VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MIDWEST SPORTS EVENTS

TriWis members recieved a discount and special wave placement at the Pewaukee Triathlon, Lake Country Half Marathon, and Dousman Duathalon.  In return, Midwest Sports Events is asking for TriWis to provide volunteers.  If you are competing, you can STILL volunteer before the event.  Contact the volunteer coordinator at volunteer@midwestsportsevents.com.  Not racing?  Volunteers are needed throughout the event to help with participant body marking, directing spectators and participants on and off the course, and passing out refreshments at aid stations and post race.  All volunteers receive a T-shirt and food during the race and a big thank you!  Contact our volunteer coordinator today at volunteer@midwestsportsevents.com

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TRI-ING FOR CHILDREN TRIATHLON

Volunteers are needed to help out with the Tri-ing for Children Triathlon.  The kids' race is July 26th and the adult race July 27th, at a new location in the Kettle Moraine area.   If you are not participating, please consider volunteering.  Events like this cannot happen without volunteers!! To volunteer, please contact Colleen Poblocki at cpoblocki@mac.com or by visting www.triingforchildrens.com

Trek is looking for triathletes to appear in a television commercial

Role: Triathlete male age 55-80
Pay: $500 for principal, $150 for extra
Ethnicity: Open

Older, fit male able to ride bicycles for casting and shoot.  At casting session they will ride a stationary bike, have body filmed including leg muscles and be interviewed about triathalon experience.  There will be quite a bit of riding on the shoot day in gear and arrow helmet with numbers grease-penciled to arm. 

Contact: Rebecca Vaughn to sign up or with questions. rebeccajvaughn@gmail.com, 414-562-8687 b, 414-305-8807 c
Casting Dates: May 16th and May 17th.  Make an appointment for one of two days.  Casting will take about 1/2 hour.
Shoot days: June 6th and June 7th - participants will be needed for about 5 hours on one of those two days.  Trek will provide bicycles for the shoot.

This year, there are two awesome bike deals offered by sponsors and friends.

Click here for details!

HOORAY!!!!!  The shopping site is back up.  Membership is still on going at $40.00.  Soon, the uniforms will be ready for display and purchase.

or you can still use this form for sending in check instead of paypal/online payment.

THEN WHAT!!??

2008 roster list...as of 05/07/08 7pm

Your email will be added to the list to receive the updates that contain a ton of information on clinics, store open houses, workout announcements, race deals, sponsor deals, sponsor discounts, special evends and much much more.

You will receive information and invitations to Team gatherings.

You will be eligible for sponsor discounts. 

Click here for more info on membership benefits

Cars and Bikes are like Cake and Beer, they go well together but nobody knows when and how.  This upcoming biking season, please mind yourself and be aware of the road and those who use it.

The law is very particular about the relationship between the pedal power and the gas power, click here to read.  It all comes down to one simple thing:  BIKERS ARE SLOW TRAFFIC!  Therefore the same laws that govern farm equipment, road construction vehicles, or a sheperd with 15 cows are the same laws that govern a pack of HAMMER GEL-induced, lycra-wearing, Lauren Jensen-Wannabees.  We all know that we have to obey all traffic signs, traffic lights and laws.  The thing that is most confusing is when can we ride side by side and when do we need to be on a single file. 

Here is a simple guideline.

1)   You are allowed to ride 2 across, on 4 lane roads.  Your pack is considered a single unit of slow traffic.  Although you are all ok (green), be mindful if the traffic gets heavy behind you and on the left lane.  If this happens, try to form a single line if and when it is safe.

2)  If there is a bike lane.  Everyone must be in it, it doesn't matter how many across, everyone must be inside the bike lane.  In this diagram, one rider (red) is not following the law.

3)  On a single lane road, you are ok to be riding 2 across unless impeding traffic.  In this diagram, since the car cannot pass the pack because of the double solid yellow line, the pack is impeding traffic.  The group must make ALL safe effort to start a single file and allow the car to pass.

4)  Similar to diagram 3, the pack is riding 2 across and is impeding traffic.  However, the car can pass the slow moving unit because of the dashed yellow line.  Although not required, the pack must make SOME safe effort and single file to allow the car to pass.

A safe riding to all!