Want to Race for Oregon Trail? |
---RACER BENEFITS---
You'll find that no race team in the Northwest can offer all of this:
- Support with the best team website in Northwest racing.
- Cycling equipment and bikes at better-than-awesome deals.
- Laboratory quality performance analysis and testing.
- Contributing to basically the only competitive bike race team focused on the the region around Northeast Oregon.
- You will become a better racer, guaranteed!
---RIDER SELECTION CRITERIA---
- Dedication to training, racing, and progressing up the results latter for road racing.
- Demonstration of dedication to racing, positive results, and teamwork.
- Good communication skills, particularly using online channels.
- Location: Living near or in the regions of the Snake or Columbia Rivers of the Northwest USA.
---RACER EXPECTATIONS---
- Maintain positive rapport and support of teammates.
- Contribute to strategy planning and role fulfillment during races.
- Invest a $300 annual fee to the race team. In return, each rider will receive well more than this in goods and savings.
- Wear team kit at every public race, training, or riding function.
- Participation in team race training and performance testing.
- Submit timely race reports for website.
- Abide by code of conduct: be honest, be respectful, do good.
---"UNWRITTEN" DISCLOSURES---
- Brian Sather is the mastermind and basically the only rider on the team currently. You would be racing with him (albeit probably not in support of him) and reaping his benefits. He (i.e. the one writing this) is currently in Australia but will be returning in a few months.
- The team will grow only as a reaction to interest and participation, potentially with a growing number of benefits including, but not limited to, free bikes for top riders.
- There are intentions to make Pro1-2 racing more interesting for the Boise race scene.
- More teams are needed in Oregon (and the Northwest in general) to provide another foil in races and to have a color other than red on Oregon-based teams.
- Oregon Trail Racing had a good roster and performance results in 2008 but fizzled in participation for 2009. The current intention is to rejuvenate the team using a different approach--that is, being more selective and less inclusive. The history of the club will soon be featured on this site.
- The team kit is getting wilder, inspired partially by a throwback to Cipollini's tiger-striped kits.
- The team may fail to develop, with Oregon Trail Racing consisting of only Brian Sather, who will continue to ensure the longevity of the "team" on a solo basis.
- Most of the above is BS (i.e. Brian Sather) and may be amusing because it is outlandish but probably true.