The tour consists of four different routes: a 21-mile, 44-mile, 61-mile, and a 107-mile Century Ride option. All rides will kick off between 6:30 and 8:00 am from the Prairie Grass trailhead located behind the Madison County Senior Citizens Center at 280 West High Street in London. The courses will wind through Madison, Clark, Fayette and Greene Counties, featuring flat to gently rolling terrain.
To support the Great Miami Valley YMCA in Middletown.
Tour scenic Southwestern Ohio on swept roads on routes of 22 to 83 miles. Multiple loops make various ride lengths possible. Sag-supported with homemade food at stops on all routes.
Family fun ride on riverside bike trail; longer routes enjoy rolling country roads along streams, past farms, and visiting covered bridges. Shower facilities available.
Great Miami Valley YMCA. Vickie Frazer; 1020 Manchester Ave.; Middletown, OH 45042. (513) 267-9946.
Brookville. Depending upon the route chosen, see 2, 5, 8, or 11 authentic covered bridges on this scenic ride. Most of those bridges are more than 100 years old though one is brand-new!
Tour covers 23/45/74/105 rolling to hilly miles.
Dayton Cycling Club. Mark Buchwalder; 423 Volusia Ave.; Dayton, OH 45409.
Two routes, differing full-service rides:
38-mile Covered Bridge Loop is flat to gently rolling through Amish country. Visits one of Logan County's covered bridges.
Olympic Hill loop covers 62 hilly miles allowing riders to challenge themselves on the hill Tour de France winner Greg LeMond rode to win the 1980 Olympic Trials.
First 50 entries receive "Ride for the Red" cycling socks.
American Red Cross of Logan County. PO Box 435; West Liberty, OH 43357. (937) 441-8308.
Ride from the Vandalia Rec. Center to Troy for lunch at Big Boy celebrating DCC’s 52nd anniversary - 34 miles total.
Free ride (buy your own lunch).
Dayton Cycling Club. Chuck Smith; PO Box 69; Vandalia, OH 45377.
(937) 890-6689
Registration/Start will be at Southview Park in Bellefontaine,
Ohio. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and accepted until
10:00 a.m. Registration cost is $20.00 payable at time of
registration. The proceeds from the ride benefit the Simon
Kenton Pathfinders Urbana-Bellefontaine Connector project.
The City of Beavercreek will hold a Bike Rodeo on June 8 from 9 AM to 11 AM with a rain date of 15 June. The event will take place at Shaw School 3560 Kemp Road on the parking lot behind the school. The Rodeo is open to youngsters in kindergarten thru the sixth grade. Participants should bring their bicycles and helmets. They will be required to demonstrate five bicycling skills. Prizes will be awarded by age division. All bicycles will receive a free safety check. A free helmet will be provided by Children's Medical Center to the first 25 participants.
Consider Biking, Columbus' bike advocacy organization, is hosting the first Ohio Women's Bicycling Summit. Speakers from across Ohio will gather to discuss barriers, percieved and real, that have been reducing women's participation in biking for transportation and recreation.
The day of speakers, panels and discussions will be followed by a Celebratory Ride and a group dinner. Cost of the event is $10.
Another "Cabin Fever" event for the winter cyclist: Reveal The Path will premiere in Dayton, OH, at The Neon Movies, 130 East 5th St., in Dayton, on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 in advance at www.imathlete.com/events/revealthepath. Tickets the day of the event will be $15 at the door.
