How It Works
Ready to Tour?
Directions to Ride
Step-by-step guide on how customers can rent a bike.
Step 1
Step 2
Download Tour de Coast app from google play or apple app store.
Step 3
Create an account and sign the waiver.
Step 4
Scan QR code on the bike you plan to ride.
Step 5
Under the menu section (3 lines, upper left corner), select the ride pass of your choice and if you have a promo code, you can put that in under the promo section.
Step 6
Make payment.
Step 7
Adjust seat height…optimal seat height is at the level of your hip (not your waist).
Step 8
Move the bike forward to release the kickstand.
Step 9
Have a plan for where you ride.
Step 10
Pedal away (be aware…the initial pedal starts the motor which can be a quick acceleration).
Step 11
When finished with your ride, find a TDC hub station to park the bike, or any public bike rack (fee will be charged for the crew to return your bike to a hub station). You cannot park on the sidewalk or any vehicle parking space.
Step 12
Move the bike backwards to get the kickstand under the bike frame.
Step 13
Hit end ride on the app.
What to do?
MISSISSIPPI BICYCLE LAWS
Senate Bill No. 3014 of the Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature also known as the “John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act” enacted in 2010 requires that while passing a bicyclist on a roadway, a motorist shall leave a safe distance of not less than three (3) feet between his vehicle and the bicyclist and shall maintain such clearance until safely past the bicycle. The Act also states that it is unlawful to harass, taunt or maliciously throw an object at or in the direction of any person riding a bicycle. Full text of the Act is available online at www.gomdot.com.
House Bill No. 559 of the Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature was an act to make bicyclists subject to the provisions of traffic law applicable to the drivers of motor vehicles amended to state that every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall have all the rights and duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle except those provisions which by their nature have no application.
Section 63-3-603 was amended to place certain restrictions on persons riding bicycles on a roadway.
Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two (2) abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding two (2) abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a multilane roadway shall ride within a single lane.
SEC. 63-7-13 Requirements as to lighting equipment. (4) Lamps on bicycles. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted white lamp on the front thereof visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least five hundred feet in front of such bicycle and shall also be equipped with a
reflex mirror reflector or lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the rear of such bicycle.
SEC. 63-7-65 Horns and other warning devices. (3) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except as otherwise permitted in this section. No bicycle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a bicycle any siren or whistle.
BICYCLES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON ANY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY OR CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITY IN THE STATE.
Things to Remember
Safety Measures
REMEMBER
Prior to riding, adjust seat height
- Test brakes: squeeze to ensure firm
- Helmets suggested, not provided
- Secure items in basket
- No tandem riding
- Ride single file on streets
- Go slow over bumps, gravel and sand
- Use hand signals for turns
- All bikes are GPS tracked
Need help? support@tourdecoast.com
- Please follow the rules stated on our website
- Follow bike laws by our State. Please see above.
- If the bike is not returned to one of our docking stations there will be a 50.00 pick up fee.
- Teenagers under the age of 14 are not allowed to ride electric bikes according to our State law.
- Our bikes are maintained checked and battery recharged through of Crewe De Coast daily.