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Date: Saturday September 18, 2010 Time: 7:00 am - 9:00 am Notes: 20th Annual Tour of Hocking Hills - Budget Tour Saturday, September 18th 7:00-9 a.m. Circleville High School. Roads will be marked and maps provided. All options are hilly. Tune-up for Columbus Fall Challenge 75-100 miles. Budget Tour. $2 member, $4 non-member. Peggie Shaw peggie17 AT yahoo.com Mitch O'Donnell goodjohan@yahoo.com

Name of the event: Hilltop area Critical Manners bike ride Purpose: Tour the bike routes (mostly on the road) through the Hilltop neighborhoods, including the the Steele bike boulevard, Hilltop connector to future Scioto bridge, Sullivant Trace trail, and low traffic neighborhood streets. Critical Manners is a peaceful, purposeful and respectful bike event where cyclists obey all traffic laws and do their best to share the road effectively with all other vehicles and pedestrians. Date: Sunday, September 19th Start time: 2PM Estimated end time: 4 PM Starting and ending location: Westgate Park parking lot next to recreation center 455 S Westgate Ave Route length: approximately 11 miles at easy pace with occasional stops Ride leader: League of American Bicyclists instructor Tricia Kovacs pkovacs@att.net 476-9093 Route map: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Hilltop-Tour (subject to change at the whim of the ride leader) Note: Tricia strongly encourages participants to ...

Highlights Close to 30 riders Hayden Run Falls Antrim Park High Street 27 miles Great weather Tip Top for food/drink Someone forgot their key and locked to my bike. Someone else can pick locks and freed my bike. (Thanks Jay!)

Web Site   tourdecause.org . Not up to date with the 2011 stuff. The Tour De Cause 2011 will be July 17th. Starting and returning Ohio University Lancaster. Start time 7:00 AM Routes of 10, 25,40,60 and 100 miles. Full support ride  with lunch, food supplied rest stops and food at the  end. Entertainment at OUL on your return. Money raised will support the Fairfield County Recovery Center in drug  treatment, drug awareness and support.

I road this route on Sunday and it winds around the Wayne Natl. forest on great roads with spectacular views. Part of this route also in on the "Rim of the World" route. October 16th a group of my relatives will be providing rest stops, route support and sag for donations. http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/22814664/ We are also mapping a shorter route for folks that don't want to go 67 miles. This is hilly, however I was surprised by lack of really challenging hills - there is one really hard one with many long gradual climbs that take you up for a great view of the forest. If you did Pelotonia 102 , you can do this ride. If you did Pelotonia 40, you will be able to do the short route. Look forward to riding with you in Oct. John

Highlights 18 riders.  A few sprinkles, but no rain.  Tailwind out to airport.  Rollercoaster road Back to OTE for pizza at Yellow Brick Pizza.

Highlights Ride was organized by another George 50 miles Averaged 17mph 10mph+ headwinds Rode with 10+ people from Hilliard to northwest and back

Highlights Rode with Mitzy Brett did century and Tim and Bill did 70 50 miles Averaged 16mph 1000 ft climbing Canal Winchester northeast to Millersport Met the organizer of Tour de Cause ride