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Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar a service of the Ohio Bicycle Federation 2020 2020 OHIO BICYCLE EVENTS CALENDAR. Copyright © 2020 by the Ohio Bicycle Federation. A service of the Ohio Bicycle Federation. Compiled, edited, and designed by James Guilford. Editorial address: P.O. Box 1011; Medina, OH 44258-1011. Photographs and illustrations are the property of their individual owners and may not be reproduced without their expressed consent. The cover illustration, “Bicycles on Broadway” by Mike Hill, is available as an art print, and an imprint on several products, as are many of the artist’s other watercolor paintings. To see more of Mr. Hill’s art, visit his pages at Fine Art America: mike-hill.fineartamerica.com We are grateful for the support of our advertisers, and the generous donations from the many organizations and individuals who made this publication possible. Special appreciation: Fredericksburg Library Roll, Ashtabula Bridges and Vines, Hot Tamale Tour, Garrett Wonders Birthday Ride, Dry Run, Hancock Handlebars Bicycle Club, and the Cleveland Touring Club. Printed on recycled gloss stock using soy-based inks by Qwestcom Graphics, Inc., Independence, Ohio. Check the Web version of this Calendar at: Ohio.bike for email contacts, updates, and corrections as the season progresses! Ready to ride? Tours are noncompetitive group rides for cyclists of various ages and abilities. Tour organizers (usually bicycle clubs) normally charge a modest fee to cover services provided.Budget tours and free rides usually offer few, if any, services; after all, they’re inexpensive or free!Full-service tours, however, typically offer a map, food stops, and road (“sag”) assistance and cost a bit more to cover expenses. Multi-day events provide additional services.Fundraisers may have higher entry fees to provide income for their causes.“Bike-a-thons” or“pledge rides” may or may not be operated in affiliation with a bicycle organization and fund-raise primarily through pledges of donations per mile each rider completes; they may have a minimum pledge amount in addition to an entry fee to maximize the benefit to their cause.Be sure to look ahead: some events have entry deadlines days or weeks ahead of the ride! Check our website for updates as the season progresses:Ohio.bike Supporting Rides are Red-Letter Days! — A special category of events listed in this Calendar are those that have pledged to donate at least $1 per rider toward the publication of the OBF’s Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. Look for the specialred color designating those events. Support the rides that help support this Calendar! Sunday, 4/19. 25th SICCO: SPRING IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO. Columbiana. March A flat 24-mile loop is the featured event, Saturday, 3/7. 6th ROAD APPLE ROUBAIX traveling through small towns and beautiful GRAND FONDO. Garrettsville. While this is countryside. Included is the Little Beaver not a “race” it will be run as a grand fondo and Creek Greenway Trail. At the finish enjoy a offer timing so riders can see where they hot Pizza Hut lunch. After refueling, try the stack up with others. Courses of 15/25/45 optional rolling to hilly 28-mile loop for a day's miles over mixed surfaces, in Portage and total of 63 miles and a great start to the Geauga Counties. 2020 season! Outspokin' Wheelmen. Dave RoadAppleRoubaix.wordpress.com Hughes; PO Box 838; Youngstown, OH 44501- 0838. (330) 692-2468. OutSpokinWheelmen.com Saturday, 3/28. 8th CHILI MARCH METRIC. Lakewood. In memory of Johnny Clay. Beginning at the Lake Erie shore, ride your Friday, 4/24. NIGHT RIDES ON THE CANAL first half- or full-metric century of the season. TOWPATH. Massillon. Free, monthly night Routes of 31/62 flat to rolling miles. Enjoy a rides, through November, on the Towpath Trail “blow-out” of hot chili, food, frolic, and fun! A starting at the Lake Avenue Trailhead. A free full-service ride touring three Emerald ride; start times vary with sunset.Helmet Necklace metropark areas. Lake Erie Required. Bicycle Head- and Taillight Wheelers. PO Box 26146; Fairview Park, OH Required. Ernie's Bicycle Shop. (800) 291- 44126. (440) 734-5777. 0099. ErniesBikeShop.com LakeErieWheelers.org/CMM Saturday, 4/25. 52nd SPOT. Canal Winchester. The second of four TOSRV training rides offers relatively flat roads with some rolling hills to the southeast of April Columbus, with routes of 35/62/100 miles. Marked roads with maps and limited support. Saturday, 4/18. BIKE FIFTY BICYCLE TOUR. Online entry available. Columbus Outdoor Chillicothe. A fully-supported tour raising Pursuits. 1193 S. Front St.; Columbus, OH funds to support Drug-Free Clubs of America. 43206. (614) 442-7901. outdoor-pursuits.org Routes include 25/62/100 of flat, hilly, up to very hilly riding for those up to the challenge. Sunday, 4/26. PAN OHIO HOPE RIDE – The century includes lunch. The Buck Fifty. HEROS OF HOPE. Columbus. New single-day David Whitehouse; 922 Blacksmith Hill Rd.; event for those who wish to join the Pan Ohio Chillicothe, OH 45601. (740) 466-4308. Hope Ride fundraising community. Route TheBuckFifty.com/the-bike-fifty options include shorter family-friendly trail rides of 3 & 6 miles, and longer scenic road Saturday, 4/18. 15th TOUR DE FOREST. rides for 32/65 flat to rolling miles. Sag and Nelsonville. Offering route choices of up to mechanical on-road support plus a post-ride 40 flat miles on the Hock Hocking Adena celebration with food and fun for everyone. Bikeway or 30/54/73 rolling to very hilly Flat-fee entry with no pledges required. miles on beautiful and forested Southeastern American Cancer Society. 10501 Euclid Ave.; Ohio roadways. The 54-miler is a gravel Cleveland, OH 44106. (888) 227-6446. option. Several water stops and historic sites www.pohr.org to see. Rides are otherwise unsupported. A fundraiser for the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council which works to collect and preserve the heritage of the boom-to-bust coal mining region. Online entry available. Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council. Bob Eichenberg; 7250 Roundhouse Rd.; New Marshfield, OH 45766. (740) 591-2711. TourDeForest.wordpress.com Saturday, 4/18. 28th THINK SPRING RIDE. Stow. A free ride ushering in the 2020 cycling season, select from routes of 20 miles of multi-purpose trail riding, or 34 rolling to hilly road and trail miles. Hot soup and chili are provided and, participants bring other dishes to share. Maps and limited sag support offered. Helmet Required. Akron Bicycle Club. Walter Kudlaty; 975 Canyonview Rd. #105; Sagamore Hills, OH 44067. (330) 806- 9106. AkronBike.org Saturday, 4/18. WOODSTOCK. Westerville. First training event for TOSRV with relatively flat roads and light traffic, to the north and east of Columbus. Options of 35/65/100 miles available. A budget tour with map and limited on-route support. Columbus Outdoor Pursuits. 1193 S. Front St.; Columbus, OH 43206. (614) 442-7901. outdoor-pursuits.org Sunday, 4/26. 35th AFROST: A FREEBIE booth, and prizes make for an energetic RIDE & OHIO SPRING TOUR. Amherst. A sendoff. Five Rivers MetroParks. (937) 275- mostly-flat, free tour of 24/50/64 miles to test 7275. metroparks.org/biketowork your new year fitness level. Route visits historic towns and villages in Lorain County. Saturday, 5/16. 22nd CANALWAY BICYCLE Lorain Wheelmen now: Lorain County Bicycle POKER RIDE. Massillon. Riding 24 flat miles Club. PO Box 102; Amherst, OH 44001-0102. on the Towpath Trail, cyclists stop at five (440) 774-8617. LorainWheelmen.org checkpoints along the way, collecting playing cards at each stop. At finish, riders play their hand against others; prizes awarded to top 10 hands, other prizes to those who draw jokers. Riders of all ages welcome. Proceeds benefit May local trail projects. Massillon Area Greenways, Saturday, 5/2. 46th MID-OHIO CENTURY. Inc. Debbie Lehman; Ernie's Bicycle Shop; 135 Delaware. Third TOSRV training ride, or a Lake Ave. NW; Massillon, OH 44647. (800) perfect day out, just because! Ride offerings 291-0099. ErniesBikeShop.com of 35/62/100 miles of relatively flat riding with a beautiful route along the Scioto River Saturday – Sunday, 5/16 – 5/17. 59th and around Marion. Marked roads and maps, TOSRV: TOUR OF THE SCIOTO RIVER limited support. Online entry available. VALLEY.Canal Winchester or Portsmouth. Columbus Outdoor Pursuits. 1193 S. Front St.; There are many rides but only one is Columbus, OH 43206. (614) 442-7901. America's bicycle touring classic, and that's outdoor-pursuits.org TOS'. The ride is the longest-running, multi-day cycling event in North America. Covers about Sunday, 5/3. 24th KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 200 flat to rolling miles over the weekend – Huron. Small towns and a few hills make it 100 miles Saturday and again on Sunday – interesting on this ride of 50/85 flat to rolling with rides of 25/50/100 one-day options miles. No services provided but a map so be available. Rider's choice of two starting prepared for a self-supported ride. That points. Online entry available. Columbus name? Kinda Like May's Nine O'clock Outdoor Pursuits. 1193 S. Front St.; Columbus, Picturesque and Quaint Rectangular Spring OH 43206. (614) 442-7901. tosrv.org Tour Undertaken by Very Wistful Xenophobic Young Zealots. Richard DeLombard; PO Box Sunday, 5/17. 46th HUFFMAN SPRING 230; Huron, OH 44839-0230. CLASSIC. Brookville. Celebrate spring on this OhioWheelmen.org/bikerides/klm/id5.html one-day, fully-supported ride! Choose from among routes of 30/50/60/70/80/100 rolling Saturday, 5/9. 6th GEOLOGY TOUR. TBA. miles with a few hills on the longer routes. Flat to rolling, stop-and-go educational tour of Maps, marked roads, sag service, snack stops, 13 flat to rolling miles.