Alternatives to RAGBRAI

[Ralph]

https://floridabicyclesafari.com/fre...ked-questions/

Florida Bicycle Safari....This ride has been going for over 40 years. It's put on by the Florida Freewheeler Bicycle Club (Central FL Club). Ride is in N Florida, second 3 days near Ga line. Rolling hills. Multiple rides each day. Haven't done it in years, but there is a 3 day version, and another 3 days at another site on Cherry Lake Campsite on Lake (not (positive about this) . Great food provided. breakfast, lunch, and dinner. also entertainment at campsite at night. (and beer) Your gear is transported to the second 3 days stay. Drive to the first 3 day safari. Never heard anyone say this was boring. Mostly I hear how good the food is. They hire a catering company to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day.

Cost and what is included. https://floridabicyclesafari.com/costs/

[verbs4us]

Anyone done TOSRV? Reports are that it's a beautiful ride, not too arduous and it's been going on for 60+ years. https://outdoor-pursuits.org/tosrv/ There is also the PanMass Challenge, which is a fund-raiser for Dana Farber Center Institute--crosses Massachusetts west to east, so you can appreciate the hills early and spend then next 200 miles recovering. https://www.pmc.org/

[merckxman]

The Bon Ton Roulet is a seven-day bicycle tour through the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Camping, college dorms and motel/hotel options.
https://www.auburnymca.org/BonTonRoulet

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by merckxman

The Bon Ton Roulet is a seven-day bicycle tour through the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Camping, college dorms and motel/hotel options.
https://www.auburnymca.org/BonTonRoulet

That definitely looks interesting. I was in Ithaca a couple years ago and I liked the area for riding.

[old fat man]

North Cascade highway with a group of friends? I did it solo while touring but fell in with a group who organized their own 4 or 5 day adventure with a sag wagon (non riding partner I believe). There are good lodging options well spaced along the route and you could continue into Idaho and Montana or turn around and ride back to the west.

[Plum Hill]

I’ve heard good things about Bon Ton Roulet.
Closer to home:
https://www.bikewisconsin.com/grabaawr/grabaawr.htm
https://www.bikewisconsin.com/sagbraw/sagbraw.htm
https://www.bikewisconsin.com/bikeno...hwoodstour.htm
https://lmb.org/ride-calendar/shoreline-west-2024/
Hotels: https://www.pedalacrosswisconsin.com/index.html Northwoods is very nice riding.

[StressStrain]

Originally Posted by old fat man

North Cascade highway with a group of friends? I did it solo while touring but fell in with a group who organized their own 4 or 5 day adventure with a sag wagon (non riding partner I believe). There are good lodging options well spaced along the route and you could continue into Idaho and Montana or turn around and ride back to the west.

North Cascades is an awesome area for this! I haven't been road biking there in a long time but this suggestion makes my mouth water.

Also glad to have learned in this thread of riding in a group with rider/driver sag support - with a rotating rider taking a half or full day off to drive. Great idea!

[rccardr]

Just as a side note, one of our group (the estimable SpaghettiLegs) discovered that everything in the bed sans bikes could be fit/wedged into the cab and locked, thus giving him the option of riding back down the route to meet up with us.