RIDE WEEKEND

GET READY TO RIDE

MAY 25-26, 2024 RIVERSIDE STATE PARK, SPOKANE, WA

WEEKEND PHOTOGRAPHY!!

We have secured a pro photographer, Barb Chase, to come out for the weekend and take pictures of you at your best (and maybe your worst) all 24 hours long! She sent us some shots she took at last year’s event…she’s the real deal! Photos will be available for purchase and download after the event.

https://www.fineartbybarb.com/

Ride Weekend Schedule

Friday, May 24, 2024

7:00AM – Camping selection opens
12:00PM – Course open for inspection/riding
4:00PM-7:00PM – Packet Pick Up
5:00PM-7:00PM – Volunteer Check-in
6:00PM – On-site registration (for any NEW registrations) closes 

Saturday, May 25, 2024

7:00AM – Coffee Open
8:00AM-9:00AM – Late Packet Pickup (NO Race Day Registration)
9:00AM-10:00AM – Volunteer Check-in
10:00AM – Venue Road (Course) closed to vehicle traffic
11:00AM – Team Captain Meeting (Mandatory)
12:00PM – LeMans Start
4:00PM – Food Trucks on site 7:30PMish KIDS BIKE PARADE 8:00PM – Lights on bikes 8:00PM – Food trucks depart. 10:00PM – 12:00AM – Baked Potato Bar

Sunday, May 26, 2024

7:00AM – Coffee Open
8:00AM-9:30AM – Pancake Breakfast
11:30AM-1:30Pm – Post Race Lunch
11:59:59AM Last Lap allowed to start
12:00PM – Race Finish
2:00PM – Awards Ceremony (or before if results are ready)

Monday, May 27, 2024

9:00AM – Tear Down start
12:00PM – Venue closed to public

VOLUNTEERS

Each team of 4 or more is required to provide a volunteer for a shift over the course of the event.

This event could not happen without volunteers. Jobs included, but not limited to, working in the timing tent, a course checkpoint, helping serve food, staff registration tent, and more. Registration for volunteering will happen through the same registration platform as race registration. We will send teams that have already registered an email to give them a few days to get their volunteer signed up, and then registration will be open. If you have anyone else that is willing to volunteer, please tell them how to sign up online, or have them come see us at registration Friday night or Saturday morning. We truly understand the value of a volunteer for an event like this, and thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

AWARDS

You will NOT want to miss the awards ceremony after the race Sunday. Once everyone has finished, we will gather and celebrate our fastest racers, as well as give away some awesome random prizes.

Awards, Top 3, for all divisions and age groups if applicable. Male, Female, Non-binary and Singlespeed Solo. Male, Female and Coed 2, 4, 5 and 10 person teams.

Must be present to win. Awards will not be mailed.

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Camping Info

IT’S A NEON CAMPING PARTY!!!! THIS YEAR WE WILL BE HOLDING A CAMPSITE DECORATING CONTEST. TOP 3 CAMPSITES WILL WIN $100, $50 AND $25 GIFT CARDS!!!! BRING YOU BEST DAY GLOW AND JOIN THE FUN!

We have worked out with Washington State Parks to collect camping fees on their behalf. All camping fees are set by State Parks and all monies collected fopr camping will be forward directly to State parks.

Campsite: $12, Extra Vehicle $10. Prices are per night. Your “campsite” is a 40′ x 50′ space that you can park one vehicle of any size (yes, motorhomes are ok) and have up to 8 people. if you have an extra vehicle, you can add that fee, and park in your campsite or in the overflow area of needed. Every vehicle in the venue for the night must either have a camping pass or extra vehicle pass.

If you spill over the space boundary a little, or end up with 9 people in your camp, that’s ok. If you have 15 people, and three vehicles, that’s two spots. Washington State Parks Riverside Staff has been great to work with and we want to keep on that track. Thank you for your cooperation.

OPEN CAMPFIRES ARE NEVER ALLOWED. ALCOHOL MUST BE KEPT IN YOUR CAMPSITE, OR IN THE DESIGNATED AREA IN THE VILLAGE. CARRYING AROUND OPEN CONTAINERS IS ALSO NOT ALLOWED.

ARRIVAL

  • Campsite selection opens Friday 7AM
  • Campsite selection will be first come, first come basis.
  • Anyone arriving before 7AM will be turned around and asked to come back at 7AM.  We cannot accommodate vehicles/campers before that time, and we can’t have people parked on the side of the road.  Please plan accordingly.

CAMPSITE SELECTION

  • Camping will be partitioned into sections – Generator camping, Solo-Two Person Team quiet camping, and non-generator team camping.  
  • Please be respectful of space.  The more racers we get, the less space we will have.  Don’t be a space hog!
  • You will be able to claim one additional spot next to your own, for other racers arriving later, so you may camp together.  One additional spot only.

PRIMITIVE CAMPING

  • Primitive camping…other than a water source and porta-potties, there are no electrical or RV Hookups.

PACKET PICKUP

WHEN & WHERE

  • 4:00-7:00PM Friday afternoon and 8:00-9:00AM Saturday morning
  • at Basecamp

ONE PICKUP PER TEAM

  • Only one team member needs to come pick up your team’s packet.
  • The packet will include everything you need for the weekend including number plates with timing chips, t-shirts, meal tickets, etc.

EVENT SHIRTS

  • You will receive the t-shirt size you signed up for. 
  • There will be limited extras for exchange.  Exchange will happen Saturday afternoon, 3:00-4:00PM only.

TIMING

RESULTS

  • Timing will be provided by Negative Split Event Timing.
  • You will find live results here: nsplit.com/results
  • Please be aware that connectivity in the park, while mostly good, will be slower with all of us sharing bandwidth. Don’t freak out if your tik toks are slow!

HOW IT WORKS

  • Your timing chip is on the back of your number plate.  It is specific to your team, but not to you.
  • There will be 2 sets of mats in the middle of the timing tent.  A primary, and a backup…and YOU WILL BE WALKING YOUR BIKE OVER THEM.  There will be a dismount sign spot as you approach the timing tent at the end of your lap.  YOU WILL DISMOUNT and walk calmly through the timing tent.

TRUST US, IT'S WORKING

  • Please go over the mats, which will be in the timing tent, only when finishing a lap. 
  • There is no beep.  Just know it’s working. 
  • If you mess up your team’s time, not only will you have your team be giving you the stink eye, but you’ll also make our timer grumpy; and nobody wants that!

LIVE TRACKING

RACEJOY LIVE TRACKING

  • *Requires rider to be riding with cell phone with app running*
  • See where your person is on the course!  Find out more about the RaceJoy app here:  http://www.racejoy.net/

AWARDS & POST RACE PARTY

POST RACE LUNCH

  • As teams and solos are finishing up the race, lunch will be served and it will be time to kick back with your friends you came with and the new ones you’ve made; and we will all celebrate together.

AWARDS CEREMONY

  • Awards Ceremony will happen around 1:30PM or as soon as results are ready.
  • We will have some great prizes to give away as well. Stick around and have a blast with us!

HOW IT WORKS

The races will start at noon, Saturday.  LeMans style start, meaning racers will run approximately ¼ mile before mounting their bikes and heading out on course. The race will continue until 12 Noon on Sunday.  You must cross the finish line AFTER 12 Noon.  The winner of the race is determined by the number of laps completed at the end of the race. If there are riders on the same number of laps at the end of the race, placing is then determined by time.  Awards will be three deep in each category, plus a special award for the fastest, and slowest lap.

VOLUNTEERS

Each 4 Person, 5 Person and 10 Person Team is required to provide a volunteer to put in a shift over the course of the event.

Park Etiquette

This is a fantastic park right here in Spokane’s backyard.  ALL OF US must do our very best to leave it in better condition than we found it.  Please don’t leave any trash and disturb the ground as little as possible. While we have a permit to operate our event in the Park, it is NOT CLOSED to the public.  At any time, you can encounter hikers, runners, possibly even horses in the park.  Let’s not leave any other park user saying, “those damn racers!” after any interaction with them.

Cell Phones

We highly recommend all riders carry their phones with them.  To be able to communicate with their teams and for live tracking purposes.

First Aid and Injuries

There will be first aid available in the Village.  Our staff is capable of handing out bandaids, clear up to major medical issues and injuries.

On course, if you are injured and cannot get back to the village under your own power, please move off the course as best you can.  If it is a matter of life and death or loss of limb, please call 911.  Anything other than that, please call the race staff member’s phone number that will be on the back of your number plate.  Our staff and medics will treat/stabilize and transport you back to the Village.

If you are riding and happen upon someone who is injured, please stop and find out if your fellow rider is ok.  It’s the right thing to do.

Event Rules

(yeah, we know….but we gotta have them)

Check in at the timing tent

Every rider going out on a lap must check in in the timing tent before going out on a lap. Solo riders will be recorded when passing through the tent. This is our backup to the timing system. Failing to check in could result in loss of lap.

The Start

All riders must start at noon with the LeMans Start.  IF you do not want to run, you can wait to start until the last runner from the LeMans Start has mounted their bike.

PLAY NICE!

Please race responsibly and courteously.

No course cutting

This should go without saying…

Overtaking and being overtaken

Please pass with care, let the rider in front you know you’re coming. Be patient and wait for the appropriate time to pass.  If you are being overtaken, please scoot out of the way to the best of your ability to allow the pass.

No littering on course

Seriously, save any garbage (wrappers, gel packs) and drop it at an aid station or bring it back to the venue.

Mechanicals must be reported to the timing tent

If you can’t get your bike fixed and complete your lap, you have two options: (whichever option you choose, it must be reported to the timing tent to avoid loss of lap.)

  • Another bike may be brought to you on course so you (or the rider of the replacement bike) may complete the lap.  
  • Or, the lap can be started over with another rider and bike.

Lights required 8PM-6AM

For every rider, a bright light in front (handlebar or helmet mounted) for navigation, and a red flasher in the rear are required.

Ride Weekend FAQ’s

Porta Potties and running water will be available.

Yes, but only if you are parking and NOT spending the night. If you have a camping pass or extra vehicle pass you do not need the disconver pass. But you can order one here if needed: https://store.discoverpass.wa.gov/

Dogs are fine, but must be on a leash 100% of the time.  This is a State Park Rule and one of the conditions of our permit.  Other pets are strongly discouraged.  Ask us about the cat story sometime.

Yes.  In fact anyone camping Sunday night into Monday, who would be willing to help us out with tear down Monday morning, we would love you for that!

Yes.  The food trucks will have menu items for purchase, and there will be tickets available for purchase for the pancake breakfast and the post race meal. You can purchase those tickets through the registration website (which is preferred).  We will need to give a head count to our food people, so limited on-site sales until sold out.

Yes, we will have power available for charging.  It will be a central location, and first come, first served.  We will do our best to have as many outlets available as we can, but having your own plan to charge lights and phones would be good. DO NOT unplug someone else’s stuff to charge yours.  Not cool.  And if you have stuff charging, check on it and retrieve when charged to open up for fellow riders.

full faq page

Race Directors

Eric Ewing and Patrick Bulger are your Co Race Directors.  Both Eric and Patrick got their start in the world of Mountain Biking.  With more than 30 years combined experience with cycling events all ovder the United States, they are committed to bringing a world class event to Riverside State Park.

Patrick Bulger

Pat is a passionate road, mountain, and gravel cyclist and has been a Sports Event Announcer for over 20 years.  He is the creator and host of the popular cycling podcast, The Packfiller, where various topics, mostly about cycling are covered each week.  You can check out the podcast at www.packfiller.com. He also teaches high school Theatre and Broadcasting.

Eric Ewing

Eric is Co-Owner of Negative Split Event Timing and has been timing races of all types and sizes for 17+ years. Eric has also been Co-Director of the Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Race Series for the past 18 years. And He’s a 27 year member of the Mt Spokane Ski Patrol.

Together, Pat and Eric bring a combined total of nearly 40 years of experience in racing, announcing, and timing.

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