What: Maiden Voyage Outfitters presents the Fifth Annual Spring Fling Bike/Walk
Title Sponsor:
**CHANGES DUE TO WIND ADVISORY AND RAIN ON APRIL 1 – Registrants will be kept in contact with changes and other updates sent via the RABA Message Board**
When: Saturday, April 1, 10 AM
Where: Richmond Community Toolbank, 1407 Cummings Dr, Richmond, VA
**Parking located in the lots around Toolbank or in the streets around the building. Please be mindful of “No Parking” or restrictive hours on street signs.**
Many thanks to our Golden Beverage sponsor:
and our Soup Sponsor:
Cost:
- Bicycle registration fee increases from March 7 to March 26 to $35 for RABA Members, $40 for non-members.
- SPECIAL: We will have a walking route, $20 now through event day
- Walk-up registration available at Toolbank on April 1: $45 for all bicyclists
- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We are looking for event day registration check in, set up, parking marshals, ride leaders, soup serving help, and clean up. If you work, you get free entry to the event!
Cue Sheets:
- 43 mile route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35650329
- 34 mile route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35650407
- A ZIP file containing cue sheets and TCX files for the above routes is here: https://raba.org/data_files/2023 Spring_Fling Cue Sheet and TCX Files.zip
Online registration is open now for riders, runners, walkers, and volunteers! Go to: https://www.viethconsulting.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=RABA&evid=36060899
Note: If you don’t receive a confirmation email after registering, that means your registration was not completed correctly. Please register again!
Special Guest Rider: Ben King, newly retired UCI World Tour Professional and US National Cyclist, winner of Stages 4 and 9 in the 2018 Vuelta a Espana, winner of stages in the Criterium International, Tour of California, and many other professional races!
Silent auction of items from Carytown Bicycles, Coqui Cyclery, Pedal Power, the Outpost, Basic City Brewery, Final Gravity Brewery, Center of the Universe Brewing, Virginia Capital Trail, special bicycling prints, a book by Kathryn Bertine (filmmaker of “Half the Road”, a film on women’s pro cycling), and so much more!
We are also raising awareness / being a supporter of Richmond Cycling Corps (www.richmondcyclingcorps.org)! They use bicycling to support youth in the East End of Richmond.
Other details: Charity partners Richmond Community Toolbank is our host site yet again and we have a new charity partner, the Richmond Cycling Corps (www.richmondcyclingcorps.org). Event runs rain or shine; if it is raining, we will still have a raffle for prizes, soups to taste and money to raise inside Toolbank’s warehouse.
Other notables:
- Like in previous editions of the event, hot soup donations are welcome and wanted! There will be a friendly contest of best tasting soup, voted by riders / runners / walkers. We are so grateful for past donations that nourish bodies and warm souls.
- Two ride options, 34 miles or 43 miles, cue sheets either posted on event site (See above!), sent to participants or available as paper cue sheets on event day.
- Walk of 4 or 5 miles, cue sheets will be provided on event day.
Attention: we need more SPONSORS – we have two levels, $300, $500, and new for this year, a TITLE Sponsor for $1000. Once you or your company are sponsors, we will pass out your marketing materials, place your logo on the RABA Foundation’s web site page and spread the word about the company on other social media sites. The $500 level will include three (3) complimentary registrations and the $1000 will include seven (7) complimentary registrations! If your company is interested in being a sponsor, please contact Andrew Mann at rabamann@aol.com or Kim Moore at luvs2cycle@yahoo.com.
You can download the Sponsorship Form at this link.