|  POLICIES
                          AND PROCEDURESSnacks
 
  You
                  won't have to worry about finding food on the road, having
                  enough money, or eating food that
                    is not the most appropriate
                      for cycling! All snacks and beverages are all you can eat,
                    included in registration, and available at every rest stop.
We will also have rest stops set up at the start of the ride so you can stock
                  up before the first upcoming ride and at the end of the ride
                  so you can replenish yourself from the previous ride at the
                  end of the day. Imagine how much money you'd spend relying
                      on  gas stations and convenience stores for your snacks
                      and sports drinks when a quart of sports drink can easily
                      be over $3.00 and a single candy bar over a dollar. Plus,
                      the gas stations probably wouldn't have fresh fruit
                      available and even if they did it probably wouldn't
                      be that fresh. And that's even if you can find a
                      gas station when and where you want it! You will not need the rest stop attendant to actually serve
                    you anything at the rest stops. All snack items are either
                    prepackaged to prevent spoilage and food borne illnesses
                    or dispensed from bulk containers in the case of the bread,
                    peanut butter, and jelly. We designed it this way so that
                    if the rest stop attendant needs to perform SAG support on
                    the road the rest stop will be able to fully function without
                  him. Also, you can stock up and put most snack items in your
                  pocket for later on the
road! While
                    all the snacks and sports drinks are all you can eat, we
                    ask that you please eat all you take in order to ensure their
                    availability for all participants. 
                    Click Here for
                      more information about the specific snack
                      item selection. Protein
                      SourcesProtein will be available at every rest stop in the form
                    of peanuts in the trail mix, peanut butter and peanut
                    butter and jelly sandwiches, beef slim
                    jims, and string cheese sticks. If you desire another protein
                    source such as protein powder for
                    your sports drink, protein bars, or beef jerky you will
                    need to provide it and carry it with you on the road yourself.
 Salt
                      SourcesWe also realize the importance of salt on the road. Salt
                    will be available through the pretzel varieties, trail
                    mix, and beef slim jims!
 Peanut
                      Butter and Jelly DispensersWe will have "peanut butter guns" to dispense
                    peanut butter. They operate just like a caulk gun where you
                    squeeze the handle and dispense peanut butter from the tip
                    (don't worry this is a food safe piece of equipment,
                    we didn't rig up a caulk gun or grease gun). Both types
                    of jelly will be dispensed from easily squeezable jelly containers.
                    You won't get your hands messy from using tiny little
                    plastic knives to dig out the peanut butter or jelly out
                    of open jars, and you won't have to worry about flies
                    or dirt or everyone else's dirty hands getting into
                    jars either. We will also have small paper plates on which
                    to prepare your peanut butter & jelly sandwich.
 Please do not use the tips of either container to spread
                    the peanut butter or jelly around on the bread to keep the
                    containers from getting messy. We will have plastic knives
                    available at every rest stop for you to spread your peanut
                    butter & jelly on your own sandwich. If the peanut butter
                    gun or jelly containers do get messy and need to be cleaned
                    please
                    inform
                    the rest
                    stop attendant and he will do so promptly. Both the peanut butter gun and jelly dispensers will get
                    empty from time to time and the rest stop attendant will
                    regularly need  to refill them. If a jelly squirter becomes
                    empty please do not throw it away because we refill the empty
                    squirter bottles from bulk jelly containers. |