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Riding through remote areas of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, we tackle big climbs and long descents.
We ride on back country roads, and at times don´t make a single turn for 15 or 20 miles. There´s a bit of city
riding in New Haven and White Plains, and a Connecticut River crossing on the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry.
This is one of the most beautiful, diverse, scenic and spectacular courses in the Northeast!
It has always been our policy to not publish our route. Each year we receive numerous calls for our cue sheets, but
because we spend so much time, energy and effort researching, designing, and updating this course, we feel that only by
raising the $1650 can you really experience it. If you´d like to read about our route there´s a brief
description below ‚ be patient, we´re working on a video!
Day One – “Velo de Virden”
We ride our first day in honor of David Virden, Sr. and the incredible effort that his family and friends have put forth against ALS, an effort dubbed “Driven for a Cure”. This special, first day begins in Newton, Massachusetts and follows Route 16 to the Lunch Stop in Webster, Massachusetts. We follow Route16, but actually "checkerboard" over it, sticking mostly to Massachusetts country roads.
After lunch we cross into Connecticut´s Quiet Corner, and ride wide open farm country into the back woods and up
Gurleyville Road to UConn. If you don´t know why they call this the quiet corner, you´ll soon find out!
Hills are nominal for most of Day 1, though we´ll climb Gurleyville Road, a 1.75 mile bear of a hill, just before camp!
Day Two – “Darryl’s Day Two”
We ride our second day in honor of Darryl Goss, one of the few ALS patients to ride from Boston to New York on his bicycle, this guy’s got guts! Leaving Storrs and heading southwest toward New Haven, Connecticut, we pass through Willimantic, crossing the famous
Frog Bridge and head straight to the coast catching the ferry over the CT River in Hadlyme.
The course follows the water along gorgeous coastal roads, then turns to a bit of city riding through New Haven.
Day 2 hills are a bit bigger in the morning, with some large rollers as you approach the ferry. Things flatten out for
most of the afternoon as we head to New Haven.
Day Three – “L’Alpe De Blais”
On Day Three we ride in memory of the ALS Warrior Poet, Jon "Blazeman" Blais. Heading straight west through the hills of Connecticut and into Westchester County, NY, our third day is 25 miles shorter than Day One or Day Two, but it´s a tough one!
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