24 Hours of Rapelje Announced

by John Pannell

Looking for excitement?  Consider a challenging 13 plus mile cross-country mountain bike loop style off-road course sponsored by Specialized & Stockman Cafe.  Limit to the first 200 riders.

Get the entry form here.

Race Schedule*:  Race begins at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 26th and ends on Sunday, June 27th at 11:00 a.m.  *Note:  Considering a LeMond style start.  Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 20th or early birds can pick up their team packet on Friday, June 19th from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Stockman Cafe.

Fees*: $55.00 per racer that currently has annual USA Cycling license or $60.00 per racer that does not have annual license (one day license fee $5.00).  Money orders or checks only payable to Stockman Cafe.  Everyone must sign waiver the day of race.  Participants under 18 years of age racers must have adult/legal guardian sign waiver.  If you do not have a license, show up in plenty of time to handle the paperwork prior to 11:00 a.m. race start time.

Race fees entitle racer to participation in the event, an event T-shirt (no t-shirt guarantee if entry received after June 5th), a Midnight pancake feast, and a scrumptious Sunday dinner after the race.  Shower facilities are also available to racers—towels & supplies not furnished.

Rules:  All USA Cycling rules apply. Racers must wear helmets while racing and warming up/down. A USA Cycling annual or one-day license is required and may be purchased on-site. 

Bring your own gear! You provide your own riders, bikes, and mechanics! Safe bicycle and ANSI/SNELL certified bicycle helmet required! Flashing red taillight and headlight required with a 2.5 watt minimum recommendation.

Prizes:  Trophy prize for top team in each class.  Riders looking to find lots of money or fancy prizes and press releases won’t find any here!

Directions:  Take exit 408 off I-90 at Columbus and go past Town Pump, McDonald’s until you come to a T with the 307 restaurant on the right.  Turn right and travel thru downtown Columbus and proceed west until you come to the cemetery.  Immediately past the cemetery take a right and travel north for 25 miles until you are in Rapelje.

Riders, support crew, family members and spectators can enjoy fun activities and bike culture atmosphere. Free “Festival” style camping and parking for racers and support crew with modern “facilities” with 24-hour accommodations.  Sorry, no RV hook-ups (power for re-charging batteries is available).  On Saturday afternoon, kid’s free activities include petting zoo, face painting, inflatable games, family movies, wading pool and kids bicycle race 6-12-18-24 Minutes of Rapelje for kids of all ages.  Bring bikes & helmets to show who is the fastest kid!  If you are musically talented bring your instrument as there will be a jam session Saturday evening.

Questions?  Email Jason Frank at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or Cynde at 406-663-2230 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Cowpie Racing Series Announced

by John Pannell

Not one, not two, but a *THREE* race series.  Make this May your Mountain Bike month!  Download Poster

All new for 2010 - a three race series!  Races to be held Sunday, May 16; Sunday, May 23; and Sunday, May 30.  Start times are 9:45 AM for beginners and first timers, and 10:45 AM for sport riders.  Registration is held from 7 AM to 9 AM.

The races are located at the Diamond X, AKA Phipps Park.  To get there, drive West on Rimrock Road, then follow the natural curve of the road as it heads North at 62nd street.  Continue on this road (it winds a little) until you go under a railroad bridge; Phipps park is immediately on the left past the bridge.

Beginners and first timers will race 2 laps of the course; sport riders will do 4 laps.  There are $900 in cash and prizes for sport riders in the series.  Entry is $30 for beginners, $40 for sport; prices include a one day USAC license.  Questions?: contact Steve Mysse at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

You can download the poster as a colorful reminder!

March YVCC Newsletter

by John Pannell

Hot off the presses - our own Tina Whitfield puts prose to (digital) paper for a kick-off edition!  Download Now.

After a hiatus, YVCC has re- emerged with a slightly different structure.

MC2, the Dert Jerx, and Montana Velo Bella have all joined together under the YVCC umbrella/tent.  It’s not a new idea. Gallatin Valley Bicycling Club, for example, has several race teams: The Gallatin Alpine Sports/Intrinsik Architec- ture Cycling Team, Team Delphine, Team Muleterro, and Bozeman Masters’ Velo and affiliate clubs. The newest is a mountain bike club: Gallatin Ridge Riders (GRR).

Our talks began last fall. They would be after a lung busting cyclocross practice and with an adult beverage in hand. We gos- siped, shared tall tales, and occa- sionally talk turned to the local scene. In the end we decided our cycling community is stronger if we work together. Each organization will continue to have it’s own identity and mission even as we’re united ad- ministratively under the existing YVCC structure.  For you that means one membership form, one bank account, one website: (http://www.yvcclub.com), etc.

So why be a member? You can be a member of all or any combination of these clubs. Your membership fee helps provide support to a number of YVCC events, example the annual Cow Pie Classique MTB race (fun!) or the annual Christmas Party with no cost for members. So re-join or join today (Form on Page 9 of the newsletter)!

Jackie Yamanaka-Williams, Interim President

New Website Underway!

by John Pannell

The YVCC is developing a new website that will host club news, training tips, and a ride calendar.  Read on to find out what this means!

How did we ever live without the internet?  For many of us, the web is a communications pipeline keeping us up-to-date with the latest happenings in our fields of interest.  Soon, the same will be true for our cycling!  The YVCC has started the development of a new, member-oriented website that will have the following features:

• A ride calendar featuring club- and member-contributed listings.
• Up-to-date news and information regarding local cycling activities.
• Training tips from the experts in our community.

Bear with us over the coming weeks as we get the site up and running (you might see odd news and tips for a while as testing and development takes place).  The end result should be easy to use and make riding in Billings more convenient and fun!

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