Improved Bike Racks

We are pleased to announce that we are in the process of retrofitting our inventory of bike racks! We've hired a semi-retired machinist to drill eight holes in each of our 625 bike racks, which will enable us to use a new type of a leg system. Over the years as our events have grown, we've gradually added more bike racks as we've need them...and the legs were made by a number of different people in a number of different ways. They were the kind where the poles were bent and fit inside the end of the crossbar pole...then we duct taped the heck out of them to keep them from falling apart/over. In 1990 they were state of the art. In 2011 they are kind of sketchy.

The machinist, who reminds me of the mad-scientist character who built the time-travel machine in the movie "Back To the Future," is doing a great job of drilling the holes while one of our guys cuts the leg poles and crimps them so that they won't slide through the holes. Most triathletes don't spend a lot of time thinking about bike racks while they are at the race (or any other time). As a race director, you can bet I'll spend more than a few minutes staring at them in amazement. They will all be the same height, they will line up better, and best of all they won't fall over. Everyone's race day will be a little bit better because of them.