GVBC’s Tuesday Night Race Training Series
2010 Information
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1. FEES & NUMBERS: The training ride series fee for the upcoming season will be $15, to cover this year’s insurance costs. All riders MUST be members of GVBC ($10) (arrangements can be made for out-of-town guests). If you only want to attend a couple of rides, they can be done for $5 each, with the first ride being free if you want to come out to try out the series.

When you pay your Training Ride Series fee, you will receive a number for your bike. This will show that you have paid for the race series, and are a GVBC member, so please bring it with you to all races.

2. REQUIREMENTS: All participants must be members in good standing of GVBC on the day of the race. All participants must sign a waiver form at EACH ride (these can be printed out from the GVBC website, and will also be available at each ride). Out-of-town guests may participate – see the race director the night of the race for sign-up.

3. VENUES/TIMES: The ride series will generally rotate between a 20 kilometer timed individual ride, a 19 mile circuit ride over a 2 mile loop or a crit over a 0.6 mile loop, and a ~20 mile road ride. See schedule below for dates for each ride. Each will start at 6:30 p.m. (please arrive at least 15 minutes early to sign up for each ride).

a) Individual Time Trials will be held on Springhill Road, starting and finishing at East Baseline Road (please park on the first street on the left after turning onto East Baseline from Springhill Rd), with the turnaround at the “Pavement Ends” sign right before Reese Creek. The Dry Creek Team Time Trial will begin at the softball fields on Dry Creek Rd in Belgrade (take a right onto N Broadway from Main Street heading west, park at the softball fields on the left after crossing Cameron Ave) and turn around at 20k. Both Team Time Trials can be ridden solo as well. The Hill Climb Time Trial will start from the gate at Hyalite Road. Time Trial times will be posted on the GVBC website following each Time Trial Ride.

Hand cyclists and juniors will have the option of riding a 10k time trial on the Springhill and Dry Creek course. Please let Amy know if you plan to ride the 10k so we can have a volunteer for the turn around point.

b) The Circuit Ride will take place at the Jackson Creek loop, and the crit will take place at Meadow Creek (take a right onto Graf from 19th St heading south, take a left at the end of this street, take the first right and go straight, and you will enter the course. See maps of these courses below (click map for larger version):

c) Road Rides will alternate between the Bridger Canyon Road Ride (starting at the six-mile marker with the turn-around at Bohart Ranch – total of 22 miles), and the Jackson Creek Road Ride (starting at the six-mile marker on Bridger Canyon Road, turning right onto Jackson Creek Road, 2 times around the loop across from the little schoolhouse, and finish at the top of the hill on Jackson Creek – exact distance…..not sure!).

d) The venue for the Match Sprints will be the Meadow Creek subdivision. Details for this ride and the BBQ to follow coming soon.

e) The Working Man’s Training Stage Race will consist of a different ride each night of the week from Monday through Thursday. Separate points will be kept for the Training Stage Race (each person’s top 3 finishes will count towards the Stage Points), and volunteers will be organized separately as well (see below). More details will be coming soon!

4. CANCELLATIONS will be emailed to the Training Ride Email List (please provide your email address when signing up for GVBC or when signing the waiver at the training ride series so you can be contacted for cancellations and other changes, details, etc). Alternatively, go to the “Join Mailing List” button on the home page of the website and add your email to the Tuesday Night Race Training Series email list.

5. SAFETY: In addition to requiring helmets and no parking on the race venues:

a) PLEASE STAY OFF THE ROAD AT THE BRIDGER CANYON STAGING AREA!!!! Riders must stay off the road at all start/finish areas and not impede traffic. Riders who don’t stay off the roads in these areas will not be allowed to participate in the ride.

b) PLEASE DO NOT CROSS THE YELLOW LINE!!!! Especially on the 2 corners of the South Cottonwood Rd stretch of the Green Hills Circuit Ride, it is very dangerous to cross the yellow line. Please be aware that cars have, in the past, tried to pass riders on the right side when the pack crosses the yellow line to take a wide right turn off of Cottonwood Road in the circuit ride. You MUST stay on the right side of the road for this turn. It is very hard for the corner volunteer to stop a car when they think they can zip by on the right side. Riders who cross the yellow line (unless avoiding an accident) will be kicked out of the ride!!!

5. VOLUNTEERS: We will only conduct rides if there are adequate volunteers to help with event safety and organization. Please volunteer for at least two rides during the season if you are a regular racer. If you race less frequently, base your volunteer time on how much you race (volunteers for the Working Man’s Training Stage Race will be organized separately). To sign up, go to the Volunteer page. Additional volunteers for sweeping the circuit course are appreciated. In the event that we do not have the minimum number of volunteers required, for safety’s sake, the ride will be canceled.

Race director for 2010: Amy Chiuchiolo – gvbcbike@gmail.com, 978.857.8924