24th Ride the Darby - Budget tour
Saturday, August 7th, Flat to rolling. 30-100 miles.
Buckeye Grove Shopping Ctr, Hoover Rd & Route 665. Parking in northeast corner of lot only. Scenic routes along the Big Darby & nearby watersheds Roads will be marked, maps provided. $2 member, $4 non-member. Registration is 7:00-9 a.m. Dave Knight 614/284-4087 horshoo38-op@yahoo.com or Jack Hornsby 614/877-3085 jackhornsby@cs.com
23rd Ridge Runner Ramble - Budget tour
Saturday, August 14th, 31, 52, 85, or 100 miles.
New Albany Elementary School, 87 N. High Street, New Albany. Roads will be marked, maps provided. $2 member, $4 non-member. Registration is 7-9 a.m. Short route has three hills; longer routes have many more. Joanna Pallos Jootbuck@aol.com 614-868-6875; or Tom/Debbie Davis bikeus700x23@columbus.rr.com 614-296-9981 or Mark Curtner mcurtner@columbus.rr.com
26th Covered Bridge Tour - Budget tour
Saturday, September 11th, 45, 55, 95, or 105 miles.
Cyclist Connection, 200 Cemetery Rd., Canal Winchester. Roads marked, maps provided. $2 member/$4 non-member. Registration 7-9 a.m. Robert Allen rdavisallen@earthlink.net 614-866-8698; Suzanne Birk sbirk@infosaic.com
20th Annual Tour of Hocking Hills - Budget tour
Saturday, September 18th, 75-100 miles.
Circleville High School-Roads will be marked and maps provided. Budget Tour. $2 member, $4 non-member. Registration is 7:00-9 a.m. All options are hilly. Tune-up for Columbus Fall Challenge. Peggie Shaw peggie17@yahoo.com, Mitch O’Donnell goodjohan@yahoo.com
20th Knox County Bicycle Challenge – Full service tour
Saturday, Sept 25th, 50-100 miles.
Gambier Community Center, 115 Meadow Lane across from new Kenyon College athletic facility. $20. (pre-registration member discount) Roads will be marked. Ride the beautiful hills of Knox County, slow down for buggies. Century route and longer loops are challenging CFC tune-ups. Lower-cost short route has less hills, uses Kokosing Gap Trail back to Gambier. Registration 7:30-9:30 am Gary Schmidt, 614/657-9669, gtschmidt@wideopenwest.com
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35th Columbus Fall Challenge - Full service tour
Saturday and Sunday, October 2nd and 3rd, 110 miles each day.
Berne Union High School, Sugar Grove, OH. $45 COP members. $55 non-COP members. $70 day of ride (limited to first 25 registrants). Registration is 7-8:30 a.m. Roads will be marked. CFC is a challenging ride, for the rider who likes steep climbs, swift descents, and breathtaking (if you even have any left) views from the hills of Southeast Ohio. It is a strenuous, two-day ride covering over 200 miles. Start & end at Berne Union School, Sugar Grove. Registration packets, available for pickup from 7-8:30am will contain wristband & detailed map. Your rider fee provides am & pm snack stops, lunch both days, & breakfast on Sunday morning. See www.outdoor-pursuits.org for more details & application. Frank Seebode frankseebode@verizon.net
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25th Fall HOOT - Budget tour
Saturday, October 9th, Registration 8:00-9:30 a.m. 35, 55, or 80 miles.
Bloom Carroll High School, Rt. 33 between Canal Winchester and Lancaster. $2 member, $4 non-member. Take US33 East from Columbus to the stoplight at Carroll, turn left and follow the paw prints to the school. All routes have some hills, the number and size increase with distance. Come enjoy the last budget tour of the season. Dave Miller 614.444-2276 tke.534@att.net; Roy Burnham 614.343.3704 roy@burnhamfamily.com
2010 38th Woodstock - Budget tour
Saturday, April 10th, 30, 55, or 100 miles.
New location! Westerville Central High School, 7118 Mount Royal Ave, Westerville. Registration is 7:30-9 a.m. Start is 1/2 mi north of Maxtown Rd on Tussic St in Westerville. Roads will be marked and maps provided. Budget Tour. $2 member, $4 non-member. Note the NEW location. Tricia Kovacs, David Jeffords Bike_woodstock@att.net 614-476-9093
2010 43rd Spot - Budget tour
Saturday, April 17th, 35 -102 miles.
Fairly flat course w/ a few small hills Cyclist Connection, 200 Cemetery Rd., Canal Winchester. Exit US 33 at 674/Gender Rd. exit. Left on Waterloo. Roads will be marked and maps provided. $2 member, $4 non-member. Registration is 7:30-9 a.m. Bob Allen; 614-866-8698; rdavisallen@earthlink.net; Donna Bush-614-837-6744 bikedonna@sbcglobal.net
2010 36th Mid Ohio Century (MOC) - Budget tour
Sunday, April 25th, 35, 65, or 100 miles.
Fairly flat course with a few small hills. Mingo Shelter Building, Mingo Park, Delaware. Roads will be marked and maps provided. $2 member, $4 non-member. Registration is 7:30-9 a.m. Delaware, Morrow, & Marion Counties. Alum Creek Reservoir for all 3 routes and Scioto River for 100 mile return route. A beautiful scenic and traditional TOSRV warm-up. Woody Barry 740-375-5906; wbarry333@verizon.net
2010 Top of Ohio - Budget tour
Sunday, May 2nd, 100, 85, 70, 45, or 25 miles
Start at Hilliard Community Center. Roads will be marked, maps provided. $2 member, $4 non-member. Registration is 7-9 a.m. For TOP 60 loop, start 8-9am in Milford Center (Fairbanks Elementary, located at the east edge of town on Middleburg-Plain City Rd (Co. Rd. 57). Varied terrain. Century route & TOP 60 route are rolling to hilly & take riders past highest point in Ohio; 45 & 25-mi rts are rather flat. Roy Burnham, 614-343-3704, roy@burnhamfamily.com
2010 49th TOSRV (Tour of the Scioto River Valley) - Full service tour
Saturday, May 8th-Sunday May 9th, 105 miles each day.
Hyatt on Capital Square, Columbus. Annual, pre-registration tour from Columbus to Portsmouth for an overnight stay and return the next day. Half tour from Chillicothe. No entry after April 15. Registration/info on www.tosrv.org
2010 HOOT (Heart Of Ohio Tour) - Budget tour
Saturday, June 5th, 38-100 miles.
Longer routes are hilly Gloryland Nazarene Church off Coonpath Road, Carroll. Scenic tour in Lancaster and Fairfield County. Roads will be marked and maps provided. $2 member, $4 non-member. Registration is 7:30-9 a.m. Al Moore 614-756-9218; Donna Bush 614-506-8294 bikedonna@sbcglobal.net
Ohio Double Century - Full service tour
Saturday, June 26th, 200 miles.
Plain City, Ohio (area). $35 COP member, $45 non-members. Day of ride registration $55. Registration day of starts at 5:00 a.m. Gather at 5:50 a.m. for mass start at 6:00 a.m. Ride ends at 10:00 p.m. Route consists of 150-155 miles out & back course followed by a loop of 15-17 miles to be repeated a maximum of 3 times. Your miles ridden goal will range from 150 to 200 miles. You will have 16 hours to do this of which 15 ½ hours will be in light. Frank Seebode frankseebode@verizon.net
22nd Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA) - Full service tour
Saturday-Saturday, June 19-26, 2010, Avg. of 50 miles per day.
At the time of printing start location was being confirmed. Pre-registration required; May 19 deadline. 3,000 rider limit. Registration info and updates: www.goba.com or 614.273.0811.
13th Across Ohio Bicycle Adventure (XOBA) - Full service tour
Registration is closed as of June 28, 2010 8:30 pm
Saturday, July 24th to Saturday, July 31st, Approx. 60 miles per day.
Liverpool to Cincinnati. This year will be the Ohio River Valley Adventure. Rider Limit: 250. At the time of this printing not all information had been confirmed. Check website for more updated information. Columbus Outdoor Pursuits. Attn: Maureen Williams; 1525 Bethel Road Ste. 100; Columbus, OH 43220-2054. (614) 442-7901. xoba@outdoor-pursuits.org
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