The big news is that the TransRockies is starting in Fernie and ending in Canmore . We couldn’t be more excited about this development and we thought we’d give you some of the reasons that 2010 TransRockies will be the best edition yet. Here are our Super Seven reasons—one for each day of the best epic ride in North America!
1. Great New Route: For 2010, our all-new route has been redesigned to eliminate road riding and increase the amount of time spent on trails. It’s shorter, better, and more rideable so that participants will have slightly shorter days with more time on singletrack.
2. Spectacular Mountain Vistas: The TransRockies continues to put more “mountain” in your mountain biking with a route across the top of the Canadian Rockies in high alpine wilderness. Riders will cross the Continental Divide and through spectacular Kananaskis Country on a route that includes almost zero traffic, cities and time wasted in transfer.
3. Still setting the standard for Participant Support & High Production Values
The TransRockies event team has organized dozens of World-class events and the TransRockies sets the standard for full-spectrum participant support and flawless event production. Along with an event village that includes hot showers, plentiful and delicious food, massage, bike service and daily bag/tent service, the event production includes the best daily banquet with high-quality video and photos of each stage.
4. Later Start Times
Shorter stages in 2010 have allowed us to tighten up our daily itinerary giving riders an extra hour in bed each night thanks to later start times and earlier awards presentations. The earliest starting time is 9am and there are NO early mornings for ferry rides or pre-stage transfers. A new “relaxation expo” will provide a great venue for after-ride unwinding and earlier awards will get you to bed sooner.
5. New TR Amenity Shuttles
While TransRockies prides itself on the most complete support in the sport in our race villages, sometimes nothing replaces a quick run into town to find cell phone coverage to make a call home, do some laundry, or stock up on basics from the general store. By running shuttles to town, we’re balancing the beautiful wilderness aspects of the race with a little more civilization for the riders that need it.
6. Still the Best Prize Purse in North America
From the beginning, we’ve been committed to offering the biggest prize purse to our riders and, again this year, we’re offering a $20,000 cash purse to our overall winning teams along with nightly podium prizes to our top teams on each stage.
7. A better night’s sleep
Along with more sleep thanks to our new schedule, TR riders will get a better night’s sleep as this year we’re offering a better rest thanks to a premium sleeping pad option and more tent space. You can leave your sleeping pad at home and rent one of ours for a nominal fee giving you more room in your gear bag and less to transport. We’re also enlarging the tent space for each rider meaning a more relaxing, stretched out night in the tent.
TR3 Set to Grow in 2010
After a successful first year, TR3 is set to grow by leaps and bounds in 2010. After only two months of registration we have the same number of people registered as participated in 2009. The numbers are on track for a huge increase in the number of riders and we’re expecting to reach our 200-rider limit well before participants roll to the start line this August.
Offering three days of solo competition supported by the best event team in the sport, TR3 provides a great stepping stone to full epic participation or a great solo ride in years when life and commitments make training for a full week’s racing impractical. We’re making a few adjustments to the format for TR3 this year with solo riders having a separate start time from our teams which should make it easier for riders to keep track of their position and competition.
So don’t delay—sign up today if you want to be part of TR3 in 2010!
Events like TransRockies are a major investment for our participants and every year, we work hard to keep prices affordable while packing huge value into the every facet of the experience.
Like they would when making other major purchases, our participants compare our value and pricing against the other major stage races to see what the real costs are and who seems to be offering the best price. We thought we’d take some of the guesswork out of things for you by comparing our package pricing to the “B” race, the other big stage race in Western Canada.
A TransRockies team entry costs $1850 per person fee includes all meals and full-spectrum daily support. Their $1899 per person fee doesn’t include meals and they charge your an extra $350 per person for food. In addition, you’ll pay a mysterious $82.65 credit card fee on top of those numbers meaning that you’ll pay an extra $932—nearly $1000 more to ride in their event!!!
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