JUNE 19 to 21, 2017 Cycle to Lake Junaluska

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1 Cycle to Lake Junaluska Mission Statement Cycle to Lake Junaluska is a 501(c) 3 non-pofit oganization designed povide an avenue to pomote physical fitness though cycling and ais monies fo vaious ministies of the United Methodist Chuch in the Weste Noth Caolina Annual Confeence (WNCC). The ide coincides with th Annual Confeence of the WNCC that is held each yea at Lake Junaluska Waynesville, NC. Each yea a chaity will be chosen fo the poceeds to g towads and the oute will vay to povide wondeful oppotunities to explo Noth Caolina s ual beauty. Cycle to Lake Junaluska Welcome Lette JUNE 19 to 21, 2017 Cycle to Lake Junaluska RIDER HANDBOOK Contents C2LJ Mission Statement... 2 C2LJ Welcome Lette... 2 Pepaing fo the Ride C2LJ Ride Infomation Tanspotation.. 8 Paking... 8 Check-In & Rides Oientation... 9 Ovenight Sevices & Amenities... 9 On the Couse Safety Pledge Safety & Medical Tips Cancellation & Refund Policy Miscellaneous A day in the life of Cycle to Lake Junaluska C2LJ Suggested Gea List Welcome to the Inaugual Cycle to Lake Junaluska (C2LJ) bike ide. This the second yea fo an annual bike to Lake Junaluska. This yea s oute outstanding and ou ovenight hosts will be poviding geat food and activitie each evening. Please eview the contents of this handbook caefully as it contains valuab infomation petaining to this yea s ide. Fo ide updates, check ou websi at C2LJ.og. The details about the ide contained in this handbook a confimed at this time, but ae subject to change. The 2017 oute is a ve scenic tou of Noth Caolina with flatlands, olling hills and mountains. This ide is also unique in that it is a multiday 150-mile ide fom the east to th west that will involve a climb up and acoss the Easten Continental Divid The fist day is a modeate difficulty ide fom Hickoy south-west though th Piedmont with olling hills to Casa, NC. The second day has seveal modea and steady climbs with a final (optional) majo climb up the amazing scen bicycle geenway fom Old Fot to Ridgecest. The final day will take us fo Black Mountain to Lake Junaluska fo ou closing celebation. Ride each day in segments fom est stop to est stop and enjoy the joune Rides ae always concened about thei ability to ide up the hills, but it s eas to walk you bike up a hill if needed. It is the downhill potions that equie lo of focus. PLEASE make sue you know how to descend safely down hills an make sue you bike s bakes have been popely inspected by you local bik shop pio to the event. 2

2 Cycle to Lake Junaluska needs you help to accomplish ou goal of having a safe and meaningful event. Thee may be inexpeienced cyclists on the oad duing the week. Don t assume othe cyclists know what you next move will be. Communicate in a goup of ides by indicating on you left, stopping, etc. to avoid bike-on-bike collisions. Most collisions duing events like this occu as a esult of bike-on-bike contact. It is a equiement that you wea an ASTM, ANSI o Snell helmet at all times when biking on the oute. Tempeatues duing the week will pobably be hot, so stat ealy, keep hydated, and take advantage of ests stops to keep fueled up and fesh. We encouage you to exploe the inteesting sites along the oute, stop fo lunch in one of the pass-though communities o just get off you bike and enjoy the scenic beauty. Ou goal is to host a safe ide that is a memoable expeience fo you and will help a geat cause each yea. This yea all poceeds aised will suppot the Campus Ministies of the Westen NC Confeence (Wesley Foundations, etc. Lean moe at ministies/campus-ministies) These campus ministies of the United Methodist Chuch povide a faith based home away fom home fo students faced with the challenges of collegiate life. We encouage you to invite fiends to sponso you on the ide. We welcome you suggestions and comments about the ide. It is difficult to emembe suggestions given duing the ide, so please make sue you povide you suggestions on you post-ide evaluation suvey. Please contact us if you have any questions o concens pio to the ide. Thanks again fo you paticipation. We look fowad to seeing you at the 2017 Cycle to Lake Junaluska ide! God bless you and cycle safe! Doug Doug Mille, Chaipeson (Special thanks to Cycle Noth Caolina fo allowing us to utilize thei handbook fo the ceation of this esouce. Find out moe about CNC and thei annual ides acoss NC at 3 Pepaing fo the Ride Getting You Bike Ready Get you bike tuned up and adjusted to fit you befoe beginning to tain. Efficient position and good body alignment will help you feel moe comfotable. Have a pofessional bike technician check you position, including the points between you body and the bike: seat, shoes, pedals and hands. Poo fit is moe painfu than poo taining. To have you bike pofessionally fit, contact a bicycle shop in you aea. Schedule a pe-ide tune up with you local bike shop a week o two befoe you leave on the ide. Make sue to have them chec the condition and adjustment of bake pads, bake cables and gea cables as well as beaing adjustments in you hubs, headset and bottom backet. Ties should be checked fo excessive wea, cuts and nicks. Remembe, old ties (othe than the aged and cued ones that the Pos Ride) not only mean moe punctues; they may also be unsafe. If you ae in the Winston-Salem aea, contact Ken s Bike Shop. You can stop by anytime fo a fee look-ove o diagnostic check. Sometimes, the tained eye of the pofessional mechanic catches the othewise unnoticed poblem. Getting You Body Ready Below is some valuable infomation that, if followed, will keep you on you bike and out of the SAG. Fuel Wate is impotant befoe, duing and afte evey wokout. Whe cycling, be sue to dink at least one wate bottle pe hou. Dink even if you ae not thisty emembe, if you ae thisty, then you ae aleady dehydated! Once you ve finished you ide, make sue you continue to dink wate o spots electolyte and 4

3 ecovey dinks. As much as one would like to ague, the beveage gaden is not fo eplenishing electolytes...maybe cabohydates! Speaking of cabohydates, this is one aea that you do not need to skip out on duing the ide. You food plan duing taining should be compised of mostly cabohydates (55 65%), with the emainde in equal amounts of potein and fat. You e taining had and buning fuel faste than when you ae sitting on the couch changing channels. You need immediate and stoed fuel; which is pimaily supplied by a diet high in cabohydates. Stength Taining Stength Taining has been consideed a vital piece in any execise egimen, whethe eceation o competition. It is one of the most impotant aeas to focus on. In ode to be stong in the saddle, you need to have stength not only in you legs and heat, but in the est of you body. A stong coe is essential to good iding postue and climbing ability. Ty including at least two days a week of a full- body stength taining pogam tageting you majo muscle goups, with an emphasis on abdominal and back muscles and see if it makes a diffeence. Stetching Do we have to eally explain why this is so impotant? Stetching is essential to injuy pevention and impoving muscle ecovey. Focus on all majo muscle goups, not just the legs. Stetch afte evey wokout, bike ide, and even if you didn t do anything that day. Hee Ae Some Tips If You Have Knee Poblems Conside installing a tiple-ing cank set, using floating pedals o having you cleats fit-checked. Standing when climbing hills is toughe cadiovasculaly, but easie on the knees. Whethe you e iding C2LJ, getting youself and especially you body eady fo the ide is eally the key to making it an 5 enjoy-able expeience. Putting in plenty of miles of taining is definitely impotant, especially back-to-back days. Howeve, don t focus solely on mileage. A well-ounded taining pogam includes stength, flexibility, enduance, nutition, hydation and est. Cycle to Lake Junaluska should not be you taining, but a culmination of you taining effot. A majo cause of injuies is lack of conditioning. Located on the Cycle to NC website (an annual week-long ide fom the NC mountains to the coast) is a 8-week taining plan geaed just fo multi-day events. Whethe you choose to follow it completely o use it as a template fo you taining is up to you. Eithe way, you will see the benefits duing the ide if you just take the time to tain popely. Cycling One must emembe that C2LJ is a leisuely ide and NOT a ace. You will get the most enjoyment out of it if you have taine fo the ide. Plan on iding at least taining miles as you get eady fo C2LJ. The oute can be challenging at times, especially duing the olling hills leading up to the mountains an the ide up to the Easten Continental Divide, so the moe miles you put into taining, the moe you will be able to enjoy the event. Remembe to wok on you climbing by doing hills and olles. At fist, choose shote hills and epeat them, then build up to longe hills with no est. If possible, ide with othe cyclists to get pepaed fo the days when you ll be iding with you new best fiends. Rest Adequate est will allow you body to ecove and epai itself moe efficiently. Too often, we tain too much while not allowing ou body and mind to ecove, which can lead to inteupted sleep pattens, injuy, deceased pefomance and bunout. C2LJ is NOT the place to expeience these symptoms. Take at least one day a week off fom taining. If you MUST do something, do something diffeent! Begin tapeing you taining one to two weeks pio to C2LJ. Continue you eating and 6

4 flexibility pogams, and decease you time in the saddle. Go out fo an easy neighbohood ide and elax. You have aleady done the wok; now get eady to eap the ewads! The gea bags that you bing to stoe you belongings should be 1.) soft suitcase o duffle bag (no had cases), 2.) made of a study mateial that will hold up to the day to day handling duing the week and 3.) easily distinguish-able. This is not the ide to bing you nice Samsonite o Swiss luggage. Bing a bag that you don t mind getting dity, tossed aound and possibly wet. Campes, both indoo and outdoo, may bing two bags each weighing no moe than 40 lbs each. If you bag is ove packed, you will be asked to emove some items to meet the weight equiements. The moe efficiently you pack, the easie it will be fo YOU and ou luggage loades to cay you bags daily. Some of the campsites will equie you to cay you luggage some distance fom the tuck to you campsite. To ensue that you clothing stays dy, pack clothes in lage plastic bags (Ziploc bags wok geat), pess flat to emove the excess ai and then seal. You will want to mak you bag in some manne (bight coloed ibbon o tape) to help distinguish it fom the othe 100 plus bags out thee. Keep in mind that most bags ae eithe black o blue. Please, do not bing bags with shap edges o staps with buckles on the outside. We cannot affod to lose one of ou luggage handles due to an injuy while loading and unloading you bag. See the C2LJ Suggested Gea List at the end of this document. (Lake Junaluska coss photo celebating a job well done.) 2017 Cycle to Lake Junaluska Ride Info. Tanspotation Post Ride Tanspotation Infomation Getting back to Hickoy Lake Junaluska to Hickoy: Tuesday, June 21 Staging fo the van will take place at the Bethea Welcome Cente (end of ide location) in Lake Junaluska, NC. Two vans will be heading back to the Chist UMC (2416 Zion Chuch Rd.) in Hickoy will depat Lake Junaluska at appoximately 2:00 p.m Thee ae a limited numbe of spots available and peegistation will be on a fist come fist seve basis. Van loading beginning 30 minutes pio to depatue time. You tave time to Hickoy is appoximately 2 hs. Paking Staging a Vehicle Befoe the C2LJ Week Long Paking: We have made aangements with Junaluska Assembly to povide you paking on the Assembly Gounds at the Bethea Welcome Cente paking lot befoe ou stat on Sunday, June 18. Please pak behind the building to allow visitos to access the welcome cente. You will be esponsible fo tanspotation to Hickoy, but we will ty and connect paticipants who ae looking to set up a capool o shuttle. Duing Cycle to Lake Junaluska Pesonal SAG s and Non-Rides: All egisteed paticipants that will have pesonal suppot vehicles must have thei vehicle 7 8

5 egisteed with C2LJ. Pesonal suppot vehicles ae not allowed to follow ides duing the C2LJ. This is a dangeous pactice fo both othe ides and to taffic. Pesonal suppot vehicle ae welcome to dop in at ou est stations o set up a pesonal est stop but you will not be allowed to pefom moving suppot (i.e. passing items fom a ca to a moving ide). Check-In and Ride Oientation Check-In (Hickoy, NC) Monday, June 19: We will be check-in Monday, June 19 fom 9:00am to 10:00am at Chist UMC in Hickoy, NC. Chist UMC (2416 Zion Chuch Rd., Hickoy, NC) You will be able to pick up you ide packet at that time. Paticipants must be pesent to pick up thei ide packet. You ide packet will contain a schedule of events fo the week, oute cue sheets and maps, and luggage tag(s). (Note: All paticipant t-shits will be issued to you with you gift bag on the final day.) Monday, June 19, 9:45 am 2017 Ride Oientation and Q&A We will offe the 2017 Rides Oientation to allow paticipants infomation on the days oute, est stops, and Q&A. Oganizes will be onsite to answe any questions you might have. This is also a geat time to meet the ide diectos and othe ides. Host Site Sevices & Amenities Host site Basics Each day, C2LJ povides a host site complete with many sevices and amenities that make each night an enjoyable and comfotable expeience. The Basics Please be couteous and espect quiet time at all host sites fom 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. 9 Camping The facilities that C2LJ uses duing the ide ae chuches o chuch camps. We will be doing indoo camping at these locations, but we can aange fo a location fo you to pak an RV o ecommend neaby campsites. At all facilities duing the ide, we ask that you please efain fom using any alcoholic beveages. Toilets and showe facilities will be povided. Showes will geneally not be available onsite but you will be povided tanspiation to a neaby location (ex. YMCA, camp, VFD, etc.). You will need to povide you own gea (sleeping bag, pad, cot, etc.). C2LJ does not povide equipment duing the ide. Campfies of any kind ae pohibited at ALL Cycle to Lake Junaluska host sites. Campes, RV s and tailes ae allowed on C2LJ, but we cannot be esponsible fo poviding space, wate, cleanout and electical hookups. At some C2LJ sites, space may be limited and RV s and campe tailes must pak in designated aeas identified by the C2LJ voluntees o the host site epesentative Upon Request we will attempt to povide you with maps showin camping aeas, and paking locations fo those that ae diving vehicles o RV/Tailes. All pesonal suppot vehicles, RV s, o tailes ae not allowed into the C2LJ host site each day until 10:30am without pio appoval. Indoo camping will be located in gymnasiums, auditoiums, classooms, etc. You will need to bing you own sleeping bag, pad, eaplugs, sleeping mask etc. If indoo camping is limited, you will need to leave you bike outside. Tents ae pohibited in the indoo camping locations due to limited space. Indoo space may be limited but in many cases, thee will be plenty of oom. Please keep in mind that these ae not ou facilities and we nee to take cae of them as much as possible. Please emove you cycling shoes befoe enteing any of the indoo camping spaces, especially gymnasiums. Baggage Tanspot fo Paticipants (indoo) 10

6 Included in you egistation fee is baggage tanspotation each day fom host site to host site. You baggage will be tanspoted in lage moving enclosed taile. Each ide may bing up to two bags (duffle bags ae pefeed) each weighing no moe than 40 pounds each. The bag limit and weight equiements includes you clothing fo the thee days, sleeping bag, etc. You can also bing along a cot. Please take the time to weigh you bags and pack accodingly. If you bag is oveweight, you will be asked to emove some items to meet the weight equiements. If you don t know if you bag is too heavy, just weigh youself on a scale and then do it again holding you bag. Rides may not stap o tie anything to the bags. Cooles, chais, exta bikes, had tunks, and suitcases ae not allowed in luggage. Rides must delive thei luggage to the luggage taile by 8:30 a.m. each moning. Use caution when loading you luggage into the luggage tucks as the ealy moning dew can make enteing and exiting the taile difficult, especially if you ae weaing cycling shoes. The luggage tuck will depat the campsite by 9:00 a.m. each day. Once the luggage has been loaded on the taile, ides will not have access to thei baggage until it has been unloaded in the next town. C2LJ ecommends that ide s make sue they have thei sunsceen, money, camea, medication, ain gea, etc. in thei possession befoe loading thei luggage on the luggage tucks. Baggage Tanspot fo Rides Staying in Hotels If you ae staying in hotels duing the week, this infomation does not petain to you. You will be esponsible fo you own aangements and tanspotation to hotels. Showe facilities Showe facilities will be available eithe onsite o at a neaby location. If showes ae off-site we will povided shuttle sevice to and fom the host site. Please emembe to bing a towel o two as C2LJ does not povide towels o toileties. 11 Meals Dinnes and beakfast ae povided by C2LJ host sites. These meals will be seved at the host site. Meal times ae as follows: Dinne: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm & beakfast: 6:30 am to 8:00 am In ode fo the host site catees to povide sufficient amounts o food fo these meals, we will need to have only egisteed paticipants o peegisteed non-iding paticipants to eceive a meal. All meals ae non-tansfeable and non-efundable. Ride Guest Meal Ticket: If you have a family membe(s) meeting up with you, you may pe-ode a guest meal ticket(s) fom C2LJ. Those tickets will be included in you ide packet. Cycle to Lake Junaluska Mechandise 2017 C2LJ t-shits will be distibuted on Wednesday, June 21 a Lake Junaluska unless pio aangements ae made. Emegency and Medical Infomation Any seious injuies that occu duing Cycle to Lake Junaluska will be handled by the local EMS and hospital sevices. Howeve, most basic fist aid can be handled by ou fist aid kit i the suppot (SAG) vehicles. If assistance is needed duing the ide, flag down a SAG vehicle o call the povided cell phone numbe fo ou SAG dive. If you ae taken in fo medical teatment, a C2LJ Staff peson will help you locate you family, fiends, bike, luggage, etc., but C2LJ sta membes ae not able to povide you with tanspotation home o to you vehicle. If you equie sevices fom a local medical facility, you will be financially esponsible. C2LJ also cannot be esponsible fo medications stoed in C2LJ vehicles. Rides with special needs must contact the C2LJ in advance fo assistance If you expeience o ae involved in an accident along the oute, thee ae two statewide emegency numbes: 911 A statewide emegency numbe that will contact the local authoities *HP A 12

7 statewide emegency cell phone numbe to contact the local State Highway Patol Office If you family needs to contact you while you ae on the tou, they can call the C2LJ diecto at This numbe is to be used to contact a ide only in an emegency. This numbe will also be located on the ide cue sheets. Entetainment Cycle to Lake Junaluska will ty and povide you with a vaiety of actives while we ae at ou host location. The evening entetainment is scheduled daily fom 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Entetainment anges fom games, music, and movies to just good time to visit and swap stoies. You don t want to miss this chance to spend the evening with geat fiends. Bike Mechanical Sevices and Bike Retail Shop KEN S BIKE SHOP fom Winston-Salem, N.C. will be binging the local bike shop to you! A cetified mechanics will be at host site to offe you mechanical suppot when it is needed. An expet mechanics will be iding with us each day and ou SAG vehicle will contain many of the most needed items fo mid-ide epais to keep you bike unning smoothly. You bike must be tuned up pio to the ide. You neve know what complications might be luking to pevent you fom having a successful bike ide. All mechanical sevices ae povided to the cyclists at the nomal shop ate. Rides will be esponsible fo any chages associated with sevice and pats. Bike pumps will be available each moning at the bike mechanic aea. The bike shop will be open daily 3pm fo sevicing those most common of epais. If an item equies a majo epai we cannot guaantee we can fix it duing the ide, but C2LJ voluntees will ty and get you bike to a neaby bike shop if it is possible. (Note: we cannot do so duing the ide while SAG suppot is needed fo cyclist still on the oad.) C2LJ Non Rides Some ides might like to shae thei C2LJ expeience with fiends and family membes who do not ide. C2LJ welcomes Non-Rides and offes them a chance to tag along fo the week. To decease the amount of taffic on the oads, Non-ides shoul ty to dive altenate outes to the ovenight campsites. Non- Rides must be officially egisteed and the nomal egistation fee will apply unless they ae an official voluntee. (A limited numbe of voluntee slots ae available upon equest.) Nonides ae not allowed on the outes unless they ae volunteein at the C2LJ Rest Stops. Pesonal suppot vehicles ae not allowed into the C2LJ Host-site each day until 10:30am. Voluntees: Cycle to Lake Junaluska stongly encouages non-ides to voluntee duing the ide. C2LJ is always looking fo good voluntees fo the est stops. The egistation fee is waived fo a voluntees. If you ae inteested in volunteeing, please contact the C2LJ via at doug.mille@canaanumc.com Social Media: Cycle to Lake Junaluska is on Facebook. We will be taking photos duing the event and posting them on ou C2LJ site so be sue to follow/like us. We will be using C2LJ Facebook site to post event alets egading weathe, oute changes and any othe petinent infomation. Cycle to Lake Junaluska Ride s with Special Needs If you ae paticipating in Cycle to Lake Junaluska and you equie special needs o equests, please contact C2LJ. On the Couse The Routes 13 14

8 The oute will open each day at 8:00 a.m. SAG (Suppot And Gea) vans and est stops will be cleaed each day at 5:00 p.m. (3pm on the last day). The outes will be maked and a que sheet with easy to follow diections will be available each moning. We have each oute downloadable to Gamin cyclometes. If you should get lost please stop and call the numbe povided on you que sheet fo the day. Couse Suppot (Suppot And Gea) is to help you finish the day s ide. If you expeience majo mechanical failues along the oute, a SAG will be available to tanspot you to the end of ou ide. Couse Hous: SAG Suppot and est stops ae available only duing the couse hous, which ae fom 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. The last day s oute will close at 3:00 pm. If you leave befoe the couse opens o ae still on the couse afte 6:00 p.m., we cannot povide you with suppot sevices. All paticipants still on the oute afte 6:00 p.m. can take a SAG into the host site. Rest Stops The C2LJ est stops typically ange between miles apat with each featuing FREE snacks, dinks, Gatoade, wate, fesh fuit and moe. Most snacks will be individually pe-packaged fo sanitay easons. We ask that you do not each fo unpackaged snack items without washing you hands. These est stops ae geat oppotunities fo you to get off the bike and stetch the legs. Fo sanitay easons, neve get ice fom the cooles. We cannot povide you with ice. Hand sanitize will be available at all est stops. Restooms may be available at some of ou est stops. Located nea the halfway point on the couse each day will be a efueling station. Thee you will find pb&j sandwiches fo you to efuel on duing the ide. This est stop will be teated as you 15 Lunch Stop. Be pepaed fo some days with limited to no estauants along the oute. SAG Vans Thee will be SAG Vans (white 15psg vans) on the couse each day. They ae available to assist cyclists as needed due to mechanical poblems. The SAG vans ae also available to tanspot cyclists up o down a steep hill so that cyclists ae able to finish the day s ide. If at any time you need assistance, please signal a SAG van with a thumbs down signal o pat the top of you head. If you do get into a SAG van, you may be tanspoted to the next est stop and not diectly to camp. The SAG vans will not etun to camp until they have a full load. END OF THE RIDE CELEBRATION SCHEDULE Fee End of the Ride Celebation meal and NC mountain lake views fo all egisteed C2LJ Rides. Cycle to Lake Junaluska Safety Pledge C2LJ needs you help to achieve ou most impotant goal of a safe ide. Duing the week, we ae all pat of the same bike team/family and we need to look out fo each othe and help each othe out when one needs it. By ageeing to the C2LJ elease statement when egisteing, you ageed to the following twelve safety ules: Helmets ae cool! They potect you noggin so wea them at all times while on you bike. IT S REQUIRED! 2. Follow the Law it's the safest way to ide. Bicyclists have the same ights and duties as othe dives and need to follow the same taffic laws. 3. If you have to stop at any time on the oad, move you bike completely off the oad. 4. Ride in the ight thid of the lane if thee is not sufficient oom fo lane shaing. If the oad is wide enough, ide

9 just to the ight of the tavel lane to emain visible to othe motoists. 5. Always yell out ca back to suounding ides. This passes the message fowad when a vehicle is appoaching fom behind. 6. Neve ide at night except with pope lights & eflective gea. 7. Supevise childen on the ide at all times. 8. Use pope hand signals to indicate you next move. 9. Always use common sense when on you bike. 10. Call out on you left to alet a ide when you intend to pass. 11. Point out potholes, boken glass and any othe hazads to those behind you. 12. Always follow the C2LJ Safety Rules. C2LJ Safety and Medical Tips Some tips on how to avoid dogs when on the oute: o Speed up! This depends on how fesh you legs ae. o Yell at the dog! Yelling NO o DOWN usually woks. o Kick at the dog! This depends on you agility as the dog is neaing you ankle. o Spay them with wate o Poweade. An altenative use fo you wate bottle. o Use dog epellent. Please be caeful only to use on aggessive dogs. Apply a watepoof sunsceen on exposed skin seveal times daily. It should become a pat of you est stop outine while on the ide. Wea padded gloves. Shake out you ams and legs evey couple of miles to avoid soeness. Dink plenty of fluids. At least one bottle an hou. If you ae not thisty, dink anyways! You can become dehydated without knowing. Stetch afte iding and take plenty of beaks duing the day. Avoid camping unde tees as stong winds o stoms could cause a tee o limbs to fall If high winds o a stom ae pesent, do not stay in you tent. Find shelte in the indoo camping until the stom o winds pass. Seek a safe shelte location on the oute o in camp duing stoms. When cossing aiload tacks, do it slowl and at a 90 angle o just get off you bike and walk acoss. Wea bightly coloed jacket when iding in the ain. This will help pevent excessive loss of body heat that can esult in Hypothemia. Plus, the bighte the jacket colo is, the easie motoists will be able to see you when diving in the ain. Have you bike tuned up and inspected at you local bike shop befoe you fist day of iding on the tou. Inspect you bike daily duing the ide. Cancellation & Refund Policy All egistations eceived on o befoe Apil 1, 2017, ae entitled to 100% efund as long as a witten cancellation ( o mail) is sent to the C2LJ by May 1, Registations eceived afte Apil 1, 2015, must submit a witten cancellation by May 1, 2017 to eceive a egistation efund, less a pocessing fee of $35. Thee will be a 50% efund fom May 1-21, Thee will be no efunds fo the ide, t-shit and jeseys fo cancelations o egistations eceived afte May 21, Refunds will not be ganted fo cancellations eceived afte May 21, Soy, no exceptions. Registations ae tansfeable if you find someone to go in you place. Any tansfe must be done by June 9, 2017 with witten notification to C2LJ. Any appoved efunds will be issued in the fom of a check and all efund checks will be mailed in July. Miscellaneous Pesonal SAG vehicles ae not allowed on the oute. Please use altenate outes. Non-ides must be officially

10 egisteed to have access to C2LJ host sites & amenities. Fee est stops with snacks and beveages will be set up appoximately evey miles on the oute. Mechanical suppot fo the week will be povided by Cool Beeze Cycley and Tek Stoes of Chalotte. Mechanics will not be at est stops. A mechanic will be available at the campsite each day. Rides must have thei bike tuned up by thei local mechanic befoe the ide. Cyclists will incu minimal chages fo pats. Alcohol is not allowed at any host site at any time. Childen 16 and unde must be supevised by a paent/guadian at all times. Take special cae when iding in pace lines. Most accidents on the ide ae bike on bike. (A wam welcome fom Casa UMC, Casa, NC) 19 A day in the life of C2LJ *Numbe of est stops and the est stop times may vay daily due to daily oute length 6:30 am 8 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:30 am 9:00 a.m. 10:30 am 2 pm 10:30 am 20 Beakfast is seved at o nea the host site. Bedding/bags ae packed and bought to the luggage taile by 8:30 a.m. Check-in with C2LJ Staff at 8:00 a.m. Minimal bike epai sevices ae available. Route officially opens. Please do not stat befoe this time as couse suppot needs time to conduct the final check of the oute, and set up est stops, etc., basically all that behind the scene stuff that you neve see. Sleep late and avoid the ush. Rest Stop # 1 opens: light snacks, Poweade, wate, and estoom when available. Eveyone must be on the oad. Luggage tucks leave fo the next ovenight town. Rest stop # 2 opens: Snacks, Poweade, wate, and estooms when available. Luggage Tucks aive at the next ovenight campsite and unload luggage 11:00 am - Lunch options in pass-though towns on you own. 2:00 pm Noon 4:00 pm 1:00 pm 4:30 pm 1:00 pm 5 pm 3:00 pm 6 pm 3:00 pm 9 pm Rest Stop # 3 Opens: Snacks, fuit, ice cold beveages, wate, Poweade and estooms when available. Majoity of ides aive in camp. Pick up baggage, set up bedding showe and elax. Enjoy the amenities of host site and exploe the communities. Headquates, check-in, & egistation open at the C2LJ HQ (ide questions, massage sevices, medical needs, etc.). Bike shop open fo sevices at campsite. Aftenoon activities and shuttles to showes, attactions, shopping etc. Bike epai sevices open at campsite. 6:00 pm Route Closes SAG suppot and est stops ae emoved. 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 9 pm 10:00 pm 6 am Dinne seved at the host site. Evening entetainment (location and entetainment options vay fom each ovenight location) Quiet Hous

11 C2LJ SUGGESTED GEAR LIST Below is a list of items that cyclists and C2LJ baowed fom CNC as suggestions fo what to bing on a multi-day bike tou. You may use this as a packing checklist, but keep in mind this list is just ecommendations. Thee may be items you want to bing that ae not on this list. Note: Stapping o tying anything to you bag(s) is pohibited. C2LJ does not allow cooles, chais, exta bikes, had walled tunks, plastic bins, o suitcases on the luggage tuck. Fo the Bike (Remembe to bing you bike!) USCF appoved helmet (To be won at all times when on the bike) Reaview mio Two 20 oz. wate bottles (hydations packs wok too) Fame mounted bike pump o CO2 mini-pump Standad tools (tubes, tie leves, patch kit, & pump) GPS unit Headlight and tail light Bike lock Bicycle towel Dog epellant Cycling Clothing Camp Clothing Shots (1-2) Long Pants (1) Shot sleeved shits (2-3) Long sleeved shits (1-2) Socks (2-3) Undewea (2-3) Comfotable off the bike shoes Sandals Rain gea (watepoof o esistant, beathable fabic) Wam jacket Bathing Suite (a pool may be available one night) Toileties Towel (1-2) and washcloth Toothbush & toothpaste Skin lotion Sunsceen Lip balm Chamois Butte Soap and shampoo Feminine hygiene poducts Medications (aspiin, ibupofen, antacids, pesonal pesciptions, etc.) Toilet pape Othe: Band-Aids, calamine lotion and insect epellant Bedding Shot sleeved jeseys (3) Long sleeved cycling jesey (1) Cycling shots (3); knee wames o tights (1) Wind vest Bightly coloed cycling ain jacket Cycling gloves (1-2) Cycling shoes (1-2) Cycling Socks (3) Sunglasses 21 Sleeping bag and pad Camp pillow Cots ae also an option Othe Camea & batteies Pocket knife Reading mateials 22

12 Bible and Jounal Eaplugs (fo sleeping, not iding!) Deck of cads o othe games Wallet w/ pesonal id, cash, bankcad, etc. Cell Phone and chage (powe stip) Ziploc baggies Sepaate bag fo dity laundy Fist-Aid Kit Business Cads (Netwoking...you neve know!) Cedits: Thank you to Cycle Noth Caolina fo giving us pemission to epoduce potions of the CNC Handbook. 406 Blackwell Steet, Ste 120 Duham, NC CNC Events: CNC Coastal Ride (Washington, NC Apil 28-30) CNC Mountain Ride (Lake Lue, NC unusually August TBA) Cycle Noth Caolina Mountains to the Coast : (late Sept. TBA) Thank you to ou Sponsos! 23