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5th Annual Charity ride for Pediatric Cancer Research
Contact: Jim Powers, Phone (828) 324-9350

Description: Beautiful course wrapping around the city of Hickory for first 10 miles. Very safe for families with excellent police support. Riders doing the 33 and 65 mile routes will continue south of Hickory through Mountain View. Lots of rolling hills.

Mileage: 10 miles, 33 miles, 65 miles
Terrain: hilly
Fee: $25.00
Until Date: October 5, 2008
Then Fee: $30.00

Ridge Rollers Velo is proud to host  the 6th Annual Tour De Gaps Ride. Brought to you by White Sulphur Springs Physical Therapy.

Saturday August 23,  2008

Start time: Registration and Packet pickup at 7AM, riders off at 8AM.

Start location: Westwood Park, (1297 Galax Trail, Mt. Airy, NC 27030), see directions

2008 Lake Norman Excursion Charity Fundraiser Cycling Event will be held Saturday, July 19, 2008 to raise money for the Lake Norman American Red Cross Office :

Registration & Ride times:

Ride Start Times:  40 / 68 / 100
8:00am

10 mile Fun Ride
10:30 am

Start and End Location:

Lowe’s Corporate Headquarters
1000 Lowes Blvd.
Mooresville, NC 28117

Parking this year is actually on the campus!!

The Collier Lilly Ride 4 Life is a recreational bike ride to honor the life of Collier Cobb Lilly, raise awareness and money for organ sharing, and to bring various communities together to celebrate life.

A charity bicycle ride to the top of Pilot Mountain, Hanging Rock, and Sauratown Mountain

Where: Start and finish at Armfield Civic & Recreation Center

Time: Registration starts at 7 AM, Riders off at 8 AM

Length: Choose a century (95 mile) loop with three mountains, a 75-mile three mountain loop or a 41-mile rolling loop . You can also ride the 95 or the 75 mile loop and skip one or more of the mountain climbs.  The 75 mile loop without the mountain climbs is approximately 63 miles long.

The Bicycles East rides are postponed for this weekend, in its place is the Inaugural Poker Ride. Following the same route as last years Veteran’s Day Ride, starting and finishing in Matthews, NC. The metric century travels through much of scenic Union County. Don’t forget to stop at all the rest stops to pick up a playing card!

Nicole and I will be there on the Cannondale Tandem. It would be nice if another tandem or two would show up also. We would like to draft on occasion instead of having to pull everybody around the route.

Registration

Remember, all the proceeds from the event will go to the Matthews Help Center and the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center.

Only 18 spaces left as of Thursday midnight.