Saturday, Oct. 15 - 8:00 A.M.
Scarecrow Century!
Mount Pleasant Middle School of Performing Arts, 410 Gray Lane, Mount Pleasant 38474
The Scarecrow Century is the official HBC ride this Saturday! It's the big ride sponsored by our friends in the Columbia Cycling Club and is a favorite of many of our members. The ride will have courses that feature Lynnville, Campbellsville, and the Amish Village around Etheridge. The riders will return to the Middle School where they can relax and take advantage of the delicious, well deserved lunch and showers.
This Century gets high praise for its quality at a low price. The cost is $35 to pre-register and $40 on the morning of the ride, but HBC members who pre-register get a $5 discount. The discount code is HARPETH.
Proceeds from this event will go to support the Columbia Composite middle school-high school mountain bike team (NICA) and trail maintenance at Chickasaw Trace Park.
45, 70, AND 100 MILE ROUTES
SAG SUPPORT AND LUNCH!
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN COMPETITION (STRAVA)–GIFT CERTIFICATES
Here's the link for more information and registration:
Scarecrow Century!
The home base and routes are unchanged from 2020 and feature Lynnville, Campbellsville. and the Amish Village around Etheridge.
45-mile: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34139759
70-mile: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31019328
100-mile: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31019402
If you can't make it for the Scarecrow ride, here's Durk's Alternate Ride:
Saturday, Oct. 15 - 9:00 A.M.
Turkey Creek Traverse!
Hillsboro Elementary School in Leipers Frok, 5412 Pinewood Road, Franklin 37064
For Saturday, Durk is leading an alternate ride for those who want to stay local. This ride will start at 9:00. The route goes down to Fly and Water Valley, with a pleasant run on Turkey Creek. The regular route is 45 miles, with a rest stop at the Santa Fe Market at mile 27.5. Riders then come back by Gaskill, Chestnut Ridge, Skelley, and Leipers Creek. Here's the cue sheet:
Turkey Creek Traverse - 45 miles - GPS
There is a Short option of 23 miles that comes back from Fly but diverts to do Mobleys Cut and pleasant Robinson Road:
Fly & Mobleys - Short option - 23 miles - GPS
And for those who need 50 miles, here's an extended route that does all of Chestnut Ridge to the big blue water tower at Theta (always a welcome sight!) and comes down Sulphur Springs:
Turkey Creek Traverse - Extended route - 50 miles - GPS