SCHEDULE
Check-in and Registration......................6 - 9 a.m.
Rider Support............................6:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
100/112 Mile Group Start Option..............7 a.m.
Mass Start Option........................................8 a.m.
Finish Line: Dough Hook lunch....11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Live Entertainment.......................11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Free Swim................................................1 - 5 p.m.
Routes open........................................ until 4 p.m.
Free showers....................................until 4:30 p.m.
Signed waiver required at check-in. Parent must sign for & accompany riders 14 and under. CPSC bicycle helmet required
Rider Support............................6:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
100/112 Mile Group Start Option..............7 a.m.
Mass Start Option........................................8 a.m.
Finish Line: Dough Hook lunch....11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Live Entertainment.......................11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Free Swim................................................1 - 5 p.m.
Routes open........................................ until 4 p.m.
Free showers....................................until 4:30 p.m.
Signed waiver required at check-in. Parent must sign for & accompany riders 14 and under. CPSC bicycle helmet required
Mass Start
There is an optional mass start at 8 am with police escort. All loops share the first mile, so everyone can join the mass start. See routes for details.
Navigation
Navigating the routes is easy.
- White arrows painted on roads at all intersections. At least one arrow prior to each intersection and a single arrow after. (Most rural intersections have 3 prior.)
- Signs posted where loops separate and at all cut-offs.
- Maps given at check-in for all riders.
- Large maps posted at Registration and Rest Stops.
- GPS routing currently not available.
Rest Stops
- Snacks, drinks and rest rooms provided at Rest Stops
- 1 Rest Stop on the Bold Loop
- 3 Rest Stops on the Main Loop for 40, 50, 56 and 63 mile riders
- Town Park with water and restrooms for 50, 56 and 63 mile riders
- Additional Rest Stop at finish for all Loops
Points of Interest
Historic 1843 Schumacher Homestead on Bixel Road; Gilboa Quarry scuba diving site; Hillside Winery in historic Gilboa; Swinging Bridge in the Bluffton University Nature Preserve/Bixel Road pull-off; and the villages of Rockport, Pandora, Benton Ridge, Rawson, Mt. Cory, and Ada.
Fun signs!
Some riders recognize them as Burma Shave signs. In the '50s that shaving company made a major impact on highway advertising with their witty red sequential signs.
Our signs take the rider’s mind off of cycling while pondering the message. Here are a couple of examples: ‘Did you hear about the person’…. ‘who got his entire left side of his body cut off?’…. ‘He’s all right now!’ Another is ‘A bad attitude is like’.… ‘a flat tire’…. ‘You can’t go anywhere’.… ‘until you change it!’
Our signs take the rider’s mind off of cycling while pondering the message. Here are a couple of examples: ‘Did you hear about the person’…. ‘who got his entire left side of his body cut off?’…. ‘He’s all right now!’ Another is ‘A bad attitude is like’.… ‘a flat tire’…. ‘You can’t go anywhere’.… ‘until you change it!’
