Race Week Handbook: TCTF 2022!
2022 Traverse City Trails Festival p/b Stone Hound Brewing
It’s race week! Thank you for being a part of the 2022 TCTF, the biggest fundraiser of the year for NMMBA and an important opportunity to show just how much Northern Michigan loves its singletrack.
This race-week handbook is designed to answer all your questions before, during, and after the word “Go” on Saturday.
Aside from the who-what-where, the why: the TCTF is how we show landowners and land managers what mountain bikers want. To preserve and expand our singletrack network, we need tangible proof that singletrack is what the People want; in addition to becoming a member, your participation as a racer or a tour rider is the proof we need to show interest in singletrack trails.
If you love singletrack, we need you!
The Basics
Date: Saturday, July 23
Location: Ranch Rudolf (Google Maps Link)
Packet Pick-up and Day-of Registration: 7 am-9 am (Late registration is an additional $10)
28-mile race start time: 9 am
15-mile race and all tours start: 9:30 am
Norte Balance Bike Race: High Noon! (Free!)
Online Registration
Online registration is open until July 21 at 11:59 pm. Please sign up online; this makes day-of run much more smoothly for our volunteers and timing company!
Parking
Please park in the designated area. We’ll have volunteers directing you to the great big ol’ field where all racers need to park!
Friday - Packet Pick-up and Late Registration
Online registration closes Thursday at noon.
Late registration will be open in-person at packet pick-up on Friday from 4-6 pm at Wild Card Cycle Works. Late registration is an additional $10.
The Course
The course will be marked with color-coordinated signage. The 28-mile race is pink, the 15-mile race is green. Your number plate will match the signage.
Need a little extra reassurance? Download the appropriate file for your event.
Trail Etiquette
Please be cool. Singletrack can make passing difficult. If a rider asks to pass, please allow them by at the soonest safe opportunity. We have moved the 15-mile events back 15 minutes to reduce problems, but the same “goodwill” is needed within the 15-mile and 28-mile fields, too. Let’s all be cool.
At The Ranch
Cash is king. Food, beer, and NMMBA merchandise will be available at the Ranch all day. Due to iffy cell signal, consider bringing cash. We’ll also try to accept credit cards and Venmo!
Our Sponsors
Our local sponsors are vital to putting on the Traverse City Trails Festival, but they also help keep our region’s cycling community rolling. From bike shops offering service and expertise to Stone Hound Brewing giving us a place to come together after a ride, we wouldn’t have the tight-knit community we enjoy without their support.
Please take a moment to check out all our sponsors and show them some love on social media - and with your next bike-or-beer-related purchase!
We can’t wait to spend Saturday with our mountain bike pals. On behalf of the entire NMMBA board, our army of selfless volunteers, and our members, thank you for being a part of the event!
- Northern Michigan Mountain Bike Association