Make your ride a vacation destination. Check our website for details and prices for hotel packages.
This will be a monitored ride.
Wristbands and bib numbers will be issued and are required to be worn during this ride. This will ensure safety and that only registered riders receive pre-ride snacks, rest stops, marked routes, mechanical support, SAGs, motorcycle escorts, maps, and a post-ride lunch.
Five routes: 20/34/58/80/100 miles
Event Schedule:
Day before the Ride – Saturday, September 7, 2013
1:30 to 4:00pm - Early pickup of ride packet including wristband ID, map and T-shirt and in-person registration, at Atlantic Recreation Center.
On Sunday, September 8, 2013
6:30am - Doors open for ride packet pick up including wristband ID, map and T-shirt and day-of-ride registration.
7:30am - 100 mile route departs
7:40am - 80 mile route departs
7.50am - 58 mile route departs
8:00am - 20-34 mile routes departs
*Riders may be released in controlled groups at the start to prevent congestion at the Fort Clinch gate
11:00am to 4:00pm - Lunch served
4:00pm - All services end
Online, with technical T-shirt (Size S-4XL), by Monday, August 26.
Online without technical T-shirt by Wednesday, September 4.
In-person registrations (no technical T-shirt included):
1:30-4:00pm Saturday, September 7, and 6:30–7:50am Sunday, September 8, and the price will increase to $55.00 for both members and non-members. Late and in-person registrants may purchase T-shirts at ride headquarters as a special order.
Ride packet pickup:
1:30-4:00pm Saturday, September 7, and 6:30-7:50am Sunday, September 8.
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION NOTE, PLEASE READ!
For NFBC members with a family membership, the primary member and secondary member (usually husband and wife) must log in and register separately. To register a minor child, contact the NFBC Membership Director, Jodi Hohlstein, at www.membership@nfbc.us. Jodi will send you a PDF application. Download it, fill out and sign it (one each per child), and mail it back with payment (check or money order) by snail mail to the address on the form. To ensure that it isn’t lost, email the Membership Director when you send it and she’ll be looking for it.
WHY NOT JOIN THE NFBC WHEN YOU REGISTER!
Paying your dues before you register for the ride is an easy way to become a new member or to renew your membership. You will immediately save $15.00 on the pre-ride registration fee. Member benefits include a monthly online newsletter, a discount on accessories at participating bike shops include shipping case rentals, free classified ads in WheelSpeak and on our website, and e-mail notices about club rides and events. NFBC hosts four rides with food included each year.
Members wishing to register should go to www.NFBC.us and log in. Logging in will save you time during registration, and you will be presented the member fee ($30.00). If you fail to log in, you will be presented the non-member fee ($45.00), but will be given the opportunity to log in which will correct the fee before continuing. There is no transaction charge for members. If you have forgotten your log-in password, click on “Forgot Log-in” and it will be emailed to you.
Non-members wishing to pay the member fee must first join and pay the membership fee (Individual - $20.00; Family - $25.00) by clicking on the www.NFBC.us "Join now!" and then registering as a member. There is no transaction fee to join.
Non-members wishing to register without joining may do so at the non-member fee ($45.00) and will have to also pay a credit card transaction fee.
As in the past, each registrant must register separately.
IN-PERSON REGISTRATION: Everyone, $55.00
You can register in person on the day before and on the morning of the ride. The fee for all in-person registrations is $55.00 (cash or check only, no credit cards accepted) for all riders (members and non-members alike), and does not include a T-shirt. T-shirts will be available for sale at the ride headquarters for $15.00 as special orders .
EVENT SUPPORT
The club will provide pre-ride snacks, rest stops, a post-ride lunch, mechanical support, motorcycle safety escorts, marked routes, maps, and SAGs. The post-ride lunch starts at 11:00am and ends at 4:00pm Ride/SAG support also ends at 4:00pm. If you are still riding at 4:00pm, you will be asked to SAG in, or you will be on your own with no support.
Accommodations. There are numerous hotels on Amelia Island. These three have agreed to offer blocks of rooms at reduced rates for ESWR riders on 7, 8, and 9 September. Contact the hotel directly to make reservations.
1. Amelia Hotel on the Beach, 1997 S. Fletcher Av., www.AmeliaHotel.com Call 877-263-5428, or 904-206-5600 for reservations. Use Promo Code “NFBC”. Bikes OK in rooms, free breakfast. Rates: $69-99/night.
2. Residence Inn by Marriott Amelia Island, 2301 Sadler Road, www.ResidenceInnAmeliaIsland.com . Call 866-245-6099, or 904-277-2440 dial 0 for desk for reservations. Use Promo Code “North Florida Bicycle Club” before 8/7/2013. Bikes OK in rooms, free breakfast. Rate: $109/night.
3. Hampton Inn and Suites Amelia Island, 19 South Second Street, www.HamptonInnsandSuitesAmeliaIsland.com . Call 904-491-4911 for reservations. Use Promo Code “NFB” before 8/15/2013. Bikes OK in rooms, free breakfast. Rate: $109/night.
CAN’T ATTEND?
If for some reason you cannot attend the ride after registering, you can pick up your T-shirt at the next scheduled Tuesday NFBC club meeting or have someone pick it up at the ride for you. Please understand, the T-shirt becomes the property of the club after 30 days.