St. Patrick's Day Parade Changes! Poll Closed - UPDATE!

[Spiderman]

Perfect duty for a Zero. Hope you can figure a way to keep doing it, Bob.

It's already in the works. (see below)

Does this mean we will have to pay 3 times as much to get the same 30 bikes in as last year?

No. Each $75 entry includes 5 vehicles, same as years past. Additional 2-wheel vehicles have always been, and still are, $5 each.
In previous years, that was: $75 + $125 (25 bikes @ $5 each) for a total of $200
With the new limit limit, it's: ($75 + $25 (5 bikes @ $5 each)) x 3 (for 3 entries) for a total of $300
Basically, it would be $100 for every group of 10 bikes.

Get a long flatbed trailer, tie down bikes..... wouldn't that be 1 vehicle?

Yes, that would be considered a float... each entry includes 5 vehicles OR 1 truck & trailer.

We were going to attempt it last year, that has the effect of cutting the vehicle count by 5 (or did at the time). The way it's going now, they may just make that the entire entry.

Actually, last year we were talking about having smaller trailer (e.g. 8x15) with a couple of bikes on it (IIRC), but even a trailer that size is considered a float, and yes, it would have cut out 4 bikes (each entry includes 5 vehicles OR 1 truck & trailer).

I'm going to chime in and say let's put the $ towards the Annual BBQ since we didn't have one last year have a beginning of the season BBQ instead. All that $ spent on entry fees could cover some ribs or steaks!

Money wasn't the issue, I just didn't have the time. I'm planning on putting together a BBQ this summer. I'll try and do it earlier in the season as well.

So... getting back to the parade...
Here's what I was thinking over the weekend: a lot of us are discouraged because we don't like how things have changed since we first started participating 13 years ago, and it will no longer be the same experience... But, it would still be an experience, and there are people who don't care that it changed, as well as others who would still like to experience it. I took some time over the weekend and looked at the numbers to get an idea of how much entry fees and t-shirts might cost us, depending on the number of participants, and sponsorship we got.

I'm pleased to announce that both TFOG Wheelsports and ABATE of Colorado have both agreed to sponsor the club's entry this year again. Assuming t-shirt costs haven't gone up that much (I'm waiting for a call back), and because it's hard to predict the number of people that will sign up, a $20 sign-up fee per rider would cover the balance of the costs (if you have a passenger, there will be an additional $10 charge, but that's payable later)... Depending on the number of people that sign up, you may even get some money back. As in years past, all participants will get a commemorative t-shirt specific to this year's event, to be worn during the parade. I'll post a sign-up thread tonight.

There is one restriction that will affect the final participant list (to keep the per rider sign-up fee under $20): Each group/entry MUST have at least 5 bikes.

On the plus side, we could have 50 bikes in the parade this year!