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The ExxonMobil Cycling Team Registration Process for 2008-2009 is Now Open!

Here are Some Highlights to This Year's Registration Process:

  1. Each Team member should separately register, even children.  We have eliminated the need for a logon ID and password but your information will continue to be kept confidential.
  2. The Team fee is $60 for all riders.  We are designing a different jersey and your Team fee entitles you to this jersey.  In addition, you can order cycling shorts for $45. Payment can be made either through PayPal or by check.  If you plan on paying by check, please be sure to print out the information on where to mail the check.  If you are interested in a second jersey, we are working on a streamline process to make this purchase for $50.
  3. Your continuing involvement in team activities is encouraged.  You will have the opportunity on your registration form to indicate at least one activity in which you can help out the Team.   This will allow us to support our training rides and other Team activities.
  4. Safety training is again a requirement for the Team.  We will be establishing some training sessions to give everyone the opportunity to meet their safety training obligation if you are participating in the BP MS150
  5. You can reserve a motel room for our Team's motel in Schulenburg for the BP MS150 through this registration process.  There are limited number of rooms and they will be reserved on a first come basis.  Team member Doug Rofheart will again coordinate the motel arrangements and Doug will be informing you separately if you received one of the rooms.
  6. Our Team is open to all riders and we encourage you to register even if you are not participating in the MS150.  Your registration helps fund our various Team activities, such as training rides, our annual safety picnic, food for the team tent during the MS150 and general support for the team.  We encourage you to register as a "paying" Team member (beyond just receiving our Team e-Mails).
  7. We are continuing to recruit volunteers to help with our training rides and for the weekend of the BP MS150 (April 18-19, 2009).  If you are not riding or have a family member or friend that can help out, please register as a "Volunteer Member Only" and our volunteer captains (Paul and Liz Tepikian) will be contacting them.

Welcome to the Team and we hope to meet each of you at one of our training rides in the near future.




Team Requirements

Hands-On Safety Skills Training

Our Team Steering Committee established a Team Safety Requirement in 2006.  To make our Team safer, and to help make the MS 150 a safer ride, all Team members need to complete a hands-on safety skills training clinic.  This clinic will last approximately 2 hours and will go over bike safety, including riding in close proximately to other riders, avoiding obstacles in he road and other safety skills.  All participates will bring their bike and helmets so that you can practice these safety skills.

For the 2009 Safety clinics, we will follow the below guidelines:

  1. All new Team members riding in the MS 150 must attend a hands-on safety skills training seminar before the MS 150 ride
  2. All returning Team members that took the safety skills training class in either 2007 or 2008 will not be required to take the training this year but are encouraged to participate
  3. All returning members that have not taken the hands-on safety skills training will be required to take the training before the 2009 MS 150

For Team members that do not reside in the Houston area, alternative safety training opportunities are being determining .

On a continuing basis, all Team members will be required to take the Safety Training at least once every 3 years.

This safety effort is a significant change for our Team, but one for the better.  We will utilize an on-line sign-up process for Team members to attend one of the safety clinics.  This safety training will take significant effort so we are needing volunteers to be safety trainers.

Share to Load - Volunteer to Help!

All members are encouraged to volunteer to help in at least one activity to help the Team during the season.  Our Team's strength lies in the collective efforts of our members and volunteers to promote a Fun and Safe environment to Ride.  During the Team Registration Process you will be asked to indicate an area(s) that you are willing to help with:

  • Team Training Ride(s)
  • Safety Training
  • Team Safety Picnic
  • MS 150 Weekend
  • MS Society Event to qualify for VIP Grants (must be EM employee, family, or annuitant)
  • Team Social Event(s)
  • Special Clinic(s) such as bike repairs, how to change a flat, etc.
  • Assist New Riders (specialized training, bike equipment, etc.)

If you are questioning why you should consider joining the ExxonMobil Cycling Team, here are some for the benefits or perks, just to name a few:

  1. A fun, exciting and, not to mention, healthy way to meet other employees, their spouses and friends, and make some new friends of your own
  2. A brand new, stylish jersey to promote team spirit
  3. Free Training Rides
  4. Free Safety Training Classes to help prepare for the road ahead
  5. Phenomenal Coordination for the MS 150 Bike Tour
  • Super convenient parking and starting point for the MS 150 (ExxonMobil Chemicals headquarters building off the Katy Freeway at Eldrige, just a couple blocks from Tully Stadium)
  • Private Team transportation of you luggage from Houston to LaGrange and from LaGrange to Austin, along with close and convenient luggage drop sites - you won't have to carry your bag for miles!
  • Private Team location of our van at the lunch stop each day. You won't get a full lunch, but you can stock up on cold refreshments and grab a couple snacks for along the ride
  • Spacious and well organized Team tent in LaGrange. This is where you will find all that you need when you arrive - a cold wet towel upon your arrival into the tent, a Team volunteer to meet you and take your bike off your hands for you (for storage on a bike rack covered by the tent all night), a hot meal along with numerous snacks and beverages of our own, hired massage therapists to help you relax those tired muscles, private Team Port-O-Lets so you won't have to wait in line.  And, as the day comes to a close, a covered and quiet place to lay your head for some much needed rest!
  • If you choose to stay in a the Team motel, you will receive private Team transportation to and from the motel
  • On Sunday morning, pack your bag and leave it in the tent, the volunteers will take care of cleaning everything and up and packing your luggage into the truck and transporting it to Austin, where it is again unloaded right at our tent, close by and easy to find - even volunteers to help you locate it on the pile
  • Another private Team tent in Austin, still stocked with plenty of snacks and beverages to consume as you celebrate your accomplishment!
  • Transportation from Tully Stadium (where the MS 150 bus will drop you off), back to your car at Chemicals
  • A large group of over 300 riders - you're bound to find someone at your skill level to ride with
  • The best volunteers that you will find!!!!! The ExxonMobil Team of volunteers is there whenever you need them. They run the rest stops at our training rides and drive the SAG vehicles to help you with your flats. They will do anything in their power to help get ready and of to a safe start the morning of the MS 150 and will greet you with open arms, ready to help with anything that you might need, when you arrive at the Team tent on both Saturday and Sunday. Our volunteers go above and beyond the call of duty to make the MS 150 as easy on you as possible - all but riding the bike for you!


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