FROM THE PUBLISHER

As Told By THE IRON COWBOY

Offer ON-LINE Ride Registration in 2021

ReasonsToRide.com (RtR) and Thunder Roads Ohio is now offering the ability to include RIDER REGISTRATION as part of your online event listings and magazine ads. This allows riders to simply and easily sign up for your event without ever leaving the website – and without having to register on-site the day of the event. Pre-registration allows you to more accurately plan for your event by having a listing of participants already committed and invested in it. Pre-registration also helps protect your ride from cloudy days that might also have people staying home, but will choose to still come out since they are already pre-paid. RtR is also able to offer RIDE SHIRTS and PATCHES as part of the process as well. Shirts are a great way to promote your event and offer more value to those participating. With advance sales and riders indicating what size shirts they need – you’ll also avoid having to invest in unwanted shirts. You’ll have exactly what you need. RtR can also help develop graphics and promotional materials – including posters and cards to professionally represent your ride. This helps with sponsorships and encourages ride participation. TRO SPONSORING MEMORIAL PAVERS AT OVMP Ohio Veterans’ Memorial Park offers the opportunity to etch paving bricks along the walkways in the park. These kiln fired bricks are extremely wear resistant and will hold up for generations. The lettering is baked with a ceramic coating and are a great way to honor those that have served or show our thanks. Thunder Roads Ohio and Iron Cowboy Productions will be sponsoring MEMORIAL PAVERS to honor VETERANS from the riding community and as a means of helping to support this moving tribute to all that have served and sacrificed. If you would like us to include a VET in this effort, please email us at ThunderRoadsOhio@gmail.com and include MEMORIAL in the subject line. We will do our best to help cover the cost of as many as we can – possibly collaborating with additional sponsors as well.

FREE RIDE REGISTRATION OFFERED FOR VETERANS EVENTS IN 2021!

TRO and ReasonsToRide.com will be offering FREE RIDER REGISTRATION for a limited number of charitable rides benefiting VETERANS and related causes in 2021. With the support of corporate sponsors and THE WARRIOR FUND, we can help cover all of the advance costs and allow your organization to focus on running the event itself – and we can handle all of the registration concerns! It couldn’t be any easier! Email us for more information at

Events@ReasonsToRide.com

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NOW SCHEDULING 2021 EVENTS

Plans are underway for 2021 and expectations are SKY HIGH!

As challenging as this year was – there’s every reason to believe that 2021 will be a blockbuster year for regional and local motorcycle events! Bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts experienced a year like no other – a year without many of the bike nights, rallies, and riding events that they have taken for granted for years. And for the few events that were able to be held, event organizers were blown away by the response. Despite all the dire warnings, concerns, and protocols over COVID – event organizers have been reporting record years as riders want to get out! Increased demand and interest in riding and powersports in general is also substantiated by record sales of used bikes, parts, and accessories. Of course riding is the perfect social distancing activity, but other factors include less professional sports and more “personal time”. It all means that more folks are hitting the road and there’s no reason to think that next year will be even better as we move past the COVID crisis and surrounding hysteria of 2020.

So, we are encouraging event organizers to lock down dates

and plans for 2021. It’s especially critical as many late season 2020 events have opted to re-schedule for Spring 2021 dates. Many of these event organizers are hoping to pull off an early season version to replace their cancelled 2020 event – and still be able to host their regularly scheduled Late Summer / Fall event. We would encourage everyone to email us with their event information and dates as soon as possible, especially if you’d like us there. We are excited to announce a RE-VAMPED Bike Show program w/ new SPONSORS and even MORE PRIZES / TROPHIES! We are also doing more HOT ROD / CUSTOM CAR / BIKE SHOWS as well – with new partners on board! We are looking to host more of these shows in combination with RACING events and RALLIES all across the MIDWEST. We will also be hosting more TATTOO CONTESTS and MORE PHOTO OPS’ at Bike Nights and other stops in Ohio and surrounding states. Take advantage of SPECIAL PANDEMIC RATES now being offered – to book your print and digital ads for next year for HALF THE PRICE before they go up in 2021. Email Events@ ReasonsToRide.com for more information. You can also enter your event directly ONLINE at ReasonsToRide. com for NATIONAL event listings! And as always – basic event listings are always FREE for Non-Profit and Charitable Events!

JOIN THE CREW: Opportunities for local riders to help support their riding community in 2021.

With all the challenges faced during the 2020 Riding Season, it became clear that there was a much greater demand for local coverage across the state as more riders stayed closer to home for smaller rides and events. Going forward, this means that TRO will need even more help covering these events. There is an opportunity for TEAM MEMBERS to make money covering their own local area and representing the magazine and our partners at rides and events. A lot of this can be done remotely from your own home even over the winter. Email us today for more information on how you can get involved and earn money as a Regional Rep or simply working ONLINE. Send us your contact information and a little about yourself to Info.IronCowboy@gmail.com