Cycling in and around Union County, NC
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Gray’s Chapel Lions Club presents the annual fabulous fun bicycle ride for charity. The 9th Annual Tour de Lions will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008.
New for 2008, 10, 20, 40 and…. 75 mile routes! Great roads, beautiful scenery, good people, scrumptious food & cold drink, tons of door prizes, benefiting great causes! Over 370 riders in 2007!
Don’t miss this one, it’s just too good!
Mar 15, 2008 - Indian Trail, NC
Special Event to celebrate Brandon Elam’s wonderful courage he demonstrated in his fight against Cancer. Besides the bicycle rides there is a run and a walk also scheduled.
Bicycle Ride: Start time 9:00 AM Distance options: 8 mile, 20 mile, 40 mile or 60 miles. $20 if preregister before March 3, $25 online between March 3 - 12 and $25 on site registration.
Please note that the rides during the summer months are 30 and 45 miles
The Bee Team mid-winter to mid-spring rides will be the same time and place every weekend, excluding monthly event rides. If the temperature if below 40 when the ride is to begin it will be a show and go ride.
Start Location: Waxhaw Elementary School, 1101 Old Providence Road, Waxhaw, NC 28173
Come and join the inaugural ride to raise funds to help build the Sally’s YMCA in Denver. This will be a challenging recreational ride event. There will be food & fun after the ride with lots of door prizes to be given away.
EVENT INFORMATION
Date: Mar 30, 2008 1 p.m.
Phone: 704-822-8303
E-mail: bloodsweatgears@bellsouth.net
The Dewey Hughes Memorial & Corpening YMCA Bike Ride
The Tour de Lure—100 Mile Bike Ride: A challenging ride leaving from the Corpening YMCA at 8 am on a rolling, beautiful course that winds from McDowell County through farmland, a pull up Stone Mountain, easing along Lake Lure and back into McDowell County via the Assault on Mitchell route, but with a little surprise near the end! This route will average app. 8400 feet of cumulative climbing.
About as hill free as one can get around Waxhaw, this is the ride Coach likes to take those who have been neglecting their training on. Much loved by those who rode hard on Saturday and want a short recovery ride for Sunday afternoon.
Nice ride between Matthews and Mint Hill. A little bit of town riding in traffic leaving and entering Matthews. Mostly rural roads with little traffic except for a very short stretch on Lawyers Rd. See maps below for start location and route.
Start Location: Bicycles East of Matthews, 195 N. Trade Street, Matthews, NC
Start Time: 10:00am
Route: 34 miles / marked route
Friday, Jan 9
Fair
Currently: 49˚ F
Feels Like: 47˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 34˚
Tonight: 34˚
Sunset: 5:29 PM
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Saturday, Jan 10
Hi: 59˚, Lo: 43˚
Sunday, Jan 11
Hi: 52˚, Lo: 30˚
weather feed courtesy of weather.com - thanks!
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