Clint Culpepper

Refreshments are very important to us here at Portland Trophy Cup. We have Tastebud coming out with their wood fired pizza truck making the best pizza in town. At a bike race! Isn't that incredible? Because bike racers like to party on a school night we once again have Gigantic Brewing out serving up pints for a measly $5. For real beer!

Portland Bicycle Studio will be leading a series of clinics beginning at 5:30pm each Tuesday. The cost for the clinics is $10 and will begin at the PBS tent. PBS will also be providing their excellent mechanical support to those in need. Last minute Di2 installation, tire gluing and wheel builds? They can probably do that for you.

Online registration will be open until 3pm the day of the race. Always available for $18 right here: http://www.portlandtrophycup.com/goods/ There are also a couple of volunteer spots still open if you're interested: http://www.portlandtrophycup.com/volunteer/

For the Luddites out there still running 8 speed bar end shifters you can register at the race for $22, But don't worry, the fine folks from the BTA will be out and if you join the fight to make our streets safe for everybody your registration for the evening is on me.

In what has become my favorite custom The Athletic has designed us another fantastic race number. If you didn't make it out to Elevator Cafe last week to pick your's up, you can get it at registration tomorrow.

Did you pre-register and already have your number? Just head to the start line and get your race on!

New for this year is neutral wheel support and a pit. Knight Composites will be there making sure that you're rolling smooth. They will have wheels if you flat and tools if you put your bike together tonight and forgot to tighten your stem. They will also have demo wheels available if you'd like to give them a shot.

Did you see the caps that The Athletic made for us this year? Aren't they rad? We'll have them available for sale at registration if you've got to have one.