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Smoky Mountain Wheelmen Bicycle Club
11th Annual Cherohala Challenge

Registration opens February 15th, 2010

DUE TO THE EPIC NATURE OF THIS EVENT AND THE ENORMOUS EFFORTS REQUIRED BY THE VOLUNTEERS TO STAFF THE REST STOPS AND SAG SUPPORT THERE WILL BE NO DAY OF RIDE REGISTRATION.

Join us on June 19th, 2010 for the 11th Annual Cherohala Challenge.
In addition to the 115-mile Challenge and the 62-mile Metric Challenge, there will be a “Ride the Valley” 50-mile route for those who prefer wonderful scenery along gently rolling terrain. All routes start and finish at the Tellico Plains visitor’s Center
The Challenge: A 115 mile route takes riders up The Dragon (with its famous 318 curves over 11 miles) and UP and over the Cherohala Skyway. These legendary ribbons of pavement are joined by scenic, rolling, country roads in Tennessee and North Carolina. Together they create an unforgettable epic ride with over 9,000 feet of elevation gain. Make no mistake, the Cherohala Challenge is an epic ride. All riders taking on the Challenge are expected to have the fitness and experience to finish an epic ride.

Are you up for The Challenge? Register Now.

Attachments:
Download this file (Cherohala flyer 2010.pdf)Cherohala flyer 2010.pdf[ ]940 Kb
 
Jeff Roth Foundation

The Jeff Roth Foundation promotes, through advocacy and education, cycling as a safe and healthy form of transportation, and to provide financial assistance to families that have been touched by cycling tragedies.

Along with other projects, the Foundation currently working on a specialty license plate campaign to further this goal. Click here for more.

Specialty Plate
 
Fall Century

More information about the Fall Century coming soon.
 
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We are currently in the process of updating our website. To access the old website, please click here.
 
Heinous Loop

Best 100k in East Tennessee

Dave recently built up his Cross Check he got for Christmas so he figured what better way to test it out than a Heinous Loop. For those who aren't familiar with this ride, it's an epic gravel road and pavement route though the Smoky Mountains. It's one of my favorite rides. The route we took started at the base of the Foothills Parkway in Walland. We rode to Town send and up Rich Mountain road to Cades Cove. Once in the Cove we rode the loop to the Visitor Center and followed the gravel road to Parson's Branch Rd. Parson's Branch is an eight mile rough gravel service road that takes you to the Dragon a famous motorcyclist destination. When we hit the Dragon it's a right turn on 129, climb up to "Long Span" then along the banks of Chillhowee Lake to the Tallassee side of the Foothills Parkway. It was a nice day for a ride so we were joined by a few hundred motorcycles on the Parkway. The complete ride is around 65 miles with over 6000' of elevation gain. If you do it, start early and take plenty of water and food. You'll be rewarded with some of the best views in the Smokies. Cades Cove will be closed to all traffic until May 22nd, 2010. Look for this ride on the club ride schedule for late Spring.

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