One week closer to your inevitable suffering

One week closer to your inevitable suffering. On a positive note you know what we say about misery… it loves company… and you’ll have lots of it.

Last week on Monday, we covered: What – When – Where (Race week schedule), Rules of the Road, When GPX Files Will Be Released, Checkpoints & Tokens, Support Crew, Neutral Support & Community, Marquette Mountain/1 UP Neutral Support Station, Marji Gesick Gear, and Volunteering. If you are not getting the emails, figure it out. Or jump over to the blog and get that message here. <hyperlink to blog>

This week, we’re gonna cover:

Mechanical Support: Who can help you?
How many bikes can you use?
Camping & Parking at Forestville.
Parking is a self-supported activity.
Tokens – One more thing…
Le Mans and Le Bike.
Out & Back Navigation & Forestville Cutoff.

Mechanical Support: Who can help you?

We’re gonna update the language on this to make it easier to control. You can get help from a participant, or someone offering neutral support. It’s well within the ethos of “community” and current neutral support guidelines. If you can’t fix something, but someone else can, they can help you. If they help you, they need to be willing to help someone else, if help is needed. It is pretty straightforward.

How many bikes can you use?

You can use one bike, one set of wheels, one seat post, etc. You get one bike, and one set of components. If your wheel breaks fix it, or have someone else fix it, but it has to be your wheel. Same goes for the rest of the parts. If your derailleur breaks, fix it, or finish on a single-speed. Clear? Good.

Camping & Parking at Forestville.

We rent the entire property. Camping can only be done in the campground. No sleeping in the parking lot. No overnight parking ahead of event. If we find vehicles there at night we’ll have them towed. Make sure to follow the campground rules. Be respectful of your fellow campers. If ya got questions about the campground, or the rules, contact the NTN.

Parking is a self-supported activity.

Please be advised: Parking can get a little crazy in the morning. We always suggest that if you can, you ride to the start, or get dropped off. Plan to get parked early.

At Forestville: Get there early. Seriously. It. gets. Crazy. Follow directions and do what the parking crew tells ya. We have a lot of people we need to move through that area in the morning.

Downtown Marquette: Utilize public parking resources. Be considerate of our businesses and residents. If you park illegally, that’s on you. Do some homework and identify public lots ahead of time. Keep in mind the lot next to our start is not available after it is full, or after 7:30, whichever is first.

906AT Basecamp: You are welcome to park at Basecamp and ride to the start. Just do us a favor. If there are trailers there, don’t block them, and do not park in our neighbors yard. 955 North Lakeshore Boulevard, Marquette

Long story short. Come to town with a plan. Know what you’re gonna do. Get your Support Crew setup for success. Plan ahead. Execute.

Tokens – One more thing…

We hope this doesn’t happen but it seems to happen every year… A dude (or woman) gets to the finish line without all the tokens. If this happens, ya gotta make a decision right there: Are you going back for it, or not?

If you say yes, you need to turn around and head back out. If you don’t, you are done. Don’t tell us that your cousin has it in his car, or something of that variety. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it.

Don’t give your tokens to anyone. Doing so will get you disqualified.