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YO! Just lettin' ya know that this event occurred in the past. So don't go planning your day around this one.

WHEN

Sat Apr 01 2017 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

WHERE

NITE HAWK BAR AND GRILL
Slater, IA

WHO

BIKEIOWA Cycling Team

Recap/Results

RECAP

Well, Renegade Gents Race 7.0 is officially in the books--and it could not have been more awesome!

THANK YOU to all 316 of you who came to ride bikes on a perfect spring day--and for your amazing donations to Furry Friends Refuge. I think we made a bunch of furry friends very happy.

46 teams finished with all five teammates and 11 partial teams finished within the 3:00pm cut off time.

Racers left in 2 minute increments from 8:00 to 10:06.

Temps were 36 degrees at the start and warmed up to 55 degrees mid afternoon with with light 5-7mph winds from the North. A drastic difference from the 40mph wind gusts of Gents Race 6.

Lots more comments on the Facebook event.

THANKS

Thanks to Nite Hawk Bar & Grill for rolling out the red carpet, giving amazing service to hungry and thirsty racers AND for covering insurance costs. Please support these amazing folks the other 364 days of the year!!! We can't do it without them.

Thanks to Snus Hill Winery for hosting our checkpoint.

Thanks to Velorosa for some financial assistance.

Thanks to Mother Nature for rad weather (and no wind).

Thanks to Kyle Sedore, Bruce Reese and the BIKEIOWA.com crew.

Thanks to our AMAZING volunteers: Maria von Ruhtenberg, Sherry Mace Zeiner, Paul Varnum, Christy Varnum, Julie Sedore and the folks I probably forgot!

Whew. It takes a lot of people and places to make this happen.....but look at all the folks that help. Amazing. Thanks again to all of YOU, racers, and hope to see you next April.


Kind Words from the Furry Friends Refuge


Furry Friends was the real winner of Saturday's Renegade Gents Race 7.0! Participants raised over $1,900 in cash, so we did some math ...

$10 feeds an average cat for a month, while $25 feeds an average dog a month.
So consider that we had 129 cats and 21 dogs on Sunday — and you realize that riders raised enough to feed them all for a month!

On top of that, they gathered enough supplies to literally fill a sedan.

Thank you SO MUCH, Renegade riders/organizers and BIKEIOWA.com — we're still pinching ourselves!


PHOTOS

K & K Images  (includes a GREAT recap too!)
Jeff Corcoran -

Send us a link if you have more photos...




THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MAKE THIS DAY A WIN-WIN !
RIDE SAFE !



RESULTS

PLACE

TEAM

START TIME

FINISH TIME

ELAPSED TIME

1

Ty Fighters

8:26 AM

12:22 PM

3:56:00

2

Wyld Stallyns

8:10 AM

12:27 PM

4:17:00

3

Planck's Constant

8:46 AM

12:45 PM

3:59:00

4

Love Shack

8:36 AM

12:58 PM

4:22:00

5

Ames Velo 1

9:14 AM

12:59 PM

3:45:00

6

The Tennilles (TandemTeam2)

8:30 AM

12:59 PM

4:29:00

7

Team Prairie Fire

8:16 AM

1:08 PM

4:52:00

8

The BMC's plus one

9:00 AM

1:09 PM

4:09:00

9

Snot Rockettes

8:14 AM

1:11 PM

4:57:00

10

Mostly Old Guys

9:38 AM

1:12 PM

3:34:00

11

Team Buttercup

8:50 AM

1:13 PM

4:23:00

12

Ridin' with Fred!

9:56 AM

1:14 PM

3:18:00

13

Tad Sanford and Sons w/Special Guest Tiny Ankers

9:44 AM

1:14 PM

3:30:00

14

The Promoters

9:58 AM

1:16 PM

3:18:00

15

Udderly Nutz

10:06 AM

1:17 PM

3:11:00

16

arms instead

9:54 AM

1:19 PM

3:25:00

17

Sakari - CAT 6 Team- Team Fight Milk 2.0

10:04 AM

1:21 PM

3:17:00

18

Sake Bombs

9:40 AM

1:22 PM

3:42:00

19

Wrecked'em Racing

9:06 AM

1:22 PM

4:16:00

20

Zealous: A.D.P. Initiative

9:48 AM

1:27 PM

3:39:00

21

Unplugged Adventures

9:18 AM

1:29 PM

4:11:00

22

Banned by Canada

9:12 AM

1:29 PM

4:17:00

23

Scared Shiftless

9:52 AM

1:30 PM

3:38:00

24

Team Love Shack II

8:44 AM

1:32 PM

4:48:00

25

Team MisFiTs

9:20 AM

1:33 PM

4:13:00

26

LWP (Less Wind Please)

9:08 AM

1:34 PM

4:26:00

27

Dames and Dinosaurs

9:46 AM

1:35 PM

3:49:00

28

Conversational Pace

9:34 AM

1:36 PM

4:02:00

29

Kyles Kronies

9:02 AM

1:40 PM

4:38:00

30

Butt Ice Social Drinking B Squad

8:40 AM

1:42 PM

5:02:00

31

Abe Fromans

9:28 AM

1:49 PM

4:21:00

32

Yes, Kate's on our team

10:02 AM

1:50 PM

3:48:00

33

Il Sorpasso

8:56 AM

1:51 PM

4:55:00

34

Team Green

9:30 AM

1:52 PM

4:22:00

35

Cumming on Your Left

10:00 AM

1:54 PM

3:54:00

36

Team Joker

9:24 AM

1:55 PM

4:31:00

37

FATBRAI

8:06 AM

2:02 PM

5:56:00

38

Team Safety Stop

8:18 AM

2:04 PM

5:46:00

39

Peloton gone wrong

9:32 AM

2:08 PM

4:36:00

40

Sofa King Slow......

8:48 AM

2:12 PM

5:24:00

41

On Mondays We Drink Hamms

8:08 AM

2:18 PM

6:10:00

42

Fattastic Five

8:24 AM

2:20 PM

5:56:00

43

Catalina Wine Mixers

8:42 AM

2:23 PM

5:41:00

44

Where'sTheRecoveryPodium

9:50 AM

2:30 PM

4:40:00

45

Team Greenfield Equip.

8:58 AM

2:34 PM

5:36:00

46

DMOS Gravel Grinders 2

8:34 AM

2:43 PM

6:09:00



Description

Gravel

Distance - 65 or so miles

GENTS RACE

The BikeIowa.com Cycling Team would like to request the presence of YOU and 4 teammates for the Gents Race 7.0 on April 1st 2017.

This race is insured as a USAC Gran Fondo race. No license required.

REGISTER HERE


This will be the 7th year of the Gents race and we expect 2017 to bigger than last year.

By the numbers...
2016 - 64 teams signed up. 18 finished - WINDY!
2015 - 64 teams signed up. 45 finished
2014 - 45 teams signed up. 33 finished
2013 - 37 teams signed up. 24 finished
2012 - 30 teams signed up. 22 finished
2011 - 15 teams signed up. 13 finished

START LOCATION - NITE HAWK BAR AND GRILL
START TIME - 8AM - NITE HAWK BAR AND GRILL
STAGING - NITE HAWK BAR AND GRILL 
FINISH - NITE HAWK BAR AND GRILL
CUTOFF - 3PM
POST-PARTY -  NITE HAWK BAR AND GRILL


UPDATES

Mar 21st  - What the Furry Friends Refuge needs
Mar 20th - THANKS to Velorosa Cycling for sponsoring the event!
Mar 1st - Registration Opens!
Feb 28th - Updated Charity - Furry Friends Refuge in West Des Moines
Jan 18th - Event Posted


WHAT IS A GENTS RACE?

Glad you asked!  To directly quote the folks at Rapha that started the whole concept (and that we’ve blatantly stolen it from): ‘I sold it to the racers as an unsupported, unsanctioned, unmarshalled, five-rider team time trial meets alley-cat, meets ‘Cannonball Run’…….

So there you have it. 5 teammates (friends), racing for nothing more than pride over the roads surrounding Slater, Iowa. 65 (or so) miles of gravel.

Winners get nothing but pride and high-fives.

No money to enter, no money to win.

It will be fun.



RULES?

Yes:  There are a few rules...

  1. No cheating. No working with/drafting off of other teams. All teammates must stay together at all times. No bad attitudes. No outside support. Be Gentlemen (or ladies).

  2. To make it interesting teams will be staged according to your team's potential. If you have a fast team then you will be one of the last teams to start the race. For instance - first team left the starting line last year at 8am sharp while the last team left at 9:30am. The race is a time handicapped race. It makes for a very interesting finish.

  3. Remember, there WILL be a staggered start for each team. First team goes off at 8AM, with each remaining team rolling out at equally spaced intervals yet to be determined.

  4. You are responsible for YOU-you are doing this event at YOUR risk. For you, by you. Take care of yourself. Ride smart. Roads will be open to traffic. Dogs will come say hello. Miles will add up. NO neutral support. NO sag wagon. NO power food sponsorship. Again, you are doing this BY CHOICE.

  5. There will be a mandatory checkpoint at or around the race halfway point. Here, you will also have access to your drop bag (one per team).

  6. Your TEAM CAPTAIN will register the complete team below. You must be registered by then or no gents for you.

  7. Teams can be comprised of all males, all females or a mix of both.

  8. All staging handicaps are final. Our team of Nerf-ball engineers have devised a special algorithm to ensure every team has the correct handicap.

  9. Time penalties will occur for any changes to your roster AFTER registration closes. No exceptions. 


TEAMS

I have a Team of 5.  Cool - Register below.

I have a Team but need one or more person.  Almost there - You can request a teammate via our Facebook page.

I am looking for a Team.  Sure Thang.- You can put you name out via our Facebook page.



COMMUNICATION

The ONLY correspondence going out to your team will go to your TEAM CAPTAIN, it’s THEIR responsibility to relay information to YOU.
 
General information and updates about The Gents Race can always be found right here (See the updates section).

We will send you your assigned start time and route on or around March 29th.

Questions, concerns or issues? We’re here to help.

Rob (robsversteegh@gmail.com)
Kyle (ksedore@gmail.com
Bruce (bhreese73@gmail.com)

Route

Gravel, more Gravel, and some pavement leaving from SLATER, IOWA. 

Cue cards and start time will be emailed to the captain.
No cue cards will be handed out day-of-the-race.

Venue

NITE HAWK BAR AND GRILL

105 Greene Street
Slater, IA 50244
  MAP

Links

Registration

REGISTRATION opens March 1st and shuts down at midnight on Friday March 24th 2017.

REGISTER HERE


This year we are going to ask that each racer bring $15 worth of product to donate to the Furry Friends Refuge.
Online donations will also be accepted. Just print out a copy of your receipt and bring it on race day.

Contact

Who Posted

  • Posted Jan 18, 2017 by bikeiowa
  • Modified Nov 13, 2017 by bikeiowa
  • Recap Posted Nov 13, 2017

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