Ready-Set-Go! Registration for the 5BBC's signature event - the Montauk Century - is open for business!! On Sunday, May 16, 2010, the best century ride in the east will be held. Choose from 65, 100, and 145 mile routes on Long Island's beautiful South Shore. Check-in points are at Penn Station and the LIRR station in Babylon. All routes end in Montauk where we'll be serving up hot meals and showers. Transportation is available to get you and your bike home.

Volunteers Needed!

It takes only 20 bucks to be a 5BBC member. It takes hard work to be a 5BBC volunteer. Which one are you? It takes more than 120 volunteers to make the Montauk Century the best event of its kind. Are you one of them? If you are, keep on reading.

What you will get

For starters, you'll get a 2010 Montauk Century volunteer t-shirt. You'll also be invited to the Montauk Century volunteer party where you'll meet the other movers and shakers who make the 5BBC the friendliest bike club in the city.

Maybe you'll get to ride the event too. Some of our volunteers help out because they want to donate their time to a non-profit organization that's dedicated to bicycling advocacy. (See our bylaws )   Other volunteers help out because they're attracted by the complementary ride that we offer. Either way is fine with us. It's your choice.

What can I do?

• You can do lots of things. See below for job descriptions.
• Some jobs require volunteers to be capable of riding a B-Pace or better after finishing their job in order to reach the finish line by 6:00 PM. A "B-Pace" is at least 13 mph. Jobs like that are flagged with the note "B-PACE OR BETTER REQUIRED".

Volunteer Jobs

Sunday, May 16th
Event Day

Penn Station

• 1st Shift: 2:45AM to 5:00AM. ( SHIFT FILLED )
  For volunteers who want to ride the 100-mile route. Volunteers will set up the check-in station, load bikes and baggage onto trucks and check in riders. After completing their shift, volunteers will catch the (approximately) 5:00AM train to the 100-mile start line at Babylon. Upon reaching Babylon, volunteers will then unload the arriving trucks.
  
• 2nd Shift: 4:00AM to 7:30AM. ( SHIFT FILLED )
  For volunteers who want to ride the 65-mile route. Volunteers will load bikes and baggage onto trucks and check in riders. After completing their shift, volunteers will catch the (approximately) 7:30AM train to the 65-mile start line at Mastic-Shirley. Upon reaching Mastic-Shirley, volunteers will then unload the arriving trucks.
  
• 3rd Shift: 4:00AM to 8:00AM. ( SHIFT FILLED )
  For volunteers who will not ride. These volunteers may credit their volunteer time for reimbursement to a friend or family member who registers online as a paying customer.   Volunteers will load trucks and close down the station.
  
  
• 4th Shift: 6:00PM to 11:00PM. For volunteers who will not ride. These volunteers may credit their volunteer time for reimbursement to a friend or family member who registers online as a paying customer.   Volunteers will unload bikes from trucks as they arrive from Montauk and give them to their owners.
  

Lynbrook Rest Stop

5:30AM to 8:00AM. Volunteers will set up the rest stop, serve riders, and then close down the rest stop. After closing down the rest stop, volunteers will be provided with a radio to contact SAG operations and will serve as "sweep" riders along the 122 miles remaining on the route to Montauk.   B-PACE OR BETTER REQUIRED.

Babylon LIRR Station

• 1st Shift: 5:00AM to 8:30AM. ( SHIFT FILLED )
  For volunteers who want to ride the 65-mile route. Volunteers will set up the check-in station, load bikes and baggage onto trucks and check in riders. After completing their shift, volunteers will catch the (approximately) 8:30AM train to the 65-mile start line at Mastic-Shirley. Upon reaching Mastic-Shirley, volunteers will then unload the arriving trucks.
  
• 2nd Shift: 7:30AM to 9:00AM. ( SHIFT FILLED )
  For volunteers who want to ride the 100-mile route. Volunteers will load bikes and baggage onto trucks and check in riders, and then begin shutdown operations. B-PACE OR BETTER REQUIRED.
  
• 3rd Shift: 7:30AM to 10:00AM. ( SHIFT FILLED )
  For volunteers who will not ride. These volunteers may credit their volunteer time for reimbursement to a friend or family member who registers online as a paying customer.   Volunteers will staff the rest stop tables for the 145-mile riders, check in any last-minute riders and complete the shutdown operations.
  
  
• 4th Shift: 5:00PM to 10:00PM. For volunteers who will not ride. These volunteers may credit their volunteer time for reimbursement to a friend or family member who registers online as a paying customer.   Volunteers will unload bikes from trucks as they arrive from Montauk and give them to their owners.

Corey Beach Rest Stop

6:30AM to 12:00PM. For volunteers who will not ride. Volunteers will set up the rest stop, serve riders and close down the rest stop. These volunteers may credit their volunteer time for reimbursement to a friend or family member who registers online as a paying customer.

Other Jobs

Besides volunteers for the jobs listed above, we need:

• Volunteers to drive SAG vans and cargo trucks
• Volunteers to paint the road markings
• Volunteers with advertising expertise
• Volunteers with relevant skills that we haven't even thought of

Riding Marshals

All volunteers who do ride on event day are expected to do so as riding marshals. As a riding marshal you should wear your volunteer t-shirt, carry a patch kit, pump and tire levers, and help less experienced riders who are having trouble fixing their own flats.

Are You Ready to Volunteer?

  If you are, then send an email to the 5BBC's volunteer coordinator and tell us:

• Your name, email address and phone number (cell phone preferred)
• Which job you're interested in.
• Whether or not you want to cycle the route.

We'll get back to you and let you know if we still have an opening for the job you want. If we do, and if you want to ride, we'll then ask you to register online as a volunteer to confirm your commitment. Upon completion of your assignment, you will:

• Receive your bike and baggage (B&B) tags from your crew chief. Your B&B tags are your ticket to ride the tour.
• Receive a full refund of your online registration fee.

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