Southeast - Help putting together a list of twelve centuries for next year

I'm planning on doing the UMCA's Larry Schwartz Year Rounder Challenge next year, so I need to do a century per month. I'd like for most of the centuries to be day trip distance from Atlanta, but a few of them can be anywhere in the southeast. I'm reserving one for upstate NY (I'll post an inquiry on the northeast forum for suggestions on that one).

What are y'all's favorite centuries in the southeast?

This one is an hour northwest of Nashville. www.clarksvillecentury.com

This one is an hour northwest of Nashville. www.clarksvillecentury.com

It's certainly an interesting pitch (flat enough that an average cyclist can make it in four hours). I like Nashville (despite my proclivity toward Baroque music I'm an old southerner who spent my childhood hearing Hank Williams and Patsy Cline), so this one may be a keeper. I could combine it with a vacation with my New Yorker fiance, and take her to the Ryman and the Bluebird. It'd be educational culture shock.

Then drop in at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, Loveless Cafe and Sweat's and you would impress her with the eateries as well!:eek:

In April, the Tour de Cashiers. Bring your ropes and 'biners, there's lots of climbing.

Here are all my notes on GA-area centuries. I'm sure I missed some. Where it gives a time, that's driving time from Lawrenceville.

Wheels O’Fire
Harris County Chamber of Commerce, http://www.harriscountychamber.org/CycleTour/
Saturday March 10, 2007 – Hamilton, GA
26, 45, 68, 101
$40 - $50, Always 2nd Saturday of March

Azalea Festival Century Bike Ride
Azalea City Cyclists - http://www.azaleacitycyclists.com/century/
?? Saturday, March 11, 2006 – Lake Park, GA (4 Hours, 12 Mins)
29, 48, 74, 107 Miles
$25 - $30, An official BRAG training ride

Tour de Pike
Kiwanis Club of Pike County, http://www.kiwanispike.org/
Saturday, March 17, 2007 – Concord, GA (1 Hour 45 Mins)
7, 18, 33, 66, 100 Miles
$25 - $30,

Southern Pride Ag Ride
Wayne County Board of Tourism, http://www.waynetourism.com/spar.htm
Saturday, March 17, 2007 – Jesup, GA (4 Hours, 37 Minutes)
9, 23, 48, 62, 106 Miles
$25

St. Patrick’s Century
Dublin Rotary - http://www.dublinrotary.com/century06.html
Sunday March 18, 2007 – Dublin, GA (2 Hours, 45 Mins)
27, 55, 100 Miles
$20 - $25
Official BRAG practice ride

Peach Blossom Bike Ride
Byron United Methodist Church, http://www.byronumc.org/Acolyte_files/BikeRide/2004%20Peach%20Blossom.htm
Saturday March 24, 2007 – Byron, GA (2 Hours)
15, 31, 62 Miles
$20 - $25

Ride 4 Brody
Transplant 4 Body - http://www.transplant4brody.org/
Saturday, April 14, 2007 – Cartersville, GA (1 Hour)
62 Miles
$40 - $50
Benefits medical bills for Brody

Tarwheel Century
River City Cycling Club, http://www.rivercitycyclingclub.com/
Saturday April 28, 2007 – Elizabeth City, NC (9 Hours)
100 Miles
$25
‘Worlds flattest century’

Brasstown Bald Buster Century
Georgia Bikes!, http://www.brasstownbaldbustercentury.com/
Saturday April 28th, 2007 – Brasstown, GA (1 Hour 15 Mins)
80 Miles (8,000’ climbing) or 100 Miles (13,000’ climbing)
$40 (80 miles) or $105 (100 miles)

MS 150
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, http://www.ms150savannahchallenge.org/
May 5 – 6, 2007 - Savannah, GA
150 Miles
$25 - $50 + $250 fund-raising minimum

Sweet Onion Century
Sweet Onion Cyclists, http://www.letsride.net/socent2004.html
May 6, 2007 – Vidalia, GA
24, 50, 63, 100, 125 Miles
$25 - $30
Benefits the United Way, always the 1st Saturday in May, Supposed to be very flat

Pine Mountain Tour
Southern Bicycle League, www.BikeSBL.org
? May 6 – 7, 2006
114 miles
$40, Camp overnight

Up the Creek Without a Pedal
Coosa Valley Cycling Association, http://www.cvca.org/calendar.htm
May 12, 2007
??? “more info to come”

Jekyll Island Challenge
Bicycle Savannah, http://www.bicyclesavannahllc.com/
May 19 – 20 – Savannah, GA (4 Hours, 20 Mins)
50, 63, 100 Miles
Single day Century, scavenger hunt, other events over two days

Tour de Abbeville
City of Abbeville, SC - http://www.abbevillecitysc.com/history/festival.aspx
May 26? – Abbeville, SC (2 hours, 9 minutes)
20, 64, 100 Miles
$25 – BF says expect 10 – 15 miles over. Alt web site: http://www.tourdeabbeville.tz4.com/

Jim Kruse Century
http://www.jimkrusecentury.com/
May 27, 2007
??? “web site under construction”

Athens to Lake Hartwell Tour
Nitty Gritty Bike Band, www.CycleNittyGritty.org
? Saturday & Sunday, May 7 – 8, 2005
62.6 miles x 2 = 125 miles
$45, Camp over night, bag drop to camp site

Tour de Cure
American Diabetes Association, http://tour.diabetes.org
May 20, 2007 - Fairburn, GA – Sandy Creek High School
8 Mile, 25k, 50k, 100k
$15 + $150 fund-raising minimum

Covington Century
Project Adventure, http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1310115
? Sunday, August 6, 2006 – Covington, GA
30, 50, 75, 101
$25 – 35
Supposed to be very flat

Spinning Through Time Century
Bicycles Unlimited, http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1336574
? Saturday, August 19, 2006 – Peachtree City, GA
25, 40, 65, 100 Miles
$30
http://www.bicyclesunl.com/

Historic SavannahBikeFest
Bicycle Savannah, http://www.bicyclesavannahllc.com/
September 1 – 2, 2007 – Savannah, GA (4 Hours, 20 Mins)
25, 30, 36, 50, 100 Miles
Single day Century + events over two days

MACC One Love Century
Metro Atlanta Cycling Club, http://www.maccattack.com/
? Saturday, September 2, 2006 – Atlanta, GA
100 Miles
$25 - $35
Benefits inner city youth cycling

Share the Road Challenge
Atlanta Bicycle Campaign, www.AtlantaBike.org
? Labor Day, September 5, 2005 – Buckhead, GA
? 20, 75, 100
? $25

Cheat Mountain Challenge
West Virginia Cycling Foundation, http://www.wvcf.org/cmc/
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 – Snowshoe, WV (8 Hours, 36 Minutes)
65 Miles, 105 Miles
$35
10,000’ of climbing, looks gorgeous

Wilson 100
Southern Bicycle League, www.BikeSBL.org
? Sunday, September 12, 2004 – Fayetteville, GA
???

Beautiful Back Roads Century
BMW North Atlanta Cycling Club, http://hugeelvis.tripod.com/
? Saturday, September 16, 2006 – Cartersville, GA
12, 27, 44, 64, 105
$25 - $35
Benefits United Way, Hickory Log Men’s Home

Six Gaps
Dahlonega / Lumpkin Country Chamber of Commerce, http://www.dahlonega.org
? Sunday, September 24, 2006 – Dahlonega, GA
50, 100 Miles
$40
10,000’ of climbing