Road – 4/26 Sanders Ferry Time Trial #2, Tuscaloosa
Gravel – 4/29 Lap Day at Oldfield Green Gable, Sylacauga
Join us Saturday to ride the WGTTC route from the Green Gable. Meet Stephen and Seana, Ride as many laps as you like. This is a really fun 15 mile course for either Gravel or MTB. Hang out afterward at the gable, bring a tent and camp if you want to.
Road – 4/29 Alabama Randoneurs Revised Black Belt 600K, 10/7 Booking it Through the Bend Metric Century, Hokes Bluff
MTB – 5/27 Mountain Goat Adventures Rope Mill Fast + Furious 15 Mile MTB Race, Woodstock, GA
Road – 4/12 Sanders Ferry Time Trial, Tuscaloosa, Spin the District’s 4/22 Athens Twilight Criterium, 4/25 Union City Crit, 4/29 Hapeville Crit and 4/30 College Park Crit
MTB – 4/21 Mulberry Gap Brutal Loop N GA MTB Assoc Fundraiser, Hammies 5/3 Hamduro Wednesday Night Championship @ Oak Mtn, 5/11 Thursday Throwdown Short Track XC @ RIDE BHM, 5/17 Hamduro Championship@ Oak Mtn, 5/24 Hamduro Championship @ RIDE BHM, 5/31 Hamduro Championship@ Oak Mtn, 6/7 Little Hammies @ Heardmont Park, 6/11 Little Hammies at Bump and Grind, 6/14 Little Hammies @ Heardmont Park, 6/21 Little Hammies @ Heardmont Park, 6/28 Little Hammies @ Heardmont Park
Saving the best for last, 4/6/24 Skyway Epic 2024
Gravel – want to work on your gravel skills with some experienced nice people? All levels welcome 4/15 Clanton Gravel Skills 42mi or 57mi Ride
Road – 4/15 Cheaha Challenge Training Ride, 5/6 Redemptive Cycles Rolling Formal
MTB – 6/17 Go Nuts Go Blood, Sweat and Nuts, Chewacla
Road – 4/15 Rock & Road Criterium, Newnan, GA, 4/22 Celebrate Trails Day Slow Ride, Selma, Celebrate Trails Day & Group Ride, Anniston, Celebrate Trails Day on Chief Ladiga Trail, Piedmont
Road – Thursdays 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/27 Temple of Zoom Crit Series, Irondale, 5/12 Farm to Fork Criterium, Hattiesburg, MS
MTB – 5/13 2023 Women’s Day Ride, Fort McClellan Trails
Gravel – 5/13 Maysville Gravel Mayhem, Maysville, GA
MTB – 3/16, 3/23 & 3/30 RIDEBHM March XC Race Series, 5pm, 6/9-11 Bump and Grind XXIX, Oak Mountain, 6/24 State Games of Mississippi at Mt Zion, Brookhaven, MS
MTB – Only one update this week, a Venue has been announced for Chainbuster Racing’s Race for the Rose, which will be at Oconee Heritage Park, near Farmington, GA
Calendar Update
The cycling community is very healthy. We have hit 3 pages for the first time!
Road – Adding in Alabama Randoneur (AR) events, but as there are a lot, I will add them in 3 month chunks a month ahead of the next event, 2/25 AR Lafayette Populaire, 3/3 AR Kosciusko-Natchez Trace 600K, 3/11 AR Orr Park Populaire, 3/11 Topview Sports Georgia Tech Road Race, 3/18 AR Birthplace of the King and Back, 3/25 AR Horse Pens 40 and a Leeds Legend, 3/25 Topview Sports Outdoor Capital Classic Road Race, Jackson, GA, 4/8 AR S-Town 101K, 4/15 AR Homestead Hollow 100/200/300Km, 4/29 AR Bulldogs and The King, 5/6 The Dam Ride p/b Alabama Power’s Power Pedalers, 6/3-10 43rd Annual Bicycle Ride Across Georgia, 8/12-13 Mobile Cycling Classic, the Alabama Crit State Championships
Gravel – 2/25 Honey Bee Stinger, Valdosta, GA
MTB – 3/4 Wildwood Park New Trail Grand Opening Workday, Florence, AL, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 Oldfield Green Gables Show and Go Ride: pre-Skyway Epic
Addressing comments this past week, there will always be conflicts. Some are inconsequential, such as a mountain bike race in GA and a road ride in AL. Some are consequential. The best advice I can offer, as you want a specific type of ride on a certain weekend each year, and so does someone else that will definitely draw from your participation, reach out. Coordinate next year to ensure that everyone can enjoy both.
Lots of new stuff to list today. Thank you to the organizers who keep giving us these great events! Thank you to the community who keeps showing up! We’re almost a good two pages now, and we have our first 2024 date on the calendar.
MTB – 3/4 March Madness 2023 MTB Race, Savannah, GA, 1/20/24 5th Annual Shred for Sloan, Anniston
Gravel – Chainbuster Small Town Gravel Series announced, 3/18 Scratch Ankle Gravel Race, Milton, FL, 4/1 Kissing Bridge Classic, Woodbury, GA, 6/3 Red Clay Ramble, Hillsboro, GA, 10/28 Shake & Brake, Helfin, AL, 12/2 Assault on Currahee Mountain, Toccoa, GA, and 4/7-9 Gosh Darn 6 Gravel Gathering, Hickman County, TN, 8/5 New Gravel option for Bikes, Blues and Bayous, Greenwood, MS
Road – Date correction, thanks Grace Mcalley, I had Birmingham Bakers Dozen listed twice, the correct date is 3/11, 3/11 Tour de Brewers, Birmingham, 4/29 Owen Wayne Lewis First Annual Memorial Ride, Troy University, 5/6 registration link added for Sunny King Criterium, 5/27 registration link added for Brian Smith Memorial Ride, 8/5 Bikes, Blues and Bayous, with a new Gravel Option, Greenwood, MS, 9/30 Shoals 3 State Ride, Florence, AL