Director's Message:
INFORMATION FORTHCOMING!
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INFORMATION FORTHCOMING!
All QSR and individual stage athletes are asked to please attend our mandatory rider meeting where we cover important race details in advance of kicking off the weekend with Stage 1: Harriman Trail. A virtual option exists for those who are not able to attend in person, and a recorded version will also be available for review prior to Stage 1.
To promote a business-friendly downtown, the City works to keep our 2-hour time restricted parking spaces available. People working in the downtown, and visitors on an extended stay, are encouraged to park in the non-time restricted locations, including the areas west of First Avenue or north of Fifth Street. The off-street parking lots located at Washington Avenue and First Street or Leadville Avenue and Fifth Street are also great options for parking more than 2 hours. Click here for more details about parking in Ketchum.
The speed limit in most of Ketchum and Sun Valley is 20MPH, and they mean business. The number of tickets written for moving violations could fund an entire organization... like, say BeGood. We recommend driving slow, and saving that money to support BeGood instead ;-)
It takes about 20 minutes to drive from Ketchum to the Baker Creek Parking area for stage 1 of QSR. You may park your car there, but we advise you please carpool, as parking can be limited. Also, it's just good for the planet. So yeah, do that.
The start and finish line for Stage 1 is directly across the highway from the parking lot. We will have flaggers on-site to help calm traffic. When crossing the highway, please pay close attention to traffic, as cars can be traveling very fast on highway 75.
Stage 1 is a mass start. We all start at 9:00am SHARP! If you arrive late, you'll still be able to start up until 9:10AM, but after that, you will not receive a qualifying start time.
Click for directions to Baker Creek parking area for the start of Stage 1.
To promote a business-friendly downtown, the City works to keep our 2-hour time restricted parking spaces available. People working in the downtown, and visitors on an extended stay, are encouraged to park in the non-time restricted locations, including the areas west of First Avenue or north of Fifth Street. The off-street parking lots located at Washington Avenue and First Street or Leadville Avenue and Fifth Street are also great options for parking more than 2 hours. Click here for more details about parking in Ketchum.
There are multiple parts to starting and finishing Stage 2-Dollarhide:
Part 1: Start at Limelight Hotel
Part 2: Roll at 8:30 am to the time trial start line (20-mile ride)
Part 3: Line up single-file, and start individually at 30-second intervals
Part 4: Climb like hell to Dollarhide Summit where we clock your finish time
Part 5: Roll safely back down the mountain while others continue to finish their race
Part 6: Stop at Frenchman's Hot Spring for a dip with all of us
Part 7: Roll back into Ketchum
Part 8: Join the Be Good Foundation Party (purchase tickets in advance)
To promote a business-friendly downtown, the City works to keep our 2-hour time restricted parking spaces available. People working in the downtown, and visitors on an extended stay, are encouraged to park in the non-time restricted locations, including the areas west of First Avenue or north of Fifth Street. The off-street parking lots located at Washington Avenue and First Street or Leadville Avenue and Fifth Street are also great options for parking more than 2 hours. Click here for more details about parking in Ketchum.
Welcome to the POTATO OLYMPIC GAMES brought to you by Be Good Foundation! We are stoked to have you join a Saturday of fun games, pure ridiculousness, and the pride of possibly winning the first ever Potato Olympic Gold Medal! Please be sure you have read all about the games before signing up. We are beyond excited to have you join Be Good for these family friends games. Costumes
Click for directions to the Saturday expo.
All festivities are located in Champion Meadows in Sun Valley.
In order to get to Champion Meadows on Sunday, we highly advise you to ride your bike. Parking is very limited. If you must drive, we do have a designated parking area just north of Champion Meadows off Dollar Road. You must vacate this parking lot by 4:00 pm on Sunday.
Click for directions to nearby parking. NOTE: You must vacate this lot no later than 4:00 PM on Sunday!
The ethos of the SHARK rules carry forward with RPI, and will always in perpetuity. So, get familiar with them. These "rules" were inspired by my young friend Anna, who imparted her 8-year-old wisdom to our previously over-thought approach to setting rules around our event. SHARK is an acronym. This is what it means, and what we will abide by:
S: Safe. We race on open roads and sometimes in big groups. #1…be safe and live to ride another day. This includes staying in your lane, obeying rules of the road, having your ears and eyes open, and maybe even slowing down if a cow happens to wander across the race course. It happens.
H: Honest. If you have to ask yourself, “Is this ok?”, then you already know the answer. Course cutting, taking unapproved aid on course, doping, or any other form of cheating isn’t part of RPI.
A: Accountable. Your actions are a reflection of you and your community of cyclists. Own your behavior and conduct yourself as an honored guest, because you are. We all are.
R: Responsible. Take responsibility for yourself…bring a tool, tube, water, food, and a map. Courses are remote and rugged. Be responsible in your treatment of the land and the people.
K: Kind. We are all part of the same bike riding family. Let’s treat each other, the volunteers, the staff, the residents, everyone, the same way we want to be treated. Watch out for each other and support each other, and respect all experiences; acknowledging that we aren’t all the same.
Breaking any of these hard rules will lead to your disqualification.
As previously stated, do not ride your bike to or from stage 1 of Rebecca's Private Idaho.
During the course of any of our races, you may not have any personal on-course support. This means that you must be self sufficient. No personal bottle hand-ups, no stashing or hiding water bottles anywhere on course, etc. Bottom line is that if you find yourself wanting to gain an advantage over your competitors by getting creative with on-course support... don't.
If you are competing in the Queen Stage Race, you must use the same frame. You can change wheels, tires, gearing, and essentially anything besides the frame of the bike.
Headphones are no longer allowed at any time during Rebecca's Private Idaho. Previously we only discouraged them from being used on the final day of racing, and disallowed them on the first two stages. Because of how much is going on during the race on Sunday, we must enforce a no-headphone policy. If you are identified to be racing with headphones, you will be disqualified. It takes some of your attention and focus, and may not be aware of something happening around you in a pack scenario that could ultimately lead to a crash, and it's not worth the risk to you, the other competitors around you or to us as organizers. The sound of the gravel beneath you, and the wind at your back is music enough :-)
We have awards for a METRIC CRAP TON of race categories this year. Check them out...
These are our Potato Chip awards for those competing on the Harriman and Dollarhide courses, but are not competing in the overall QSR stage race. These competitors will be awarded separately from those completing the entire QSR.
Twice Baked:
The Baked Potato rider who is on the course the longest but finishes within the cutoff time.
Top Be Good™ Foundation fundraiser
Thursday at Rotary Park: We will recognize the current QSR leaders, and award Potato Chips to competitors who placed on stage 1.
Saturday at Atkinson's Park: We will recognize the current QSR leaders, and award Potato Chips to competitors who placed on stage 2.
Sunday at Atkinson's Park: We will recognize the Queen Stage Race, all remaining individual course winners and other special awards.
The courses of Rebecca's Private Idaho were designed to allow competitors to visit, and challenge themselves to the vastness of our the different mountain ranges surrounding our region of central Idaho. Our three days of racing feature some of the coolest gravel routes we could come up with. Here they are:
On Sunday, as RPI swells, we head east, toward Trail Creek Summit and Corral Creek. Remember to follow the correct color corresponding to the route you're signed up for.
