Street Bicycles

"Green" Bicycle Race -- Need Sponsor?

I've got an idea for a bicycle race where human power is combined with solar, wind, battery, and/or "braking generators". You'd set a MINIMUM weight on the bike, say 250lbs to encourage folks to innovate and install other devices on their vehicle (or trike or quad whatever), ensuring that a professional cyclist cannot win without assistance from other energy sources. You'd establish limits on the dimensions of the vehicle when on the road, and different limits when parked (perhaps the rider would spread out solar power panels for stationary charging or turn its wheels into windmills). There would be 4 legs to the race:
1. Human powered (including any real-time charge that could be generated after starting the race with dead batteries)
2. Idle/stationary charge time (simulating the rider being at work)
3. Alternative energy only, and
4. Dual power.

DOES ANYBODY OUT THERE WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT IS INTERESTED IN ORGAINZING AND SPONSORING SUCH AN EVENT?

I don't know anything specific, but you could talk to:

local bike shops
big bike companies and ask (without giving details first) for contact info for their local rep
clothing shops
battery retail outlets
check the net for companies that might have equipment that could be used.

Don't be afraid to think out of the box for sponsorship... If you have a route planned, think about businesses on the route. Think about green oriented companies.
Think about prosperous companies that aren't terribly green that might want to put some cash into getting their name associated with something eco-friendly.
Find specific examples of companies that have product that could be used and talk to them.

I helped a local (asian) company work out a sponsorship deal for an overseas racing team.

The company had some requirements for them that might be applied to your situation as well.

If anyone is going to give out sponsorship dollars or free gear or whatever, they are going to want to get something back for their efforts.

Think what you can provide them:
Having a capable pro photographer helps boatloads! If he sucks, you will get nothing. If he can't show a portfolio (and a relevant one at that), you will get nothing.

Think of how you can get media attention for your event:
Talk to local papers and local community magazines and get some plans for having solid details (ie a written agreement to place an article in their published material of a certain length with specific mention of sponsors).

Get as much planned out in advance as possible. Get the route planned. The approximate date and time. Prizes. Photographers names and websites. Find out what permits you need. Find out costs. Plan the number of volunteers required. Plan the emergency services. Plan checkpoints (water, tools, pumps, energy bars...)

Set up a blog for the event itself. Make it organized and neat.

It's going to be a lot of work, but if it's worth it to you, you could make it happen.

Right there are enough ideas that you could grab your local phone book and build a list of probably a hundred phone numbers or more to call. Google would probably give you 30 or 40 email addresses.

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