“Outside” magazine sent out a newsletter recently naming 15 century bike rides (listed below) around the US this spring and summer for enthusiasts to train for and ride.
Interestingly, it didn't label them “The Best,” the “Most Difficult,” the “Most Scenic,” or the “Best Provisioned.” It just directed us to choose one of these rides and start training. OK. Will do.
Three of the rides are on the Pacific Coast. If you're interested in bike rides in the Pacific Time Zone, I've listed 97 rides for California, 69 in Washington and 30 in Oregon on the BikingBis monthly bike calendar pages.
Options
Although the majority of these rides are listed as centuries, most have options for shorter distances. Typically there's a metric century (62 miles), a half century or a quarter century. That way you can ride a shorter distance in the spring and work your way up to the century later on.
Here's the link to the Outside Century Rides article, which includes the date, location, cost, difficulty and a short description of each ride.
The 15 bike rides are:
Great River Ride — October 12, 2008, Westfield, MA
Mad River Valley Century Ride — August 23, 2008, Waitsfield, VT
Maine Lobster Ride & Roll — July 26, 2008, Rockland, ME
New York City Century Bike Tour — September 7, 2008, Central Park, Manhattan
Hilly Hundred — October 17-19, 2008, Ellettsville, IN
Udder Century — June 1, 2008, Union, IL
Hotter’N Hell Hundred — August 23, 2008, Wichita Falls, TX
Mountain Mama Road Bike Challenge — August 2, 2008, Monterey, VA
Santa Fe Century — May 18, 2008, Santa Fe, NM
Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Hearst Castle — September 6, 2008, Carmel, CA to Cambria, CA
Chico Velo Wildflower Century — April 27, Chico, CA
Honolulu Century Ride — September 28, 2008, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, HI
Inland Empire Century — May 10, 2008, Richland, WA
One Helena Hundred — July 19, 2008, Cascade, MT
Stonewall Century — August 16, 2008, La Veta, CO
Above — Cyclists hammering home on the 2007 Flying Wheels in Redmond, Washington
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