Melon City Bike Club

RAGBRAI 38....July 25th - 31st 2010

-----UPDATE!!!-----

Note to Club members: Getting your tags & sign up with team #49 ( Melon city ) is now closed.
You can still get your tags through the Register & Charter with Melon City Bike Club

I am looking for great campsites for our overnights.
If anyone has any friends, family, classmates, or leads.
Priorities are: Shade, Showers, & Kybos.
Please give Deb a call, a great campsite makes all the difference in the world.
An area of 120 X 120 is just about right for our 100 riders.
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Join the Melon City Bike Club on our annual RAGBRAI Vacation Charter!*

Experience life on a bike like you never thought possible as you tour the Iowa landscape!
The Melon City Bike Club’s trip is very well organized and takes much of the hassle out of this
adventure so you can focus on having fun.

COSTS:
1) Melon City Bike Club Fee… $100

This cost covers the Bus to the start town, Gear ( 2 bags & chair ) hauled from overnight town to overnight town, and bus from end town to Muscatine at the conclusion. We set up & take down our own tents, but arrangements can be made with our driver & helpers for set up & take down service. Additional fees will be charged for that. We have cold beverages available for purchase & phone chargers available. Weekly emails will be sent prior to event with helpful tips and reminders. Also, we will have a Wine & Cheese party at Camp & provide 2 bike repair stands.

2) RAGBRAI Registration Fee … $140

The cost includes wristbands, route marking signage, camping accommodations, discounts, sag wagon services, emergency medical services, traffic control, souvenir patch, daily route maps, and entries into drawing for a free bike for riders and other prizes for support vehicle drivers.

TOTAL… $240 (Plus any extras like a jersey of Souvenir packet)
Note: Package pricing only…No discounts if you do not use all our services

PAYMENT INFO:
February 15th – Half of total payment due
June 1st – Balance due
Payable to Melon City RAGBRAI Fund

Deb Elliott
1201 Oakland Dr.
Muscatine, IA 52761

---NOTE: COST FOR CHARTERS IS $165---

And includes membership in Melon City Bike Club, transportation from Muscatine to start town & return from end town to Muscatine, transport of gear across state, safe parking for car, & all other benefits as mentioned already. Charters must go into the lottery to get their tags.

kdelliot@machlink.com
563.264.5133 (H)
563.506.1477 (W)
563.263.2841 (W)

PREPARATION INFO:
1) Pay Bike Club annual dues
2) Pay Melon City Bike Club’s RAGBRAI Package Fees
3) Train accordingly (Shoot for around 500 miles by July)
4) Pack Smart (A Packing List will be emailed to you in July)
5) Visit http://www.ragbrai.org/ for answers to many common questions.
6) Have bike tuned up, packed in a box and at the shop the night before the trip leaves
7) Show up refreshed and 'ready to roll' first thing Saturday morning at the Bus Departure site.

*This is for members of Melon City Bike Club only. You must be a member in 2009 & 2010 for residents in Muscatine County & Rock Island County (whatever is the county right across the bridge). You can pay retroactively for 09. If you are outside that area you must have been a member in 08, 09 & 2010 to get your tags thru Melon City. Other than that you can go with us, but as a charter only & you must get your tags thru the lottery. Please contact Deb Elliot for charter rider pricing.