Upcoming Virginia Rides

[AnnieBikes]

I rode Bike Virginia last year when it was in my home area! I have already signed up for this year's ride and my husband is going, too, and we will celebrate our 35th anniversary during the ride! wahoo!!! Since we rarely get to leave home together due to parent issues, his sister is coming to stay for a week while we go! We are really excited as it has been a long time since we did Cycle North Carolina together in 2006.

Bike Virginia is great fun, only a five day ride, and has lunch provided every day! The rest stops are really well stocked and the routes are fun, with lots of options. I have convinced several local friends that they ought to go, too, so I am especially looking forward to it this year!

Thanks for letting others know of this fun ride, tulip.

[sweetpotatopie]

There's also the Knotts Island Century this weekend:

http://www.tbarides.org/

[sweetpotatopie]

And this Saturday there's the Williamsburg Weenie Ride! Anyone riding?

http://www.pbabicycling.org/williamsburgweenieride.html

[KathiCville]

Thoughts about great rides in Virginia (or Maryland) in the fall?? I'm doing the MS150 here in Charlottesville in mid-June...then I'll need something to aim for in late September or October to keep me on my bike during the heat of July and August.

[Becky]

The Civil War Century ??

105 miles, with 7400 feet of climbing. DH and I are registered for this suffer-fest.

On a related note, any thoughts on a good, fairly flat century in the DE/MD/NJ area in the July/August timeframe? Something to use as an intermediate goal for CWC.

[ny biker]

The Oxon Hill Bike Club has a good list of area rides on its website.

http://www.ohbike.org/events/index.htm

For the fall, I like the Cannonball Century which is organized by the Fredericksburg club.

http://www.bikefred.com/CBC/cbc.html

A couple weeks earlier, there's also the Oxon Hill club's Indian Head Century.

http://ohbike.org/century/index.htm

This is the same weekend as the Civil War century, but since I've done the CWC a few times I'm going to try the Indian Head this year.

[tulip]

From the Richmond area (not too far from NOVA, by the way, and a very neat city worth visiting. I never visited when I lived in DC, but now I live here and love it. Can you say affordable??)

The Heart of Virginia is a fun ride, north of Richmond. People come from all over to do the ride: on Sept. 20. Mileage options range from 30-100 miles. See www.raba.org for details if you are interested.

RABA and the Northern Neck Cycling Club are having their annual 4th of July ride in the Northern Neck (3 hours from DC) on July 3. Nice way to discover a new place if you haven't been there before. On the ride calendar of the RABA website.

The River Ride is in September and is also in the Northern Neck. See http://www.riverride.org/ for info.