How it's done: Find a charity ride (in this case, The Spin for Kids...a century to raise money for Camp Twin Lakes. Agree to do the ride (half of it...no more) with a potential sponsor, who happens to be the guy putting on the ride (and raises many thousands of dollars for said cause). Bring the squad, plus two new recruits (Towel Boy and The Fever). In the first 6 minutes of the ride, put the boys on the front to ride a steady tempo...a tempo kinda like Quick Step would ride to get Boonen to the line (no pun intended) in the last 5k of a spring classic (any classic, your choice)....in a crosswind, in the gutter, and uphill. Drop potential sponsor like a hot rock, and wait for him at the rest stop about an hour and a half in...after you've eaten all the food HE provided for the ride...so he gets to ride the next hour alone and in the wind. This gives him plenty of time to ponder what a strong team you have. Tell him thank you, that you enjoyed it, and that it's time to cut the ride short so you can eat all the buffalo wings he provided for the finish. Now that's PRO right there. As the Def Leprechaun might say..."Well played, boys!" Glad we could make it.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
How to utterly ruin a charity ride & lose a sponsor all in the same day
How it's done: Find a charity ride (in this case, The Spin for Kids...a century to raise money for Camp Twin Lakes. Agree to do the ride (half of it...no more) with a potential sponsor, who happens to be the guy putting on the ride (and raises many thousands of dollars for said cause). Bring the squad, plus two new recruits (Towel Boy and The Fever). In the first 6 minutes of the ride, put the boys on the front to ride a steady tempo...a tempo kinda like Quick Step would ride to get Boonen to the line (no pun intended) in the last 5k of a spring classic (any classic, your choice)....in a crosswind, in the gutter, and uphill. Drop potential sponsor like a hot rock, and wait for him at the rest stop about an hour and a half in...after you've eaten all the food HE provided for the ride...so he gets to ride the next hour alone and in the wind. This gives him plenty of time to ponder what a strong team you have. Tell him thank you, that you enjoyed it, and that it's time to cut the ride short so you can eat all the buffalo wings he provided for the finish. Now that's PRO right there. As the Def Leprechaun might say..."Well played, boys!" Glad we could make it.
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I heard one professional had the professionalism to ride with the 2beXsponsor...
Indeed. But the profession in which said professional showed such professionalism has yet to be determined. To my knowledge, there was no alcohol consumed, equipment destroyed, nor self inflicted bodily harm on the day. CLeask was just not himself.
And he also turned up his nose to a buffalo wing.
ha
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