So it turns out it’s a lot of work volunteering as a bike parking roadie no slacking for us…
We are off to breakfast by 4:30 so we can be at bike parking 5:45. We set out water, make powerade (sports drink), help people find their bikes, hand out route sheets, & pump up tires. The course opens at 6:30 and the parking area is open until 8:30.
8:30 we break down bike parking, load it into two trucks and head to the next location. At the next camp, we setup the aluminum A-frames bike racks, sometimes put out snow fencing (the orange plastic stuff), tables, water, any decorations, etc.
We spend the rest of the day checking cyclists in and helping them park. We scan each bike (using a bar code on the bike frame numbers) to the row in which it is parked, which makes it much easier to find bikes we need to locate for lost cyclists, or holds, or other reasons.
There will be time for breaks so we can get away, get your bag, set up your tent, etc, but because we scan each bike and have other activities, the team will need us for much of the day.
7:00 The route closes
My day is actually short compared to some of the other roadie teams, Roadies really are amazing and I hope I do the job proud.
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