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Packing List for RSVP

Need help getting ready for the big weekend? Here's a list to help you get started. 

Schedule

Baggage Guidelines

• Fill out and attach your official RSVP bag tag / bag waiver to your bag before placing it on the truck.
• One bag per rider.
• All baggage loads onto the same truck. Bags are sorted by bag color, so consider using a non-black bag for easier pickup.
• Cascade Bicycle Club is not responsible for any damaged, lost, or stolen luggage. Do not pack valuables.
• Waterproof bags are recommended or pack your belongings in plastic bags for protection from possible rain. The PNW always has a 30% chance of rain!
• Panniers and backpacks work great if you will be transporting your bag to a different hotel by bike. Pack light!

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Border Crossing Guidelines

• Fill out and attach bag tag / waiver (in your rider packet) to your bag. This is required by customs. Spare forms available at start line. All bags must have a signed bag tag/waiver attached to the bag tag to be accepted onto the luggage truck.
• On day two, be sure your passport is on your bike NOT in your bag for the border crossing.

Baggage Drop-Off Options

Friday

Cascade Bicycle Club at Magnuson Park in Seattle (directions)

NOTE: Friday bag drop-off is only for riders who do NOT plan to use the shuttle service provided by the high school band. See details for Saturday morning further below.

• From 6 to 9 p.m.
• $5 (cash preferred) per item, such as a bag or a bike box. (1 bag + 1 bike box = $10 total)
• Fill out your luggage tag (in your rider packet) and attach to your bag. Your bib number must match the number on your bag tag so we can reunite you.

• Bike boxes must have their bike box ticket attached (sold in advance or at packet pickup).

   

Saturday

Location: UW E-18 Parking Lot (directions)

Bag Truck Schedule: 6 - 7 a.m.    

Start Line open 6:30 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Bag Truck - Included

This service is included in your registration.

Drop off your bag and we'll transport it to the midpoint in Bellingham. There is only one truck.

VIP Bag Shuttle to Bellingham Hotels - $25

Sign up for this service at the start line at the UW parking lot on Saturday. 

Bellingham High School's band students are offering a shuttle service for your bag from Kulshan Trackside Beer Garden (the midpoint) to your Bellingham hotel for $25 a bag. 

On Sunday morning all bags need to be ready for pickup at your hotel by 6:30 a.m.  

Support their band program and take a load off your shoulders.

Transportation for Bike Boxes 

This service is for riders who are either flying out of Vancouver, BC, or who are using Amtrak. Amtrak trains have a limited amount of roll-on bike spaces, but you can check a boxed bike as baggage. See Amtrak Cascades for more information.

• We do NOT sell bike boxes. You MUST bring your own.
• Cost: $20 - bike box is transported to the day 2 finish line at David Lam Park.
• Purchase during or after registration; see add-on insructions.
• Limited space. Please arrange this in advance. Sorry, we cannot accomodate exceptions due to limited space. 

Midpoint Pickup & Drop-Off

VIP Bag Shuttle Service

If you already purchased this at the start line, Bellingham High School's band program students will shuttle your bags to your Bellingham hotel, if you're staying at select Bellingham hotels on our list.

Saturday

Our trucks will transport your luggage to Kulshan Trackside Beer Garden at Waypoint Park in Bellingham, which is the finish line for Day 1 and the start line for Day 2.

Sunday

• All riders must return their bags to the Bellingham baggage drop where they picked them up. Loading is from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.
• If you have arranged for the VIP shuttle service, set your bags to the where you picked them up by 6:30 a.m. They will be transported to the bag truck to bring to the finish line at David Lam Park in Vancouver, BC.  
• Please inform the shuttle service if you will not be dropping your bags with them on Sunday.

Finish Line

Location: David Lam Park, Vancouver, BC (map)

Available by 2 p.m. Baggage will not open until all baggage is sorted by bag color (pro tip, don't use a black bag). Please be patient while we work.

All unclaimed items will be brought to Cascade Bicycle Club. If anything remains unclaimed by September 1, those items will be donated.