March - April 2007

Editor’s Choice

Interesting Cycling Events and Shows 2007

3rd North American
Hand Made Bicycle Show
March 2-4, 2007
San Jose, California
www.handmadebicycleshow.com
Bike frame makers and their hand built two wheeled creations from around the country plus Canada, Germany and Italy will be on display. Seminars will be offered. Manufacturers that make the tools the builders use will also be there.

30th Cape Argus Pick ‘n’ Pay Cycle Tour
Sunday March 11, 2007
Cape Town, South Africa
www.cycletour.co.za
Largest international timed bike race, closed to traffic, attracting 35,000 racing and touring cyclists. 110,000 liters of Cola Coca and 65,000 bananas offered along the breathtaking and grueling 109 kilometer route, with over 1,500 volunteers.

22nd Tour de Sewer
Bell Gardens, California
March 17, 2007
www.bellgardenslions.com
Uniquely named event, with routes of 15, 30, and 62 miles.

Underground Railroad Tour
Mobile, Alabama to Ontario, Canada
April 14-May 31, 2007
www.adventurecycling.org
2,100 miles unsupported journey surveying the historic escape route of antebellum African American slaves to freedom. Limited to 14 cyclists.

Rosarito Ensenada 50 Mile Fun Ride
Baja California, Mexico
Saturday, April 21, 2007
www.rosaritoensenada.com
Quaint ride along Mexico’s Pacific Coast, starting a few miles from San Diego, CA. Held twice a year. Next ride September 29, 2007.

9th Tour of the Fireflies
Sunday April 15, 2007
Pasig City, Philippines
www.fireflybrigade.org
Ride 50 kilometers around the Metro Manila area, nearly similar in spirit to Bike NY’s Five Borough Bike Tour, closed to traffic.

Haleiwa Metric Century
Sunday April 29, 2007
Oahu, Hawaii
www.hbl.org
Supported tour on Oahu’s North Shore, from Haleiwa, Sunset Beach, Swanzy Beach and back, in the Aloha State.

PEPY Ride School Volunteer Trip
Cambodia
April 28-May 5, 2007
www.pepyride.org
Ride with PEPY (Protect the Earth, Protect Yourself) organization to Cambodia, to help with a building project of a PEPY school in the countryside. Limited to 6-15 people.

Arava Institute & Hazon Israel Ride
Jerusalem, Israel
May 1-8, 2007
www.arava.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=186490
Week-long, three hundred mile trek of Israel, from Jerusalem to Eilat. There will two groups: Tzofim (scouts) and Chalutzim (pioneers) for stronger cyclists. Riders must raise money for charity.

Why I Ride
The Art of Bicycling in New York
May 3-June 3, 2007
New York, NY
www.whyiridenyc.org
Cycling in the Big Apple becomes art, expressed with words, pictures, film, paintings, drawings and sculptures in this groundbreaking exhibit. A bike tour will be included.

30th Five Boro Bike Tour
New York, NY
Sunday May 6, 2007
www.bikenewyork.org
Largest bike tour of these United States, attracting over 30,000 cyclists. Go through each borough—Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

43rd 5BBC Montauk Century
May 20, 2007
Various New York starts: Manhattan,
Babylon, Mastic Shirley
www.5bbc.org
Perennial first century for most of us in the Spring. Routes of 63-140 miles

3rd Tour de Brooklyn
June 3, 2007
Brooklyn, New York
www.tourdebrooklyn.org
Free tour to the Borough of Churches

9th Cirque du Cyclisme
June 8-10, 2007
Greensboro, North Carolina
www.classicrendezvous.com/cirque.htm
Bike rally for those who love retro, vintage and classic bicycles, with rides, seminars, flea markets and charity auctions.

London to Brighton Bike Ride
London, England
Sunday June 17, 2007
www.cyclerides.co.uk
Popular 54-mile British mass bike event limited to 27,000 riders.

20th Tour du Canada
Vancouver, Canada
June 22-September 2, 2007
www.tourducanada.com
4,660 mile trek across the vast country, between Vancouver and St. John’s. Cyclists average 80 miles daily, for 58 days, with 12 rest days.

Cycling the Erie Canal
Buffalo, New York
July 8-15, 2007
www.ptny.org/canaltour/index.shtml
Ride 400 miles in eight days along the historial and scenic Erie Canal

35th RAGBRAI
Rock Rapids, Iowa
July 22-28, 2007
www.ragbrai.org
Perennial weeklong ride across Iowa. Several 5BBC members have gone and returned with great memories. Lance Armstrong and his Team Livestrong group will be there.

Paris Brest Paris
August 20-24, 2007
Paris, France
www.rusa.org
Held every four years, you have 90 hours to complete a nearly 800 mile ride on your own power. Must quality by finishing a series of brevets beforeharnd. It’s a great challenge.

18th Transportation Alternatives
NYC Century Tour
September 9, 2007
New York, NY
www.transalt.org
Ride one of the few urban asphalt century rides in the country.--the TA Century.

Escape New York
October 2007
New York, NY
www.nycc.org
50-62-100 mile routes throught Bergen & Rockland Counties. Date to be determined

Tour De Bronx
October 21, 2007
Bronx, New York
www.tourdebronx.org
Largest free bike event in New York City. Ride 25 or 40 mile route. Free food at NY Botanical Garden finish.

Around the Bay in a Day
Melbourne, Australia
Sunday October 21, 2007
www.bv.com.au
Tough 210 km ride in Melbourne, on a bridge, freeway and a lane closed to traffic. Attracts over 2,000 cyclists, open to all

La Ruta de los Conquistadores
Costa Rica
November 14-17, 2007
www.adventurerace.com
Considered one of the toughest athletic endeavors. 215-mile mountain bike race based on the route of the Spanish Conqustadors, from the Pacific to the Caribbean, over four days. Limited to 650 cyclists, open to all.

Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge
November 24, 2007
Taupo, New Zealand
www.cyclechallenge.org.nz
New Zealand’s largest bike race around Lake Taupo, attracting 10.000 cyclists of all abilities. Routes of 160-500 kilometers.

Too Bad We Missed It:
4th Frozen Snot Century
Chicago, Illinois
February 23-25, 2007
bikewinter.org/calendar/scheduleofevents.php?city_id=2&bwy=2005&showPast=true
You can’t make this up. Free unsupported, rideat- your-own-pace-and-risk 100 miler in three days from Milwaukee,Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois, various start points. Optional Madison, Wisconsin segment. Email John Greenfield for next year’s details: greenfieldjohn@hotmail.com