Contact one of the following services (see below) if you will be flying into MCI (Kansas City International Airport). Please let the transportation service know if you will be bringing your bicycle with you so they can be prepared. Please note that KCI Road Runner will only transport people to the Holidome.
If you are arriving by airplane, and need your bicycle assembled, please e-mail us pcorcoran@sunflower.com to let us know you will need your bike assembled along with the estimated time of arrival so we have you on our list. We will have mechanics on staff to assemble your bicycle at Free State High School or Paul Corcoran's house on June 15-16th. All bicycles assembled at Paul's house will be transported to Free State High School on June 18th. Our mechanics "don't charge;" but will accept gratuities for their services.
GTI Transportation
301 Maple Street, Ste. B
Lawrence, KS 66044-1552
785-838-4500
KCI Road Runner
1-800-826-8294
If you are planning on shipping your bike, we recommend that your read these two articles from the Adventure Cycling Association – Shipping and Bike Cases and Boxing Your Bicycle. We will have a mechanic who will be putting bicycles together on June 15, 2010. Please ship your bicycle to arrive no later than June 14, 2010. Shipping via Fed Ex is the preferred method. Please include a prepaid return postage label for us to return your bicycle.
You can send your bicycle to:
Paul Corcoran
2229 Westchester Rd.
Lawrence, KS 66049
785-842-5273
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Cycle Works
Attention: Border Raiders Bicycle Tour
2121 Kasold
Lawrence, KS 66047
785-842-6363
"A peaceful place of comfort, and hospitality services, where you can really relax at the end of a day of cycling."
You remember what it's like to be on a real vacation. A place where someone else has all of the responsibility for your comfort. A place where you don't have to worry about your bags, your tent, or those other amenities that make a trip enjoyable. Do you really enjoy lugging those bags and setting up your own tent after a ride? If you don't, try Padre's Cycle Inn.
Touchwork of Weston Massage Therapy will be with us again this year to relieve you of those sore, aching muscles. Contact Kirk and Julie Nelson for information on package deals.
Touchwork of Weston Massage Therapy
719 Spring Street
Weston, MO 65098
816-640-2788
In most cities local transportation by bus or trolley has been arranged to make getting around more convenient.
This is not a loaded tour. Luggage transportation will be provided by truck between schools and host towns.
For participants staying in hotels, luggage will be delivered by 4 p.m. each day. Limit one overnight bag per participant.