Challenge riding

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Challenge riding is a form of cycling where the riders challenge themselves rather than each other. Some challenge rides are charity events or pledge rides. Some are organised as pre- or early-season training events (sometimes in the UK called reliability trials). Others, often referred to as Randonnées, brevets or Audax events occur simply for the sake of the challenge; cyclosportive events allow cyclists to test themselves over challenging race routes used, for example, in the Tour de France (see l'Etape du Tour). Most challenge rides are open to all comers, but a few require qualification to attend.

Challenge rides often have lengths of 100 km (a metric century), 100 miles (century), 100 nautical miles (nautical century), 200 km (double metric century), etc., each to be completed in a day. Alternatively they may start in one city and finish in another (for example: the San Francisco to Los Angeles AIDS/LifeCycle or (formerly) California AIDSRide, the London-Brighton charity ride for the British Heart Foundation, and the Dunwich Dynamo).

Another popular class of ride is a multi-day trip that spans a state, country or province, such as RAGBRAI in Iowa and the End to End in the United Kingdom.

Challenge rides may be single-day or multi-day. Multi-day rides can be differentiated into ones where lodging is provided or not. In the latter case, most rides will include a vehicle to carry your tent, clothing, food, etc.

[edit] See also

• Brevet or Randonnée
• Bicycle touring
• Cyclosportive

[edit] List of challenge rides

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• Australia
  • Audax Australia [1]
• Canada
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Northcountry Challenge [2]
  • Nova Scotia
    • Lighthouse Tour [3]
  • Ontario
    • Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour [4]
• France
  • l'Etape du Tour [5]
• Israel
  • Wheels Of Love [6]
• Mexico
  • Riviera Maya Bike Adventure [7]
• Norway
  • Styrkeprøven[8]
• Sweden
  • Vätternrundan [9]
• United Kingdom
  • Audax UK [10]
  • Bike Events [11]
  • Cyclists Touring Club [12]
  • The Dragon Ride - website
  • Dunwich Dynamo
  • Etape Du Dales - website
  • Fred Whitton Challenge - website
  • Wild Wales Challenge - Website
  • jole1000 [13]
• United States
  • Alabama
    • Bicycle Across Magnificent Alabama [14]
  • California
    • Furnace Creek 508 webite
    • AIDS/LifeCycle [15]
    • Mount Hamilton Challenge [16]
  • Colorado
    • Bicycle Tour of Colorado [17]
    • Ride the Rockies [18]
    • Triple Bypass [19]
  • Delaware
    • Lewes Delaware Weekend [20]
    • Ride for the Feast [21]
  • Florida
    • Bike Florida [22]
  • Georgia
    • Bicycle Ride Across Georgia [23]
  • Hawaii
    • Honolulu Century Ride [24]
  • Indiana
    • Hilly Hundred [25]
    • RAIN Ride Across Indiana [26]
    • RAINSTORM -Ride Across Indiana Same Thing Only Ride More [27]
  • Iowa
    • RAGBRAI [28]
  • Maryland
    • Chesapeake Bay Asthma Ride Bike Tour [29]
    • Cycle Across Maryland [30]
    • MS 150 Tour de Shore [31]
    • St. Michael's Weekend [32]
  • Massachusetts
    • Mount Greylock Challenge [33]
  • Minnesota
    • Habitat500 [34]
  • Missouri
    • Katy Trail Ride [35]
  • New York
    • Bon Ton Roulet [36]
    • Highlander Cycle Tour [37]
  • North Carolina
    • Cycle North Carolina [38]
  • Ohio
    • TOSRV [39]
  • Oregon
    • Cycle Oregon [40]
  • Pennsylvania
    • Pennsylvania Greenway Sojourn [41]
  • Tennessee
    • Bike Ride Across Tennessee [42]
  • Texas
    • Hotter'N Hell Hundred
    • MS Bike Tour
    • Texas 4000 For Cancer [43]
  • Virginia
    • Bike Virginia [44]
  • Washington
    • Trek Tri-Island [45]
  • Wisconsin
    • AIDS Network Cycles Together (ACT) [46]
    • Bike Northwoods Tour [47]
    • Dairyland Dare [48]
    • Door County Century [49]
    • Green Bay Tour de Cure [50]
    • GRABAAWR/SAGBRAW [51]
    • Horribly Hilly Hundreds [52]
    • Madison Tour de Cure [53]
    • Milwaukee Tour de Cure [54]
    • MS 150 Best Dam Bike Tour [55]
    • ICHS QuadruPedal Century [56]
    • Wright Stuff Century [57]
  • Multi-State
    • Race Across America [58]
    • MOOSA Tour (ME, NH, VT) [59]
    • Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic [60]
• Multi-Nation
  • Trek Tri-Island (WA, BC) [61]
• Other
  • Crazy Guy on a Bike [62]
  • Pete and Ed's list [63]
  • National Bicycle Tour Directors Association [64] search
  • Yahoo: Cycling / Tours and Events [65]
  • YouTube Cyclosportive Community website
  • Cyclefilm website Cycling Videos of popular Cyclosportive events and Challenge rides.