| Saturday March 10 |
Charles
County Sherriff's Bike Ride Indian Head, MD. 26 miles on the Indian Head Rail Trail to benefit the United Way of Charles County and the Spring Dell Center. Check-in from 8 am at the Indian Head Village Green Pavilion. Ride starts at 9 am, lunch from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, finish by 3:00 pm. Registration is $25 for individual, $40 for family of two, $50 for a family of 3, and family of 4 or more is $15 each. Registration by March 10 guarantees t-shirt and lunch. Download a registration form. |
| Saturday March 27 |
Icicle Metric Newark, DE. 22, 31, and 62 miles from the University of Delaware over moderately hilly terrain in the area west and north of Newark. Sponsored by the White Clay Bicycle Club. $20 ($15 if received via mail by March 19). Snacks will be available at the start and the traditional well-stocked, indoor food stop will add to the camaraderie of the day. NOTE: You do not have to decide to do the 100 km route until after you've tested out your legs on the early portion of the combined routes. All registrants will receive a water bottle or cue sheet holder as a souvenir of the ride. |
| Saturday April 17 |
Ocean to Bay Bike Tour Bethany Beach, DE. 25, 35, and 50 miles courses through the beautiful coastal and inland bay areas of Bethany Beach-Fenwick Island, Delaware. Sponsored by the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce. |
| Friday April 23 - Sunday April 25 |
2010 Face of America Bike Ride Bethesda, MD to Gettysburg, PA. Ride with servicemen and women who have been severely injured in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Registration fee is $0 for injured military, $50 for retired or active duty military, and $100 for civilians. Registration includes one complementary ticket to Friday’s dinner (additional tickets are $30), Saturday breakfast, Saturday dinner, Sunday breakfast, rest stops, the famous steaks & beers with Seamus and a complimentary bus ride back to Washington, D.C. The fundraising minimum is $400 ($200 for active duty military). |
| Saturday April 24 |
Ride to
End Hunger in Calvert County Huntingtown, MD. 15, 36, 48, and 63 miles on the scenic Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Sponsored by End Hunger in Calvert County with proceeds going to food pantries in Calvert County. Pedal along the bayfront, marinas, farmland and a local winery while you enjoy the company of friends. At the end of the day, you'll feel even better knowing your registration fee will help feed a hungry family. $39 early registration includes t-shirt, $59 after April 15. No refunds after April 15. |
| Saturday April 24 |
Tour de Carroll
Westminster, MD. 8, 25, 36, and 63 miles. Benefits Family and Children’s Adult Day Services (the county’s only nonprofit organization offering medical day services to low-income seniors). $35 covers lunch, including homemade brownies and ice cream, Tour de Carroll T-shirt, 30-day pass to Westminster Family Center Full Service Gym ($55 value), and door prizes. |
| Saturday April 24 |
Pennsylvania
State Police Benefit Bicycle Ride Hersey, PA. 6.6 - 62+ miles through the picturesque Hershey area and the pastoral Lebanon Valley of Pennsylvania. The registration fee is $25 per rider, regardless of whether you pre-register or register on the day of the event. However, all who pre-register prior to April 1st will receive a Polar Insulated Water Bottle. . Sponsored by the Harrisburg Bicycle Club and The Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational and Memorial Center. |
| Saturday April 24 |
Pedal for
Pooches Briggs Animal Adoption Center, Charles Town, WV. 16, 21, 30 and 35 miles through beautiful historic Jefferson and Clarke Counties of West Virginia. |
| Sunday April 25 |
ROAR for
Autism Oregon Ridge Park, 13401 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville,
MD. 10, 20 and 50 miles. Also a 5-mile ride designed for beginner cyclists, and a kid’s youth fun ride. Ride through some of Baltimore County’s most scenic neighborhoods. ROAR is a bike ride, hike and festival organized to raise funds for Kennedy Krieger Institute’s autism research and treatment programs. Pre-registration is $25; $30 on day of event. Children 12 and under are $5; $10 on day of event. Children 4 and under participate free. Register by April 14 to receive a free t-shirt. |
| Saturday May 1 |
Kinetic Sculpture
Race Baltimore, MD. Hosted by the American Visionary Art Museum (on Key Highway). Totally human-powered works of art to travel the streets of Baltimore, then into the Harbor, then through a mud pit and a sand pit in Patterson Park and back to the Art Museum. An all day event. |
| Saturday May 8 |
Maryland Horse Country Tour de Cure Cooksville, MD. 10, 31, and 62 miles from the Glenwood Community Center. Cycle through the valleys of western Howard County where Maryland's famed horse country meets Civil War history. Registration fee of $15.00 until March 31, then $25.00. All cyclists must raise the minimum of $150 to participate, in addition to the registration fee. Sponsored by the American Diabetes Association. |
| Saturday May 8 |
Capital to Capital Bike Ride - Cap2Cap Rocketts Landing, Richmond, VA
or Chickahominy Riverfront Park, Williamsburg, VA. 25, 50, and 100 mile from your choice: Richmond or Williamsburg. Enjoy some of the most stunning scenery Virginia has to offer, while pedaling through 400 years of history. A free youth and family kids course in Richmond, a 15-Mile Family Route on the Virginia Capital Trail from Williamsburg, a mass start parade with lots of fanfare for each distance, on-road support, and lunch at the finish line, and food and drink available at rest stops throughout each route. Proceeds benefit the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation. Registration fee of $40 for single before April 15, $50 between April 15 and May 5, $75 on ride day; $70 for tandem before April 1, $90 from April 15 to May 5, $125 on ride day. Group discount (sign up 4, 5th is free), $150 for team before April 15, $200 from April 15 to May 5, $250 on ride day. |
| Friday May 14 - Sunday May 15 |
Tour de Chesapeake
Mathews County, VA. 12 to 80 miles through scenic and flat Mathews County backroads along the Chesapeake Bay. Registration includes free camping, t-shirt, lunch, hot shower, post-ride concert and dessert. Sponsored by BikeWalk Virginia. Registration fee is $50 ($30 for Teen 13-17, $20 for child 7-12). |
| Saturday May15 - Sunday May 16 |
Ride for the
Feast Rehoboth Beach, DE to Baltimore, MD. 140 miles in two days. Benefits Moveable Feast. Raises funds for services and raises awareness of nutritional needs of people living with HIV/AIDS and breast cancer. |
| Sunday May 16 |
Eco-Ride! Bike
for a Greener Maryland Reisterstown, MD. 6, 18, 30, 60 miles through Baltimore County farmlands from the Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center. Biking to support the Kayam Farm at Pearlstone Center - Tax Deductible Registration Fee: $36 for adults, $18 for children under 13, $72 for families. $100 minimum fundraising commitment per adult, family, or team. |
| Sunday May 17 |
Bonkers Metric
Delaware Valley Media, PA (25 miles west of Philadelphia).
18, 35, 50, or 65 miles. Rolling terrain with some hills. Delaware Valley Bicycle Club's spring tour finds the best roads in Delaware County, PA. |
| Saturday May 30 |
Lions
Cycling for Sight Darlington, MD. 55 miles from Maryland Community Park. Cross Conowingo Dam to Port Deposit, Rogers Tavern in Perryville, Northeast, Elkton, Rising Sun, Conowingo, and back across the Dam. Rider fee is $25. Sponsored by Lion Clubs to raise awareness and funds to Prevent and Cure Blindness. |
| Saturday May 22 |
Casa ROCK Two Rivers
Century Shepherdstown, WV. 25, 50, and 100 mile road rides and 10 and 25 mile tow path rides supported with rest stops and sag. ROCK! Ride On for CASA Kids. Ride through the beautiful Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in a fun event that raises funds to support the Court Appointed Special Advocates program benefitting abused and neglected kids. Registration for the century is $55.00 ($65 after May 15). Registration for other routes is $35 ($55 after May 15). You must pre-register to be guaranteed a T-shirt. |
| Friday June 5 - Sunday June 7 |
Chesapeake Bay Air
Ride Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD. 20, 40, 62.5 or 100 miles on Saturday and 20, 40 or 62.5 miles on Sunday. CBAR is a weekend long, pledge-based bike tour and inline skating event. Open to all cyclists/skaters, novice to expert. Routes go through Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester Counties to Assateague Island or along the shorelines. CBAR raises money for the American Lung Association to prevent lung disease and promote lung health through education, programs and research. Start/finish, lodging, and activities, including crab feast, are held at Salisbury University. |
| Saturday June 5 |
Lions
Cycling for Sight Havre de Grace, MD. 45 miles. Start and Finish at Bruster's Ice Cream, US 40, Havre de Grace, MD across from Bulle Rock Golf Course. Ride to Aberdeen, Churchville, Bel Air, Fallston, Edgewood, and back for that Ice Cream. Rider fee is $25. Sponsored by Lion Clubs to raise awareness and funds to Prevent and Cure Blindness. |
| Saturday June 12 |
Patuxent River
Rural Legacy Ride Croom, MD (16 miles southeast of Washington
Beltway). 24, 46, or 62 miles from the Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary, with rest stops at Mt Calvert, an 18th century manor house, at a beach-park where Magruder’s Ferry once crossed the Patuxent, and at Eagle Harbor in a shady yard overlooking the Patuxent. Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club's annual ride to showcase Prince George’s County’s Patuxent River Rural Legacy Area, where farms, wetlands, and woods are being protected from development with Maryland’s Rural Legacy Program. |
| Saturday June 12 |
The Black
& Blue Grayson County, VA. 200 miles from Grayson Highlands State Park near the base of Mount Rogers (5729'), the highest peak in Virginia. The course primarily follows scenic, country roads as it winds its way through North Carolina's High Country to the finish in Asheville. This double century relay will showcase the demanding mountainous roads and notable rivers of Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina. Named for the difficulty and to reflect the Black Mountains and Blue Ridge Mountains through which the course traverses, The Black & Blue is sure to be a bike challenge like no other. The course features some of the region's most spectacular scenery including the balds of Grayson Highlands State Park, the New River, Toe River, Cane River, and Grandfather Mountain (5964'). The Black & Blue consists of 1 to 8 person teams that rotate through 1 to 8 stages as they cover the 200-mile distance and 21,758' of elevation change. Riders will complete anywhere from 25 miles to 200 miles. Registration fee is $280 for 8 cyclists, $180 for 4 cyclists, $110 for 2 cyclists, $85 for 1 cyclist. |
| Saturday June 12- Sunday June 13 |
Bike MS: Beyond the Beltway Middleburg, VA. 30, 60 or 100 miles on Saturday, 60 miles on Sunday. Each cyclist commits to raising $300, to help fund research plus programs and services to help bring us closer to a world free of multiple sclerosis. Registration Fee Schedule for Cyclists: $35 until 3/1/2010 $40 until 4/1/2010 $45 until 5/1/2010 $50 until 6/11/2010 $350 day of event (includes the $300 fundraising minimum) |
| Sunday June 13 |
Tour
dem Parks, Hon! Baltimore, MD. Benefits organizations involved with Baltimore City Park system. |
| Sunday June 20 |
National Capital Tour de Cure Reston, VA. 12, 33, 63, and 100 miles from Reston Town Center. Registration fee of $15.00 includes Tour de Cure T-shirt. All cyclists must raise the minimum of $200 to participate, in addition to the registration fee. After ride, enjoy a FREE massage, a FREE nutritious and delicious lunch and a post event party with music and entertainment. |
| Friday June 25- Wed June 30 |
Bike
Virginia 2010 "The Shenandoah Expedition" Staunton, VA. The 23rd annual Bike Virginia. Enjoy travel by bike through the Shenandoah Valley with the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains as your backdrop. Enjoy the unique character and charm of Staunton and Harrisonburg on this five day tour. Register by April 1 to get commemorative bicycle jersey. |
| Sunday June 27 |
Bay to Bay Ride Betterton, MD. |
| Saturday July 10 - Tuesday July 13 |
The Greatest
Bicycle Tour of the Historic C&O Canal . Almost 200 miles on the C&O Canal. No hills, no headwinds, & no cars. Plenty of food, lots of support, ride at your own pace, well organized. This popular tour is an annual fundraising event which benefits the San Mar Children's Home in Boonsboro, Maryland. Participants must pay a $35 registration fee ($55 after June 1) and turn in at least $450 in pledges ($400 for those riding for only the weekend). For those exceeding minimum amounts there are prizes awarded for going above and beyond. Your registration fee and pledges provide transportation by charter bus to the start of the C&O Canal, all meals and snacks, free parking for your vehicle throughout the event, rest stops every ten to fifteen miles, camp fees paid for the first two nights or transportation to nearby hotels, hotel on the third night, transport of all gear throughout the event, T-shirt, water bottle, a TGBT patch, and return to your vehicle by charter bus from Georgetown at end of event. |
| Saturday August 14 |
Cumberland
Valley Century Boonsboro, MD. 26, 36 and 100 miles on beautiful, low-traffic roads of Washington County. Experience the history and charm of this lovely valley. Take in some of the most fabulous scenery in the area as you roll through the Antietam Battlefield, past historic buildings and over stone bridges.26, 63 and 100 mile routes The 26 and 63 mile rides will not visit the battlefield. This ride benefits the San Mar Childrens Home. |
| Saturday August 14 |
Ride To See Galena, MD. 15, 30, 62.6, and 100 miles. The routes take in the scenery of the heartland of Kent County, Maryland, historic towns, and great country stores. The 100 mile route offers scenic views of the Chesapeake Bay, historic homes, antique and gift shops and picturesque countryside. $30.00 registration fee includes map, marked route, sag wagon and five food stops. Sponsored by the Galena Lions Club to benefit the blind. |
| Sunday August 15 |
Covered
Bridge Metric Lancaster, PA. |
| Saturday Sept 4 |
Bay Country Century Owings, MD 25, 50, 62 and 100 miles from Northern Middle School, 2954 Chaneyville Road, Owings, MD. Sponsored by the Annapolis Bicycle Racing Team (ABRT). |
| Saturday Sept 11 |
BBC Civil War Century Thurmont, MD. Presented by the Baltimore Bicycling Club. |
| Saturday Sept 11 |
Amish Country Bike Tour Dover, DE. 15, 25, 50, 62 and 100 mile loops plus 25 mile competitive race. All ages and abilities; rest stops including the famous Amish school house where the Amish serve homebaked pies and cookies. Plenty of healthy food stops. After-tour party, live music, yard games and catered picnic. Sponsored by Kent County Tourism and benefits Central Delaware YMCA, Prostate Cancer Research, and Amish Schoolhouse Education Fund. |
| Sunday Sept 12 |
Southern Maryland
Fall Century - the Indian Head 100 Indian Head, MD. 16, 29, 63, and 100 miles from the Village Green Park in the town of Indian Head, at the southernmost end of MD 210 [Indian Head Highway] (20 miles south of Washington Beltway exit 3-A). Cycle through scenic and historic Southern Maryland. Presented by the Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club. |
| Sunday Sept 13 |
Save-A-Limb Ride
and Festival Cockeysville, MD. 6, 30, and 63 miles from Oregon Ridge Park. Sponsored by the Save-A-Limb Fund at Sinai Hospital. Ride along with cycle legend George Hincapie through Maryland’s beautiful horse farms and rolling countryside while raising money for an worthwhile cause. Registration fee covers a goodie bag filled with fun sports related items, a commemorative event T-shirt, post-ride picnic, fitness fair, and carnival. Registration fee is $35 for the metric, $25 for the 30 or 15, and $10 for the 6. |
| Friday Sept 24 - Sunday Sept 26 |
Northern Neck RiverRide
Kilmarnock, VA. |
| Saturday Oct 2 |
Culpeper Cycling Century Culpeper, VA. 21, 65 and 100 miles Culpeper, Madison & Rappahannock Counties to benefit the Culpeper Recreation Foundation |
| Saturday Oct 2 - Sunday Oct 3 |
Bike MS: Bike to the Bay 2010 Middletown, DE. 17, 45, 75 and 100-mile one-day routes or the two-day 150 or 175-mile route. Registration fee is $30 to $55 depending on registration date. Riders are also required to raise a minimum of $250. |
| Sunday Oct 3 |
Tour du
Port Baltimore, MD. 12, 19, 41, 52 and 63 miles. Join thousands of riders at Baltimore's Canton Waterfront Park to kick off the 17th Annual Tour du Port! Cycle through historic neighborhoods, waterfront areas and parks. This fully supported Tour includes lunch, refreshments at rest stops, map, SAG and a post-ride celebration with live music at the Tour's end. The Tour is One Less Car’s annual fundraiser - all fees go directly to advancing the programs and advocacy efforts of One Less Car, the non-profit organization dedicated to walking, bicycling and mass transit in Maryland. Early bird registration is $35 until September 6th; after September 6th - $45, after Sept. 20th $50. Walk-in registration is $60.00 |
| Saturday Oct 9 |
Seagull Century
Salisbury, MD. |
| Sunday Oct 10 |
The Civista Potomac Heritage Bicycle Tour La Plata, MD. 14, 33, 60, 80, and 100 miles through Southern Maryland. All routes, except the casual 14-mile family ride, will take cyclists along the scenic on-road bicycle route of the Potomac Heritage Trail National Scenic Trail. Cyclists will return to La Plata to the Crossing at Casey Jones, where they will enjoy an after-ride party with food and entertainment. Come ride for your health and the health of those served by the Civista Medical Center. The event is sponsored by the Civista Health Foundation which raises funds for Civista Medical Center. |
| Friday Oct 15 - Friday Oct 17 |
Shenandoah
Fall Foliage Festival Staunton, VA. 12 to 100 miles. Saturday routes extend into eastern Augusta County with lunch in New Hope, a small picturesque village. Visit Grand Caverns before or after lunch. For shorter routes, drive to the lunch site and select a route ranging from 12 to 32 miles. Sunday routes go into southern Augusta and Rockbridge counties with distances from 10 to 34 miles. Camping or sleeping in the gym are available. |
| Saturday Oct 24 |
Between the Waters Bike Tour Onancock, VA. 20, 40, 60, and 100 miles through interesting historic towns and communities and along back roads to scenic rest stops that overlook the Atlantic seaside and the Chesapeake Bay. This one day bike tour is an ecotourism event and fundraiser for Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore, a non-profit organization serving Northampton and Accomack counties. |
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