “Place order” button.
- If successful, you will be logged in to the website and your order received confirmation page will display.
- Logging in to your account
When you join the club, an account on our website is created for you; follow these steps to log on:
- Point your browser to portlandbicyclingclub.com
- Press the “Login” button at the upper right of the screen.
- Enter your email address where it says, “Username or Email Address”. This is the same email that you used to join the club.
- Enter your password where it says, “Password”. This is the same password that you selected when you joined the club.
- Press the “Log In” button at the bottom of the form. If you have forgotten your password, click on the “Lost your password?” link below the form and follow the instructions.
- You will return to the website home page, but there will now be a person avatar at the upper right of the screen. Initially this will be the image of a generic person, you can set your own avatar image later.
- Hover your mouse over the person icon and a drop-down menu will appear; this is the Members-only menu. From it you can access additional content that is only available to club members.
- Accessing your account settings
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- Using the route map library
The club maintains a library of popular bicycle route maps in both paper (PDF file) and electronic (RideWithGPS website) form. You must be logged onto the website to access these maps. From the Members-only menu, click on the “Map Library” item. A tabular listing of route map will appear on the page. This list can be searched by opening the “Search Route Maps” section, selecting your filter criteria and pressing the “Search” button.
- Using the member directory
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- Checking your mileage stats
If you are a club member in good standing, our mileage statistician records your mileage for club rides. You must be logged onto the website to view your mileage. From the Members-only menu, click on the “Rider Mileage” item. The first paragraph of the “Rider Mileage” page will show your name, your rider number, how many miles have been recorded year-to-date for you, your mileage total for last year, and your lifetime total mileage.
- Accessing website with a smartphone
You can access our website using your smartphone’s native browser. The page layout will automatically adjust to accommodate the smaller screen size.
Members often add a bookmark to their smartphone’s home screen page to quickly access the club’s Ride Calendar:
- For iPhones, bring up Safari and search for the Portland Bicycling Club website. Then navigate to the ride calendar going to the menu item Rides/Calendar or by scrolling down below the upcoming six rides and clicking on More Rides. Once you have the calendar on your screen, press that little box with the arrow at the bottom of your screen. One of the options will be a square with a + sign that reads Add to Home Screen. On the next screen you can change the name of your icon to PBC or Rides or whatever you like.
- For Android phones, open the Chrome browser and find the PBC website at portlandbicyclingclub.com. Navigate to the ride calendar and then assess the browser’s More menu by tapping the three upright dots to the right of the address bar; when you see the menu, tap the “Add to Home screen” option. You are then presented with two options, “install as an app” or “create a shortcut”. Choose the shortcut option and you will be given a suggested name for the website that is going to appear on the home screen, you can change the name to “PBC” or “Rides” or whatever you like and tap “Add”. You will then be prompted to confirm your choice – tap “Add” again. An icon will now appear on your home screen and if you tap it, you will be taken straight to the PBC ride calendar.
- Adding a ride to a smartphone calendar
You can add a scheduled ride from the PBC ride calendar to your smartphone’s calendar app (such as Google Calendar). From your smartphone browser, find the PBC website at portlandbicyclingclub.com. Navigate to the ride calendar, tap on the desired ride to open the description and scroll to the bottom of the page, below the start location map. Tap the “Add to Calendar” button; a file will download, when you are asked how to open the file, select your calendar app.