Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar 2006 AA publicationpublication ofof thethe OhioOhio BicycleBicycle Federation.Federation. Coalition and Ohio City Bicycle Co-Op’s educa- Need More Information? tion programs. Jim Sheehan; 1823 Columbus Rd.; Cleveland, OH 44113. (216) 830-2667. Send a self-addressed, stamped business-sized (#10) envelope to addresses given www.OhioCityCycles.org for return of information to you. If you don’t send a SASE with your request, don’t expect a reply! Many listings offer Web site addresses where information can be Saturday, 4/29. 39th SPOT. Groveport. Budget found and may offer downloadable entry forms or even online registration for tour with route options of 25 to 100 miles of immediate gratification. Get current details: don’t just show up at last year’s place flat riding with a few small hills. Columbus Out- and time — organizers’ plans can and do change, or there may be an error in our door Pursuits. Attn: Bruce & Bob Meyers. 1525 listing! Also, look ahead: some events have entry deadlines weeks in advance of Bethel Rd. Ste. 100; Columbus, OH 43220. (614) 882-9407. Email: [email protected] ride dates. Check the Calendar page at: www.ohiocycling.info for updates and corrections as the season progresses! Also consider subscribing to our free Ohio Sunday, 4/30. 32nd MOC: MID-OHIO CENTURY. rides email discussion list — details available at ohiocycling.info! Delaware. Routes of approximately 35/65/100 flat to rolling miles. Columbus Outdoor Pursuits. Supporting Rides — A special category of events listed in this Calendar Attn: Woody Barry; 1525 Bethel Rd. Ste. 100; are those that have pledged to donate $1 per rider toward the publication Columbus, OH 43220. (740) 375-5906. Email: of the OBF’s Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. Look for the special symbol [email protected] (seen here) and color designating these events. Support the rides that help support this Calendar! May Saturday, 5/6. 8th BLACK SWAMP BUDGET TOUR. Tours: Bowling Green. Ride 20/40/50/60 flat miles on this budget tour of the historic Black Swamp Area. Tours are noncompetitive group rides for cyclists of various ages and abilities. Races The biggest challenge may be the wind! Map, are listed in a later section of this Calendar. Tour organizers (usually bicycle clubs) route markings provided; no food services. normally charge a modest fee to cover services provided. One-day tours, for example, Hostelling International - Toledo Area. PO Box typically offer a map, souvenir patch, food stops, and road (“sag”) assistance. Fund- 352736; Toledo, OH 43635-2736. (419) 243- raisers may have higher entry fees to provide income for their causes. Budget tours 7680. Email: [email protected] and free rides usually offer few, if any, services. “Bike-a-thons” or pledge rides may or th may not be operated in affiliation with a bicycle organization and raise money primarily Sunday, 5/7. 25 TOOH: TOP OF OHIO HUN- DRED. Hilliard. Flat to hilly 20/50/100 miles with through pledges of donations per mile each rider completes and may have a the century taking riders to the highest point in minimum pledge amount and/or entry fee. Ohio. Shorter routes are basically flat. Budget tour. Columbus Outdoor Pursuits. Attn: Ron & Catharine Doran. 1525 Bethel Rd. Ste. 100; Co- Saturday, 4/22. 34th WOODSTOCK. Pataskala. lumbus, OH 43220. (614) 877-3085. Email: April Traditional first TOSRV training ride: 30/50/100 [email protected] relatively flat miles. Budget tour. Columbus Out- Saturday, 4/8. THINK SPRING. Cuyahoga Valley door Pursuits. Attn: Bobbi Bedinhaus; 1525 Sunday, 5/7. 10th KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Hu- National Park. A free tour of 15 to 30 flat to Bethel Rd. Ste. 100; Columbus, OH 43220. (614) ron. A free, last-minute warm-up for TOSRV. No hilly miles in and about the Park. Hot soup and 777-4618. Email: [email protected] services but a map and 50 - 85 rolling miles public chili will be provided; participants may bring a roads! Medina County Bicycle Club. Richard side dish to share. Akron Bicycle Club. Mike Perko; Sunday, 4/23. 21st AFROST: A FREEBIE RIDE & DeLombard; 805 Seneca Ave.; Huron, OH 44839. PO Box 2268; Stow, OH 44224. (330) 650-4846. OHIO SPRING TOUR. Amherst. An early season (419) 433-8353. www.lrbcg.com/pogo/bike.html www.akronbike.org tour of 25/50/64 flat miles to get your blood moving, test your conditioning. Visits many his- Sunday, 5/7. LAKE METROPARKS SUMMER Saturday, 4/15. 5th ATHENS SPRING RIDE toric towns and villages in Lorain County. Lorain SPORTS EXPO. Kirtland. From 11 AM to 4 PM at (A.K.A. TOM’S TRILLIUM TOUR). Nelsonville. Wheelmen Bicycle Club; PO Box 102; Amherst, Lake Farmpark, this free event features shops, Scenic spring ride with budding dogwoods, red- OH 44001-0102. www.lorainwheelmen.org speakers, demos, literature for family and en- buds, and wild flowers. Rolling to hilly 25, 40, thusiasts. Buy/sell new/used bike and sporting 55, 70, or 100 miles with final 12 on flat and Sunday, 4/23. SICCO: SPRING IN COLUMBIANA equipment, parts, clothing. Lake Metroparks. Bill scenic Hockhocking-Adena Bikeway. Budget tour: COUNTY OHIO. Columbiana. Two loops: a 30-mile Plessinger; 30525 Lakeshore Blvd.; Willowick, OH bring your own water and cash. Athens Bicycle flat to rolling, and a 20-mile hilly route take you 44095. (440) 585-2800. Email: bplessinger Club. (740) 594-9944. athensbicycleclub.org through small scenic towns, charming country- @lakemetroparks.com side. Lunch included after 30-mile. Entry form Saturday, 4/22. 11th NIGHT RIDES ON THE TOW- on Web site. Outspokin’ Wheelmen. Attn: Paula Sunday, 5/7. CHILI CENTURY. Clermont County. PATH. Peninsula. Free ride for cyclists of all skill Kohler; PO Box 838; Youngstown, OH 44501. A full-service tour of 15 to 100 mostly flat to levels starting at 8 p.m. Covers 15 to 20 miles of (330) 717-8926. www.outspokinwheelmen.com rolling miles. Covers some of southwestern Ohio’s flat terrain on the Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s best cycling areas. Features Cincinnati-style chili Towpath Trail. Helmet and bike lights required. Sunday, 4/23. 16th WALK OR BIKE FOR at the end – vegetarian option available. Cincin- Century Cycles Bicycle Shop. Attn: Derrick; PO EARTHFEST. Cleveland. An easy 10/20/30 miles nati Cycle Club. PO Box 43441; Cincinnati, OH Box 268; Peninsula, OH 44264. (800) 201-7433. of riding beginning and ending at the Cleveland 45243-0441. www.cincinnaticycleclub.org www.centurycycles.com Metroparks Zoo and EarthFest. Snacks, sag, safety check, free zoo admission for this major envi- Saturday, 5/13. 11th NIGHT RIDES ON THE TOW- ronmental education event. Benefits Earth Day PATH. Peninsula. Free ride for cyclists of all skill levels starting at 8 p.m. Covers 15 to 20 miles of Friday - Sunday, 6/2 - 6/4. 11th NO FRILLS Saturday, 6/3. COVERED BRIDGE TOUR. flat terrain on the Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s TANDEM WEEKEND. Seville. No frills means: route Brookville. Budget tour of 23/45/74/105 roll- Towpath Trail. Helmet and bike lights required. maps provided, and each tandem team is respon- ing miles visits from two to 10 covered bridges, Century Cycles Bicycle Shop. Attn: Derrick; PO sible for their own food and lodging. Stop at depending upon route length. Youngest covered Box 268; Peninsula, OH 44264. (800) 201-7433. restaurants for food each day. Great fun riding bridges are more than 100 years old on this pas- www.centurycycles.com with tandem friends over miles of rolling roads. toral ride through the countryside. Low fee cov- Rider Limit: 30 tandem teams. Check the Web ers map and marked route only. Dayton Cycling Saturday, 5/20. 12th PEDAL-WITH- for details! Please notify via phone or email if Club. Mark Buchwalder; 1781 Sunnymeade Rd.; PETE. Kent. A full-service fund raiser planning to attend. Akron Bicycle Club/ Xenia, OH 45385. Email: [email protected] benefitting cerebral palsy research. www.akronbike.org. Mark & Joyce Lange; 447 Routes offered: 17/50/60 flat to rolling miles. Whitestone Cir.; Wadsworth, OH 44281. Saturday, 6/3. 2nd RIDE FOR LIFE. Gallipolis. The 60-miler has scenic, rolling hills and some [email protected] Entry fee benefits American Cancer Society’s Re- challenging climbs. Pedal-With-Pete. PO Box 274; lay for Life. Tour begins on the Ohio River and Kent, OH 44240. (800) 304-7384. Saturday, 6/3. 23rd HOT TAMALE. Waldo. Sample travels through beautiful, scenic farmland on well www.PedalWithPete.com “The Best” homemade cookies, fresh strawber- maintained back roads. Routes of 15/35/62 roll- ries, and friendly food stops on this full-service ing miles with full services. Tee shirt and other Saturday, 5/20. 4th ROCKY RIDE FOR CANCER. tour. A ride of 8/16/32/62 flat miles for cyclists gifts to riders. Ohio Valley Bicycle Club. Jon Marion. A fund raiser for cancer research in of all abilities. Heart of Ohio Tailwinds. Jay & Burris; PO Box 63; Gallipolis, OH 45631. (740) memory of James “Rocky” Rhoades, formerly Linda De Nise; 609 Edgefield Dr.; Marion, OH 446-4639. OhioValleyBicycleClub.org owner of Rocky’s Cyclery and Fitness. Flat routes 43302. (740) 389-3886. www.Hot-Tamale.org of 25 and 64 miles meet halfway for lunch. No set fee but donations appreciated! Rider Limit: 250. Rocky’s Cyclery and Fitness and COBC. (740) 225-0661. Email: [email protected] Sunday, 5/21. HUFFMAN SPRING CLASSIC. Brookville. Enjoy scenic ride through southwest- ern Ohio. Flat to rolling terrain on rides of 24/ 40/65/100 miles. “Family Ride” also available. Post-ride lasagna (meat & meatless) meal. Entry Deadline: May 6.