Take a Break from Facebook & Do Some BikeReg and USAC Clean-up.

Helpful hints for registration now that our 2012 season is officially underway. Teams might like to share this info as it's never a bad thing to login and verify info on pre-registration sites as often people forget about it once they sign up for the first time.

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The races for April 2012 on the ICA calendar are listed.
4/14 Hillsboro
4/21 LeLand
4/22 Lincoln Park (2nd race of the IL Cup)
4/29 Cobb Park (3rd race of the IL Cup)

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If you have not yet renewed your USAC license for 2012, I highly recommend doing so no later than a week before your next planned race/event. If you wait that long, please make sure to print out your authorization to ride form from the USAC website for proof of license and race category at race registrations. Trust me when I say that you will be happy to have that piece of paper on you when you go to pick up your bib #. Once your license is rec'd then just make sure to keep that with you. Double check to ensure your road, track, and cross team is correct as well as they could be different for each discipline now.

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I'm sharing a reminder to make sure your BikeReg Profile has been properly updated for 2012 (always good to check 2-3 times a year). Go to BikeReg.com. Go to "Participants" and then click on "login". Under that, go to "Modify Member Profile". Make sure you update your team (to the proper USAC name). Everywhere a team member enters a race, the team name should look exactly like it is on the USAC site (hint, copy and past the name). For our IL races, we use bikereg for waiver completion, but we bounce your license # to the USAC database for result sheets. Both USAC and BikeReg are up to you to update as changes occur. For so many reasons, using the USAC listed team name is best and typing it exactly as seen on USAC is recommended.

Other key points on your bikereg profile - make sure your emergency contact is valid and usable, your email is one that you commonly check, and your license # is entered correctly. At the bottom make sure your categories are correct and match your USAC license. Update this if you achieve an upgrade. This profile is what populates the waivers you sign at registration when you pre-register and having accurate information is VERY helpful when we need it. If we do need it, it is NOT a good time for it to be useless. When done confirming all your information is as up-to-date as possible and accurate(!), don't forget to click SAVE at the bottom.

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Hope to see you all soon!