Friday, January 2, 2009

How to Apply for a 2009 USA Cycling Race License

Hi Rocket Sports Families,
I just sent off in the mail today our club's 2009 Club Renewal to USA Cycling. For the parents that are going to get USA Cycling race licenses for your kids, if you have not gotten a license yet, wait about a week for USA Cycling to process our club's renewal. Also, while buying a USA Cycling license do not bother to purchase it on line. For juniors it takes a signed parent consent before the process it, so just download the form, print it out, and mail it in (this takes about a 2 weeks). If you wanted to race before getting the license back, "most" promoters will let you slide if you have a photo copy of the check and application (check with the promoter BEFORE showing up to the race to confirm this.
If you are new to USA Cycling, here is a good reference/informational page from them:
http://usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=2622
Here is the 2009 USA Cycling Race License Application (for juniors it is $30) : http://www.usacycling.org/forms/license_app.pdf
On line 15 of the application it asks for our club name. Please use "Rocket Sports Racing" This is our "official" name with USA Cycling. When entering a USA Cycling Race, do not use our "club name", but use our abbreviated "team name" which is "Rocket Sports-Trek".
I will send out a separate email on how to apply for a USA Triathlon license (they are different national governing body, with different rules).

Sincere regards,
Coach Fuller

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