R: [OrRando] Birkie...

[Marcello Napolitano]

This was my fist time seeing a brevet from the organizer's point of view. I
usually spend most of the time with the handful of people who ride at about
my speed, but this time I got to see and meet everyone, at one point or
another. It was a wonderful experience.

As Susan mentioned, we had 74 riders, including four recumbents, one tandem,
and two framebuilders riding their own creations. All 74 finished well
before sunset. We had rain showers on and off all morning, and many riders
ended up using their "Shower Pass Orange" jackets for most of the ride.
Everybody enjoyed the food and hospitality (and in one extreme case, dry
socks) at the Vernonia control. Later, more than one rider had a bite of
their favorite childhood candy bar at the Birkenfeld store. Back in Forest
Grove in the afternoon we were greeted by some nice warm sun, and I heard
tales of tailwind on the way back from Timber from most of the riders. 

I want to thank Kathy, Cathy, Barbara and Susan, for helping throughout the
event. We couldn't have a successful event like this without the support of
wonderful volunteers like you. 

A couple of ride reports...

http://lynnerides.blogspot.com/2007/04/birkie-brevet-mar-31-2007.html
http://escapevelocipede.blogspot.com/2007/04/3312007-birkenfeld-200k.html

And pictures...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cecilanne_r-s/sets/72157600040718397/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/natearm/sets/72157600040246742/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/readytoride/442084776/in/set-72157594235629787/

I look forward to another great ride in less than two weeks! Get your lights
and reflective gear ready for the 300k!

Marcello


-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com [mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com]
Per conto di Susan France
Inviato: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:35 AM
A: orrando at tire.patch.com
Oggetto: [OrRando] Birkie...

Hi All,
The Birkie Brevet was a huge success. First I want to acknowledge the hard
work and preperation of the ride organizer, Marcello Napolatino. It is
wonderful to have club members stepping up and volunteering to organize
these rides. Also, I did not do the baking this time. Those luscious cookies
and brownies came from the kitchen of Kathy Napolatino.
Our volunteers for this ride were:
Marcello Napolatino - Ride Organizer
Kathy Napolatino - Catering & Control Worker
Cathy Smith - Control Worker
Barbara Ogilvie - Control Worker
& yours truly.
(Note: I didn't need to be part of the volunteer group but I simply was not
in the mood to ride!)

74 Starters (including 1 preride), 74 Finishers... an increase of 50% over
last year. Yes, I did a big Yahoo at the end as I always love 100% finish
rates on our events.

Results are posted on the website. Final results will be submitted to RUSA
after all new RUSA numbers have been assigned to our new members. If
something is mistyped, let me know as this is a huge number of riders for us
to process. See you in two weeks.

Susan.
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