2023
Check back with the event websites regularly as dates may change due to Covid-19 precautions.
Nebraska
Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN) — BRAN celebrates its 41st anniversary in 2023. The west-east route runs between Benkelman and Ashland in souther Nebraska. The ride raises scholarship money for Nebraska high school seniors to attend a Nebraska trade school, college or university. There is no on-road paid staff money and all proceeds go directly to students, after expenses. Check Facebook page for route details as announced Dates: June 4-10, 2023
Tour de Nebraska A fully sagged, 5-day bicycle tour through rural Nebraska. Roughly 45 to 70 miles per day, with gravel road options every day. Check website for route details. Dates: June 20-25, 2023
Nebraska United Methodist Church Bike Ride for Hunger (NUMB) — Raising money for hungry in Nebraska and around the world for 19 years. Sponsored by the Nebraska Annual Conference Board of Mission Outreach Hunger Committee. Dates: Dates to be announced (usually in June)
Nevada
One Awesome Tour Bike Ride Across Nevada (OATBRAN) is a week-long ride across Basin and Range topography. The 435-mile loop begins and ends in Lake Tahoe with overnights in Fallon, Austin, Eureka, Ely, and Great Basin National Park. Includes stretches on US Highway 50, the loneliest road in America. Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2022 (2023 TBA)
Tour des Trees is an annual long-distance cycling adventure which serves as the primary public outreach and community engagement event for Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund). Dates: Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2023
New Hampshire
Other rides
Cycle the Seacoast — A loop ride from Portsmouth, N.H., that supports the American Lung Association. Options of 25, 50 or 100 miles. (You can participate in a virtual charity bike ride) Date:
New Jersey
Tour de Pines Bicycle Tour — Usually the tour comprises five individual bike rides through the pinelands of New Jersey. In 2021 the group is offering cue sheets for self-guided bikes rides that can be taken at the participants choice of time and day. Presented by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, the rides are unsupported and participants must supply their own food, lodging and transportation. Each ride is 40 to 50 miles and visits natural, historical or cultural highlights of the area. Dates – Oct. 5-8, 2023
Other rides
Tour de Franklin — Charity bike ride benefiting the Franklin Food Bank. Starts and ends at Franklin High School in Somerset. Five on-road events (5 to 62 miles) tour Franklin and Hillsborough townships and two others using the D&R Canal towpath. Date – April 30, 2023
New Mexico
Santa Fe Century — Loop bicycle ride from Old Santa Fe to old mining towns; 25, 50 and 100 miles. Riders will pass through the Ortiz Mountains and the Galisteo basin. Date: May 19-21, 2023
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NEW HAMPSHIRE: There is a ride across NH called the Cross NH Adventure Trail, XNHAT. It is an unsupported ride and mix of off road rail trails, ATV trails and roads. It’s a lovely ride! I combined it with a Cross Vermont unsupported ride of the same description and biked from Burlington VT to Bethel ME in one trip.
Here is the unsupported Cross NHAdventure Trail Link: https://www.xnhat.org/