Cycling News
2025 Community Grant Cycle is closed
The 2025 Community Grant program is closed to applications for the current funding cycle. The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation thanks all who submitted grants by the March 25 deadline and anticipates announcing the recipients of the 2025 Community Challenge Grant Awards soon.
Middle TN Veloteers Promote STR License Plate
Our friend Bill Anderson and the Middle TN Veloteers promoted the STR license plate recently in the Bike Ride across Wilson County @ the TN State Fair and The Elk River Valley 100 during the Labor Day Weekend. Thanks for your Efforts. Ride Fast, Live Slow and always keep the rubber side down.
2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar
Save the Date: The JRCF 2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar at Henry Horton State Park has been scheduled for September 26-28, 2025
Chapel Hill TN 2025 LCI Seminar
Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Courses (2025)
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is offering Smart Cycling instruction at the Blount County Library on these dates in 2025.
May 31, 2025
Register now for the May 2025 course
Sept 27, 2025
Register now for the September 2025 course
3 Foot Law
Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act
The Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act of 2007 was signed into law on May 3, 2007, by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. Tennessee joins a handful of states that have moved forward to further protect cyclists on our roadways.
Passed without opposition in both the House and Senate, this act provides that "the operator of a motor vehicle when overtaking and passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction on the roadway, shall leave a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three feet (3') and shall maintain such clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle." A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Here is a copy of the Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act of 2007
Other Organizations Promoting Safe Cycling
Nashville Bike Fun
Bike Walk Tennessee
League of American Bicyclists
People for Bikes
Safe Routes
Bike Law USA
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