Fuji Bikes Outland Frame Raffle

Went to Rich Lowe of "Arms Raised in a V".

They certainly can raise their arms in a V. They were announced at the post race awards ceremony as the winners of the combined 2-person coed/2-person open division, which was composed of 19 teams.

After a name was drawn at the post-race awards ceremony of someone who was not there (must be present to win), Rich's name was drawn.

The background on this separate gear drawing was that the first 20 captains to pay for the race were given raffle tickets for them and their teammates for the bike frame. At registration, they were told (in front of their teammates) as they were given the tickets, that they could write down names on the back of each ticket--all their own or all their teammates' or one of each or whatever--in private and that they would go into the box without anyone knowing.

Evil? Yes. We wanted their teammates wondering if they had written their name, and their captains wondering if their teammates were wondering. This was an additional team dynamics challenge. We had several teammates trying to catch a glimpse of the names their captains were writing as we ushered them down the check-in line so the captain could have some privacy...

So the crown of this story is that Rich Lowe was not the captain of his team--much to his captain Kent Townley's regret! :P This is a good ending to this challenge, as if it were Kent who won it, Rich may be wondering how many times Kent's name had been entered. :D