From quantum@u.washington.edu Tue Apr 27 12:40:22 2004 Received: from mxu9.u.washington.edu (mxu9.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.174]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i3RJeLp8054448 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:40:21 -0700 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxu9.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i3RJeKYS008954 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:40:20 -0700 Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i3RJeJSZ030297; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:40:20 -0700 Received: from u.washington.edu (nineiron.chem.washington.edu [128.95.172.188]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i3RJeJxM013021 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:40:19 -0700 Message-ID: <408EB765.6070108@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:41:25 -0700 From: James Westphal X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ljd2@u.washington.edu CC: uwracing@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Marymoor Little 500 References: <001301c42c8b$ea258420$7100000a@lgd2> In-Reply-To: <001301c42c8b$ea258420$7100000a@lgd2> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIIII, Probability=8%, Report='__MOZILLA_MSGID 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0, X_ACCEPT_LANG 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0, __REFERENCES 0, __IN_REP_TO 0, __EVITE_CTYPE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION 0, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, REFERENCES 0.000, IN_REP_TO 0, USER_AGENT 0.000' Yeah, I think that it would be worthwhile as long as there's a beer garden and beer for the riders. Luke Duvall wrote: > This could be a sweet event. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* David Douglas > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:46 AM > *Subject:* Marymoor Little 500 > > At the WSBA calendar meeting I talked about putting on a new event on > the track for everyone - the Marymoor Little 500. Which would be 4 > person teams using one bike (single speed coaster brake) doing laps on > the track in races of 10 to 15 teams with bike hand offs. > > Here are the particulars that I am thinking of: > > Date: June 26 - same days as the Flying Wheels Bicycle Ride > Time: 5 pm to 9 pm > Races: Have about three or four different races - maybe even a > collegiate race. > > Have a beer garden, music, food - make it a lot of fun. > > I found the bikes - which are very basic and the teams will only be able > to switch a few things (seat, tires, etc) full list yet to be > determined. Here is a link to the bikes > http://www.vandesselsports.com/b_straightUp.shtml we would swap out the > handle bars to the normal ram style bars. Cost on the bike would be $150 > (which the team would keep hopefully for an annual event. > > Entry fee per team would be $200 that includes the bike or $50 if the > teams will be sharing a bike in two different races. Note everyone must > use the same bike with the same gears etc. > > What I need to know is if your team would do this - I am taking a poll > to determine if it is worth wild to do it. > > > Let me know. > > David .