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Registration with Team Shell for the 2012 MS 150

To be announced shortly

If you can no longer participate in the 2012 MS150 ride

Team Shell Jersey PIckup

To be announced

Bike Shop Discount Programs

Below are programs offered in 2011. It is probable that similar discounts will be available for the 2012 season and information will be updated as it becomes available.

Buying a new bike or upgrading your riding gear?  Take advantage of the Sun & Ski and/or Bike Barn's MS150 Team Discount Programs.

     Sun & Ski

To join SUN & SKI SPORTS’ Official Bike Shop Program:: CLICK HERE

Benefits are available at any of the 5 Houston area Sun & Ski Sports locations.

Key Benefits of the Official Bike Shop program:

5% Pledge Rebate Program ***
• 5% of all Sun & Ski Sports purchases made using your tracking number is credited to YOUR MS 150 pledge fund. (Available the following business day after registration)
• Share your tracking number with all of your friends, family, neighbors and other supporters. When they shop at Sun & Ski Sports and use the tracking number, you will receive a credit for 5% of their purchases to your individual MS 150 pledge fund as well.

In-store Team Discounts
• 10% off bikes (excludes sale items)
• 10% off Cycling Apparel & Accessories (excludes sale items)
• 30% off Standard Bike Labor

FREE Basic Bike Fit
• $30 value!!!

*** 5% Pledge Rebate:

• Shop More, Help More: Each time your team members shop at Sun & Ski Sports, we will donate 5% of their purchases back to their individual MS pledge fund.
• How It Works: Each of your team members register with Sun & Ski Sports. They will then receive an e-mail containing a card with a unique tracking number. Between now and the close of the BP MS 150 fundraising campaign, they can present their card each time they shop at Sun & Ski Sports. We will automatically track their purchases and make the 5% donation on their behalf.
• Invite Supporters (Friends, Family, Neighbors, etc.) To Help: Your team members can provide their supporters with copies of their unique 5% Pledge Program card, and every time those persons present this card at Sun & Ski Sports, 5% of their purchase price will be donated to MS on behalf of that team member as well!!!

      Bike Barn

Register online for a Bike Barn discount card: CLICK HERE

• Discount Card - 10% off all regularly priced accessories through April 30, 2010. Your card must be presented at the time of purchase.
• Bicycle Purchase...Buy a Bike Get a Gift Card. As a supported team, you'll enjoy our Bike Purchase Rewards Program...this means you will receive a gift card from us when you buy a bike. Sign Up today and get all the details!

• Access to Bike Barn mechanics in La Grange
• Your team is invited to each of our monthly Basic Bicycle Maintenance clinics. This is an introductory class on how to keep your bicycle in good working condition. It covers basic repairs and preventative maintenance and how to adjust your brakes and cables to ensure good shifting and breaking. Also, find out what basic tools you need...plus find out how to change a flat...front or rear wheel. This is a great glass for everyone on your team! Go to http://www.bikebarn.com to find out more.
• You are also invited to attend Bike Barn's monthly rides that start from a different location each month and vary from 25 to 60 miles. Additionally we have weekly training rides that leave from each of our stores on either Saturday or Sunday. Rides vary in pace and distance, to find out more and sign up visit www.bikebarn.com
• Team Preparation... You've got questions, we've got answers. Consider us your resource center. We'll come out and meet with your team. Our visit will cover everything from buying to training and conclude by answering all of your preparation questions!
• Custom Fit Clinics, whether you're looking to improve comfort, maximize performance or prevent injury we can help. Visit www.bikebarnstudio.com to learn more.

     Bicycle World of West U / Bicycle World and Fitness

Identify yourself as Team Shell member to receive discounts:

• 5% off all new bikes

• 10% off on everything in store.

• Indoor cycling classes

• Bike maintenance classes

Packet Pick-Up

Below is pick-up schedule for 2011. It is likely to be similar for 2012 and the information will be updated as soon as it becomes available.

Mark your calendar!  Below is the packet pickup schedule for this year’s MS150.  Note that the March 24^th pickup at One Shell Plaza will be for Shell team members only. Your MS150 Packet contains your bib number (which you must wear during the ride), luggage tags, MS150 weekend information, meal wrist-band, route maps; etc. and must be picked up prior to the ride.

 Packet pick-up guidelines:

• To collect your Rider Packet, you MUST turn in a Signed Waiver Form (available March 1^st).

• You may collect a packet for another rider but you MUST have their signed Wavier Form.

• Riders under the age of 18 must have a Waiver Form signed by a parent or guardian and NOTARIZED before attending a Packet Pick-Up. Notary services are not available at any Packet Pick-Up. The parent/guardian of a minor rider must pick up the minor’s packet along with their own so the parent-minor numbers can be linked in the NMSS system.

• No packets will be distributed to individuals who have not fulfilled their minimum pledge requirement from a previous Lone Star Chapter event.

• No packets will be distributed on either day of the event.

• You may turn in check and/or cash donations at any packet pickup (use the attached Pledge Form).

•  If you withdraw from the 2011 MS 150 after picking up your packet, you MUST return the packet to the MS Society or you will be held responsible for meeting the minimum $400 fundraising pledge.

• REGISTRATIONS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERABLE. YOU MAY NOT RIDE IN SOMEONE ELSE’S PLACE.

Site Focal Points for locations away from downtown Houston area are encouraged to coordinate packet pick-up for their sites.  This requires you to collect signed waivers from your local riders, pick up the packets at OSP or one of the public distribution sites, then organize their distribution at your site.

Bike Safety Inspections

Free bicycle safety inspections are expected to be available again in 2012r form mid February to the week before the MS 150 at all BP MS 150 Official Bike Stores.  In the week before the MS150 inspections are expected to cost $15 each. So plan to get your bike inspected early. Bikes that pass get a safety inspection sticker, which entitles riders to free labor for repairs during the MS 150 ride.

Communications

The main line of communications to Team Shell Members will be via Email with newsletters and notes on specific topics. Information of a relatively permanent nature will be posted on this website. The Team Shell organizing committee can be contacted by Email at: shellcyclingteam@shell.com