BIKE-A-THON REGISTRATION & FUNDRAISING

Pre-Registration is required!

REGISTER ONLINE at http://www.firstgiving.com/bikesnotbombs

REGISTER BY PHONE: call us at 617-522-0222


ABOUT REGISTRATION
* There is a $20 registration fee for adults and $10 fee for riders under 18. This non-refundable fee counts towards your fundraising total.
* The minimum fundraising amount is $150.00 for adult riders and $100 for riders under 18. We strongly encourage you to shoot much higher for your fundraising goal!
*When you register online, you can also make your own personal fundraising page where people can sponsor you online by credit card. Fun and easy!
*Join or form a team to add a bit of competition & comraderie! We'll give out prizes for top teams as well as top fundraising individuals.
* Once you register, you will receive a RIDER PACKET containing: ride info, a support guide to fundraising, a calendar of worknights for you to do mechanics on your own bike here, a schedule of training rides, and an invitation to a party for registered riders at BNB's Hub!

All registered rider packets will also include a COUPON for 10% off any Bill McKibben book (through June 2008) from Rhythm & Muse Book Store in Jamaica Plain!


PRIZES!

GRAND PRIZES for top fundraisers from Back Country Excursions!
1) A pair of Complete Weekend passes
2) A pair of weekend passes to the 15th Annual Mountain Biking Micro Brew Festival

...in the secluded foothills of the White Mountains with Back Country Excursions, a mecca for mountain bikers of all abilities whose aim is to share rare and beautiful natural and wild areas with guests while making minimal environmental impact. (Please note: they have a wood-fired cedar hot tub.) Both of these prizes are valued at about $400 each!

- Riders raising over $200 receive a 2008 BNB T-Shirt.
-All riders receive a BNB water bottle and sticker.
- Thank you gifts based on amount raised include gift certificates from our sponsors.

This year's sponsors include: REI, Rhythm & Muse, Kitchen on Common, Fornax Bakery, Hatched, Earthworm Recycling, Urban Adventours, Circles, Boston Building Material Co-op, No Sweat Apparel, Wainwright Bank, Milky Way Lounge and Lanes, Broadway Bike School, Just Soap, LUSH, Harvest Co-op Market, Veggie Planet, Fresh Hair, Foodies Market, Fire Opal, Fiore's Bakery, Mass Biofuel, Back Country Excursions, Cycle Loft, City Feed and Supply, Wheelworks, Dirt Rag Magazine, District Cotton and Dogwood Cafe.

Winners will be announced at the Green Roots Festival!

RIDER RESOURCES
Once you register, check out these additional rider support resources:

--Download Training Ride Flyers to hand out to your friends. And don't forget to join us, yourself!

-- Need some help writing a letter to your potential sponsors? Download Bikes Not Bomb's Sample Letter

--BNB volunteer Brittany Sidway wrote a really excellent guide to Bike-A-Thon fundraising for old hats and new helmets alike! This guide covers: forming a team, ways to talk about sponsorship with friends and family, follow-up calls, and even how to throw a party! Her writing style is easy and energetic; this is a fun read with great advice and encouragement. Download Brittany's FUNdraising Guide!

*All downloads are Microsoft Word documents (.doc)

COMING SOON:
-online route maps