Chicago Halloween

First race

2009-10-30T14:34:00.003-05:00

The first race is tonight. Once again a huge thanks to Mike for setting this race up. Also, thank you to all the checkpoint workers.

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Seagull

2009-10-28T20:40:00.004-05:00

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When I was sending on e-mails for sponsorship everyone I e-mailed was interested. Some companies fell through, others will be used later. One of the companies that said yes right away was Seagull bags out of Columbus.
In between several people I know getting custom Seagull bags and buying one of the XL backpacks myself I have come to expect nothing but quality from Seagull. They have gone above and beyond with their sponsorship for me. When I went to pick up the box that had arrived from them I was expecting a couple hip pouches but they went all out and sent a custom bag.
Thank you Seagull.

Tokyo BMA

2009-10-16T09:48:00.003-05:00

Recently the Cycle Messenger World Championships (CMWC) happened in Tokyo, Japan and a good handful of kids from Chicago went over and raced, with Christina Peck coming in 3rd for the ladies. While being called "the best worlds ever" it also was quite the financial drain on the Tokyo Bicycle Messenger Association (BMA), putting them around $34,000 in debt.
The help raise money a competition of the most generous city has been issued. Check out the fundraiser website for a more in depth description and current city standings.
With all that being said part of the money from the Halloween race will be sent to Tokyo. If you wish to pre-register for the race and want to donate money that is awesome. I will also have some sort of collection vessel at the start of the races.

Thanks...

2009-10-16T09:22:00.005-05:00

Thanks to the following people for posting up info:
Pedal Consumption
House of Pistard: Old flier - New flier
Prolly is Not Probably: Old flier - New flier
ZLOG
Dispatch101
Urban Velo
Candy Cranks
Hipster Nascar

Final flier

2009-10-11T18:21:00.006-05:00

Finished up the final flier. Remember you can pay early via PayPal or find either Kyle or me. Also, a huge thanks to Mike for planning the Friday race.

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PayPal update

2009-10-10T15:15:00.004-05:00

PayPal has been confirmed. If you wish to save some money and pay ahead of time you can now make payments to:
kyle[dot]goodmaster[at]gmail[dot]com
Friday - $5
Saturday -$11
T-Shirt - $11

There was a slight price increase due to PayPal fees.
Also, there may or may not be a t-shirt. You can still pay for it ahead of time and if they are not produced you can get your money back the day of the race.

Getting the word out

2009-10-04T20:12:00.000-05:00

A big thanks to House of Pistard for posting up the current flier.

New Flier

2009-09-30T10:31:00.001-05:00

New sponsor...Chicago WIG

2009-09-29T12:38:00.000-05:00

Chicago WIG, a local custom bag maker, will be helping out. Check them out here.

H+Son

2009-09-25T23:00:00.001-05:00

Just got some rims from H+Son. Thanks again to all the sponsors.

PayPal

2009-09-22T21:26:00.000-05:00

People have expressed an interest in using PayPal so Kyle who is helping me out has allowed me to use his account. If you are interested prepaying via PayPal it is in the works.

Details so far...

2009-09-19T10:54:00.001-05:00

I would have liked to have had this up sooner but between work and building wheels I have been busy. Being that this is the first post I will try to post up all the information I have so far.

Please check out (and support) the sponsors. They are people just like you and me so feel free to e-mail them.

Thanks to Simon, Chris, Kyle, Mike, and Tammy for the help so far.

DETAILS:
Friday 10/30
Alleycat and party
$4 now/$6 day of

Saturday 10/31
Big alleycat
$10 now/ $15 day of
There is no scheduled after party.

There are not set times or locations yet.

There will be t-shirts for $10 or so.

More to come.