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- Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 9:27 A
names???
Hmm.... the email went out a couple of days ago to tdowd87@...
Anyway, your number is "04."
Mik
- Wed, Sep 8, 2010, 6:58 P
names???
Sure. You can change your ride's name. Let me know and I'll put it in.
BTW, did you get your racer number?
- Tue, Sep 7, 2010, 4:10 P
names???
Is it possible to still change names for our rides? Or is it set in stone?
Thanks,
Tim
- Thu, Sep 2, 2010, 11:25 A
Thanks to Joe
I have a bike tire and an old luggage cart if someone wants the parts.
I am guesstimating it's a 16inch tire, rim and tire, no tube. The cart is old and looks like this : 
(no bungee cords...)
I live in downtown Turners, and you can pick em up off my patio.
Basically Bicycles also has lots of tubes outside the store? Bumpers on the carts? :)
- Sun, Aug 29, 2010, 9:40 P
Thanks to Joe
We had a great day at Joe Landry's house today built my daughter a cart with John Stewart (thanks for the barn hinge). And of course thanks to Joe for all the bike parts and use of your tools and help with cutting up the many bikes you let us have. The race will be better because of your help.
- Sun, Aug 22, 2010, 9:27 P
Representing Montague
Nice Job!!
But my leg burn from pushing that cart last night is still stinging!
Hope you escaped unscathed.
Mark1
- Sun, Aug 22, 2010, 4:58 P
Representing Montague
Joe Landry's cart (driven by yours truly) came in first place in the first heat, and in the final free-for-all at the end... edging out the other eight competitors. At the award ceremony at the end we won the "Most Agile Soapbox" award. This was the cart to beat.
Joe is planning to make some modifications, and will be racing it in September at the Montague Soapbox Races.
- Sun, Aug 22, 2010, 11:38 A
Representing Montague
Represemtng Montague at the Brattleboro Derby today. Wish us luck!
- Mon, Aug 9, 2010, 11:04 A
Dear Montague...
Deadline is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY
If you're thinking of entering in a cart, go to the official website, print up an application, and mail it in this week. It has to arrive by Monday.
http://www.MontagueSoapboxRaces.com
If you don't have a printer, go get an application at the Town Hall, any of the libraries in Montague, or at MCTV. Even Round Here cafe has pre-printed applications.
Get it in. Don't procrastinate. This is the First Annual and you'll want to be able to say you were an entrant at a race that made local history.
Do it.
- Tue, Aug 3, 2010, 8:22 P
Dear Montague...
Dear Montague,
What on earth are you waiting for?!? At this point there are more Race applications in from outside Montague than INSIDE Montague!
Let's not be outnumbered by these interlopers. Get your application in soon, before the application deadline of August 16th and before the race is full!
http://montaguesoapb...itle=Rules_and_Forms
If you don't have a printer, feel free to visit any of the three Montague Libraries, the Town Hall or MCTV. All those locations have pre-printed forms.
Go get a move on!
- Tue, Jul 27, 2010, 8:39 A
Not a soapbox car, but assembly help needed!
I am selling my car and looking to acquire some form of a cart trailer for my bicycle. I want to have something custom built, but don't know where to start?
I want a trailer that would have a wooden box base, that I could easily haul laundry or groceries in, but also to attach a wire cage frame on top, to accomodate my two smaller dogs. The child carriers I see around usually have velcro enclosures and I know one of my dogs would try to escape, if passed by a loud truck.
I was thinking something with tires about the size of a child's bike, nothing too rugged, but able to go up to the Plains as well.
Any ideas on who I could talk to? Where to get the equipment to attach it to the bike and a pivot? I'm haven't investigated with any of the local bike shops, just hoping someone could help make my dream a reality!
Thanks.
- Thu, Jun 17, 2010, 11:01 A
Past Derbies
I'm getting calls from many people, four of them so far, telling me stories of soapbox derbies they were in when they were kids. The most recent one was told to me by an officer of the Montague Police who said he had a class trip some time in the early 1980's where about six or eight kid-driven carts went down 1st Street hill, starting about half-way down. He's looking for a photo he thinks he may have.
Here's the list of other races I know about so far:
Early 1980's: 1st Street hill, Turners Falls
1963: Old Home Days race, South Street hill, Montague Center
1950: Millers Falls / Erving-side
1947-1949: 3rd Street hill, Turners Falls
There was another race on Maple Street in Greenfield. Can't recall the year at the moment.
If you recall other races, or have details about these or better yet PHOTOS, please let me know. You can post here or contact me directly.
