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The five bike ride events listed on this page are the The CycleFest Century held in West Palm Beach, America's Most Beautiful Bike ride at Lake Tahoe and El Tour de Tuscon in Arizona. There is also the Climb To Kaiser Challenge in California and Tour de Mule Shoe held in Texas. These events are riding events, not races.

• AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BIKE RIDE
  Location: Lake Tahoe, NV
  Date: June 6, 2004 - Sunday
  
  Event Description: One of the most scenic and awe-inspiring rides you will ever experience. The spectacular scenery, clean, fresh mountain air, great food and full support by experienced ride organizers makes this ride a "must-do" for any avid recreational cyclist. The course circumnavigates the highways clockwise around Lake Tahoe and includes two challenging climbs.



• OKLAHOMA FREE WHEEL FreeWheel 2004
  Sunday - Saturday, June 13th - 19th
  Day One: Duncan to Apache, OK. 51 miles
  Day Two: Apache to Cordell, OK. 68 miles
  Day Three: Cordell to Cheyenne, OK. 66 miles
  Day Four: Cheyenne to Thomas, OK. 64 miles
  Day Five: Thomas to Fairview, OK. 53 miles
  Day Six: Fairview to Cherokee, OK. 51 or 100 miles
  Day Seven: Henderson - Cherokee to Anthony, KS. 53 miles
  http://www.okfreewheel.com/
  
  The Oklahoma FreeWheel is an annual week-long cross-state bicycle ride occuring in early June.
  
  Around 1000 riders attend each year. They stay overnight in small communities and ride an average of 60 miles each day.
  
  FreeWheel started in 1979.



• 10th Annual TOUR de MULE SHOE
  Date: Saturday, June 19th
  Location Muleshoe, Texas
  10, 40 & 100K mile routes.
  For more information go to www.tourdemuleshoe.com
  
  The Tenth Annual Heritage Foundation Tour de Muleshoe rolls along scenic farmland and sandhills for you to ride either fast or slow as you choose. This is not a race-- enjoy yourself. Each entry will receive a ticket to our Spaghetti Dinner, 11:30 am to 2:00 pm Saturday.
  All three rides start at the Bailey County Coliseum, Muleshoe, Texas, at 9:00 a.m. and follow a triangle course: the 10 mile is flat with good shoulders, one rest stop at halfway; the 40 mile begins with small rolling hills for the first 10 miles, followed by 12 miles of scenic sandhills, ending in 18 miles of small smooth ups and downs; the 100k follows similar road conditions for longer distances, all end back in Muleshoe at the starting line.



• CLIMB TO KAISER CHALLENGE 2004
  Date: Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:30 AM
  Location:Clovis Veterans Memorial Building
  453 Hughes Ave.
  Clovis , CA
  
  Event Description: The Fresno Cycling Club invites all riders to take the challenge at this year¹s 28th Annual Climb To Kaiser on Saturday, July 31, 2004. There are three different rides to choose from: The traditional Climb To Kaiser, rated as one of the 10 toughest rides in America by Bicycling Magazine; The Tollhouse Century; and the Millerton Metric Century.



• EL TOUR DE TUSCON
  Cycle Century Ride
  Date: November 20, 2004
  Location: Tucson, AZ
  
  Come ride 100 miles with us
  
  Event Description: This course is perfect for the beginner cyclist committing to the Century Challenge or any rider pursuing a personal best. This is America's premier cyclo-tourist event featuring beautiful desert scenery. Get more info and register at www.pbaa.com
  
  Starting Times & Locations:
  • 109-mile start (7:00 am) Downtown Tucson at Congress & Granada Kids Fun Ride (8:00 am) Downtown Tucson at Congress & Granada.
  • 81-mile start (9:00 am) Location to be announced.
  • 66-mile start (10:30 am) new start time Morris K. Udall Center on Tanque Verde Road, East of Sabino Canyon Road
  • 35-mile start (12:30 pm) Wilson Elementary in Town of Oro Valley on Glover Rd. west of La Cholla.

• THE CYCLEFEST CENTURY
  Location: West Palm Beach, FL
  Date: October 2, 2004 - Saturday
  
  Event Description: The scenic cycling route goes past the mansions of Palm Beach and follows the beautiful coastal roads in its route north to Hobe Sound and back. As a special incentive this year, Trek Bicycles has offered to present a Postal Team Jersey autographed by cycling legend Lance Armstrong, to the individual TNT rider who raises the most money for the Leukemia Society to participate at CycleFest 2004!