There are no typos in this message. Juniors race FREE, on any distance at Truckee Gravel and Rebecca's Private Idaho.

Our families need some relief, and we're going to give it both at Truckee Gravel and Rebecca's Private Idaho, where juniors can now participate for free, owing to our commitment to youth that has been inspired by our work with King Ridge Foundation, and started at Levi's GranFondo.

Juniors at these Bike Monkey events can now participate for FREE: Levi's GranFondo, Stetina's Paydirt, Truckee Gravel, and Rebecca's Private Idaho. Each one of these events has a unique character, but the one thing that will be the same is a field of juniors that get to come and experience their beauty and exhilaration without a fee. But why?

Food has gotten disgustingly expensive, and travel and lodging are over the top. Add race entry fees, and the model of being a kid in a family of three who wants to race their bike breaks down, and the whole sport becomes inaccessible. We've designed a model to combat that, and are in a position to subsidize the entry fees for youths looking to join the ranks and race with, behind, against, and in some surprise cases be discovered in front of talent from around the world.

In each of these events, juniors will be scored separately, in their own category of U18 competitors, and based on their race-day age^*, grouped into U18 and U15 categories.

This is brand new to Truckee Gravel and Rebecca's Private Idaho, and we are ecstatic about being in a position to offer this to our youth interest groups.

For Truckee Gravel, there are 3 routes to choose from when you go to register, but you must select the "Junior" option in order to register for free. If your race-day age is not U18, your entry will be nullified, so just make sure that your birthdate

For Rebecca's Private Idaho, you must use the code Junior$RideFree in order to have your entry fee removed, but it is not valid if you are not going to be under the age of 18 on race day.

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Truckee Gravel takes place on June 28th

Rebecca's Private Idaho begins August 28th

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RIDE ON!

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_{* Race-day age means that we calculate your age based on race day, not December 31st. Therefore, if you turn 18 after the event, you still qualify to race in the U18 category. This gives you a little more flexibility to race with your peers for free than the USAC model does, and keeps you in the game a little longer.}