Here it is not even Thanksgiving, and organizers of 53 “across-state” bicycle tours already have dates and routes for week-long bicycle tours in 2008.
It's never too early to start planning for next summer's bicycling adventure. If you're interested in putting your seat in the saddle for one of these RAGBRAI-like bike rides, check my list at 2008 Across State Bicycle Tours.
Listed are the standbys like BRAG, RAGBRAI, GRABAAWR, Ride the Rockies, but new ones like Indiana's RAINSTORM (what an acronym). Here are 28 states with updated bike rides and links to those pages:
All state tours — Index to all cross-state tours
(Note: There are other states and other rides, but these are the only ones that I could find online that have updated information for 2008)
California — Sierra to the Sea Bicycle Tour, AIDS Lifecycle;
Colorado — Denver Post Ride for the Rockies, Bicycle Tour of Colorado, Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour;
Florida — Bike Florida;
Georgia — Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG);
Illinois — Grand Illinois Trails and Parks (GITAP), Bicycle Illinois,
Indiana — RAINSTORM (Ride Across Indiana Same Thing Only Ride More), Touring Ride in Rural Indiana (TRIRI), TRIRI September;
Iowa — RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa);
Kansas — Biking Across Kansas, Border Raiders;
Louisiana — Cycle Zydeco;
Maine — Trek Across Maine;
Massachusetts — Pan-Mass Challenge (2-day cross-state charity ride)
Michigan — Pedal and Paddle, Sunrise Adventure, Upper Peninsula Tour (MUP), West;
Minnesota — Habitat 500 Bike Ride;
Missouri — Katy Trail Ride;
New York — Five Hundred Miles Across New York, Bon Ton Roulet, Cycling the Erie Canal, Great Hudson Valley Pedal;
North Dakota — Cycling Around North Dakota in Sakakawea Country (CANDISC), Ride the Border;
Ohio — Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA), Tour of Scioto River Valley (TOSRV), Across Ohio Bicycle Adventure (XOBA);
Oklahoma — Oklahoma FreeWheel;
Oregon — Cycle Oregon, Oregon Bicycle Ride;
Pennsylvania — Greenway Sojourn 2008;
South Dakota — Argus Leader's Tour de Kota;
Tennessee — Bicycle Ride Across Tennessee (BRAT);
Utah — Legacy Annual Great Bike Ride Across Utah (LAGBRAU);
Vermont — Bike Tour of New Hampshire and Vermont;
Virginia — Bike Virginia, Northern Neck River Ride, Tour de Chesapeake;
Washington — RedSpoke, Ride Around Washington, Washington Bicycle Ride, Seattle to Portland (1- or 2-day);
Wisconsin — Bike Northwoods Tour; Great Annual Bicycle Adventure Along the Wisconsin River (GRABAAWR), Schramm's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Wisconsin (SAGBRAW);
Wyoming — Tour de Wyoming
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