Community Guidelines

1. The basics

BikeLife is a community for people who love to ride. These guidelines apply to everything on BikeLife: profiles, usernames, clips, captions, comments, messages, group chats, crews, rideout listings and routes. They also apply to how you behave at rideouts and meetups you find through BikeLife, and towards riders you meet here, wherever you are. They form part of our Terms of Service.

If something is illegal where you are or where it happened, it is not allowed on BikeLife, even if these guidelines do not mention it. If you are not sure whether something is allowed, do not post it.

2. Ride legal, and never put other people at risk

We love riding. We do not allow anything that puts people outside the ride in danger, or that organizes or promotes illegal riding.

Not allowed

• Street takeovers, blocking roads, junctions or traffic, and riding in a way that intimidates or endangers pedestrians, drivers or other road users.
• Racing or speed contests on public roads, and anything that rewards or boasts about illegal speed.
• Riding on sidewalks, footpaths, footbridges, pedestrian areas, parks or cycle paths where motor vehicles are not allowed, or riding at or close to people.
• Evading, fleeing from or failing to stop for the police, or encouraging anyone to.
• Stunts near members of the public, or stunts on public roads that put anyone other than the rider at risk.
• Riding, or encouraging riding, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or on a vehicle that is stolen, unlicensed, uninsured or unroadworthy.
• Filming yourself or anyone else handling a phone while riding.
• Dangerous "challenges" that encourage people, especially young people, to copy something that could seriously hurt them.

Stunts and tricks

Skill is part of bike life. Film it where it is legal and safe: at tracks, closed courses, events with the right permissions, or private land with the owner's permission, away from people who have not chosen to be there. We may remove stunt content filmed on public roads when it is reported or when it puts others at risk, and we do not promote it.

3. Respect every rider

Not allowed

• Harassment and bullying: insults, humiliation, pile-ons, repeated unwanted contact, or encouraging others to target someone.
• Threats of violence or harm against anyone, including "jokes" that sound like threats, and threats to share someone's private images or information.
• Hate: attacking, demeaning or excluding people because of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, caste, disability, disease, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or immigration status, and hateful symbols, slurs and stereotypes.
• Sexual harassment: unwanted sexual comments, advances or images, including in messages.
• Stalking: following, tracking or monitoring someone who does not want it, including by misusing their live location on a ride, their check-ins or their rideouts.
• Sharing private information ("doxxing"): home or work addresses, phone numbers, license plates used to find someone, identity documents, financial details or anything that could be used to find or harm someone, without their permission.
• Filming or posting people to mock, shame or harass them.
• Getting round a block, including with another account.

4. Children are protected absolutely

BikeLife is only for people aged 16 and over. We do not allow, and will permanently ban and report to the police and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, anyone who:

• posts, sends, asks for or links to any sexual content involving a person under 18, including drawn or AI-generated content;
• sexualizes a child in any way, including comments on images of children;
• grooms, contacts inappropriately or tries to meet a person under 18 for a sexual purpose, or pressures them for images, money or secrecy; or
• threatens to share someone's intimate images (sextortion).

Riders under 18 have teen accounts: only riders they follow can message them or add them to a group chat. Adults must not use BikeLife to build private relationships with riders under 18 outside what is appropriate for the ride, or try to get round these protections. Do not post clips of anyone under 18 without their parent's or guardian's consent. If you are under 16, you may not use BikeLife.

5. No nudity or sexual content

No nudity, sexual acts, sexually explicit content, pornography, or content that offers or asks for sexual services, anywhere on BikeLife, including messages. No sharing intimate images of anyone, ever, without their consent: that is a crime in many places and we report it.

6. No violence, gore or self-harm

• No content that shows, celebrates or encourages violence against people or animals, or real crashes and injuries shown for shock or mockery. Clips about safety, showing what went wrong so others learn, may be allowed if they are not graphic and do not mock anyone.
• No terrorism, violent extremism, or support for violent organizations or criminal gangs.
• No content that promotes, encourages or gives instructions for suicide, self-harm or eating disorders. If you are struggling, you are not alone: see section 16.

7. No illegal goods, theft or scams

• No selling, buying or advertising stolen bikes, parts or plates, or offering to "ring", clone or break vehicles.
• No drugs, weapons, explosives, alcohol or tobacco sales, counterfeit goods, or anything else illegal.
• No scams, fake giveaways, phishing, pyramid schemes, requests for money under false pretenses, or asking riders for passwords or codes.
• No commercial selling or advertising outside the features BikeLife provides for it, without our permission.

8. Be real

• No impersonating another person, brand, crew or BikeLife, or pretending to be official.
• No fake accounts, bots, or buying or selling accounts, usernames, followers, likes or views.
• No manipulating views, likes, follows, rankings, XP, stamps, check-ins or referrals, including faking your location.
• No spam: repeated, unwanted or automated posts, comments or messages.
• No fake or misleading rideouts, such as listings designed to lure people somewhere.
• No false claims that could cause real harm, such as hoax emergencies or false reports about other riders.
• A tick does not mean we have checked someone's identity. Never send money to anyone you meet on BikeLife that you do not know and trust.

9. Respect people's rights and privacy

• Only post content you made or have permission to use, including music, other people's videos and photos, and logos. See our Copyright Policy.
• Get permission before posting clips where other people can be clearly identified, especially close-ups, and remove anyone who asks you to. Never film people in private places.
• Do not post other riders' messages, live locations or personal details without their permission.

10. Hosting a rideout

Hosts must be 18 or over and follow the host rules in our Terms of Service. In short:

• Make sure your rideout, its meetup place and every part of its route is legal for the vehicles on it. Only use Paths where motorbikes are allowed.
• Be accurate and honest in your listing and rules, and keep them up to date. Cancel if the ride cannot go ahead safely or lawfully.
• Get any permissions the law requires, and respect the people who live and work near your meetup: no blocking access, excessive noise, litter or damage.
• No races, speed contests, takeovers, stunts on public roads, alcohol or drugs.
• Do not charge riders money through or because of BikeLife without our permission.
• Do not discriminate against riders because of who they are.

11. Going on a rideout

• Ride legally: a license, insurance, a roadworthy vehicle and proper protective gear.
• Obey traffic laws, road signs and the police, whatever the route or anyone else says.
• Follow the host's rules, and respect other riders, the public and the places you ride through.
• Do not touch your phone while moving. Set up navigation before you go.
• Only check in when you are really there.
• You can leave any ride at any time. Do not pressure anyone to ride beyond their ability or the law.

12. Messages, group chats and crews

• Everything above applies in messages and group chats. Private does not mean anything goes.
• Respect "no". If someone does not reply, ignores your message request or blocks you, leave them alone.
• Crew owners, co-owners and admins are responsible for their crew's name, badge, notices, chat and members, and must remove content and members who break these rules.
• No crews organized around illegal activity, hate or harassment.

13. Accounts and usernames

• You must be 16 or over, and give your real date of birth.
• One account per person. No new accounts to get round a ban, suspension, limit or block.
• Usernames, display names, bios, profile photos, banners and crew badges must follow these guidelines too.

14. Reporting and blocking

If you see something that breaks these guidelines, report it. It is anonymous: the person you report is not told who reported them.

• A rider: open their profile, tap the menu and choose Report. You can Block them there too.
• A clip or rideout: open its menu and choose Report. A comment or message: press and hold it and choose Report.
• Anything else, or if you cannot use the app: email [email protected] with a link or description.

Blocking someone stops them messaging you and seeing your profile and content. Making false or malicious reports is itself against these guidelines.

15. What happens if you break the rules

Depending on how serious it is, whether it has happened before, and the risk to others, we may:

• remove the content;
• send a warning;
• limit features, such as messaging, posting or hosting;
• remove a rideout or crew, or take away a promotion;
• suspend the account for a period; or
• permanently ban the account, and any other account we believe belongs to the same person.

Some things lead to an immediate permanent ban on the first occasion: anything that sexualizes or endangers a child, sharing intimate images without consent, credible threats of violence, organizing serious crime, and selling stolen vehicles. We report illegal content to the police and other authorities where the law requires it or where we believe someone is at risk.

Think we got it wrong? Email [email protected] with the subject "Appeal", your username and why. A person will review it.

16. In an emergency, and getting help

If you are struggling or thinking about harming yourself, please talk to someone. Find free, confidential support in your country at findahelpline.com. In the UK and Ireland you can call Samaritans on 116 123. In the US you can call or text 988.

17. Changes

We update these guidelines as BikeLife and the community grow. The date at the top shows when they last changed.

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