drew55

Tour de Cure Ft Desoto
Come and ride with us for the first time ever in Ft. De Soto, Florida! The ride will begin and end at the historic and picturesque Ft. De Soto Park! The park is made up of five interconnected islands, providing 1,136 acres of beautiful park and beach boasting more than 3 million visitors each year! All of this, right at the mouth of Tampa Bay. Your ride will take you along some of the most breathtaking views of the Gulf of Mexico, along amazing natural and preserved forests, and through some of the most beautiful cities of the South! Want to ride for a day and vacation for the weekend? Ft. De Soto is known for their stunning campgrounds! Waterfront camping spots will be available at a special price for all who would like to take advantage of all that Ft. De Soto park has to offer!

Tour de Cure 2010 offers rides for every rider with 5 different routes available! Whether you’re an extremely experienced rider up for a challenge, or you’re a family hitting the trail together at your own pace, we have a ride for you! Join us for our 5 mile family fun ride, or 15 mile ride, our 35 mile ride, our 60 mile ride, or our 100 mile ride!

Riders will begin their day empowered with bagels, fruit, juice and coffee for breakfast! A team of knowledgeable and fully trained volunteers will be there to assist you with anything you may need, including medical and mechanical needs throughout the ride. Rest Stops complete with bathrooms, power drinks and bars, water, and an assortment of fruit and snacks will be available every 6 to 12 miles.

When the ride is finished you will enjoy live local bands, awards, our family fun zone, showers, and massage therapy! A delicious and filling lunch will be provided! Register through the ADA web site www.diabetes.org/tourContact Dawn Keglor at 813-885-5007 ext 3020 for more information!

Go to www.diabetes.org/tour and click on the Ft. DeSoto link today! There will be other events going on out at the park this weekend. Especially if you plan on staying overnight at the camping available st Ft DeSoto Park, please register and make your reservations as soon as possible.

Join us for the ride of your life!
Tour de Cure Ft. DeSoto
March 7, 2010
www.diabetes.org/tour
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drew55

Any takers to form up a Bike Forums Team to take part in this one next spring?

drew55

Interested in doing his one? Just send me a PM

trippn1

Drew, I just got my Tour de Cure jersey. It looks really nice. I hope to be able to ride again in 2010, but won't know until it gets closer.

drew55

Good to go...Still not sure if i'm doing the Orlando one this year as it's the weekend directly before the Tampa / Ft De Soto Ride which I've commited to do

FLBandit

It's definitely a nice place, I was there yesterday at the beach, and have camped there many times. March is a good time of year in FL as well.

drew55

Great, every rider counts!!!

Please get in contact with Dawn or register at the ADA's site.

drew55

Still need more riders!!!

The TdC Ft De Soto - now has it's own Facebook page

Be a fan!, Be a rider!, Be a volunteer or supporter!

drew55

bump...

Any other BF'ers plan on going out on this one?

drew55

Trying to see if there may be a BF team on this one

drew55

bump

drew55

The initial route planning meeting will be held 19 Sep, meeting up at the Ft De Soto Park Admin Building at 9:30AM. If any BF'ers are interested in participating in the planning phases of this give a shout, PM, or email.

drew55

Working on the route and course development - Anyone with suggestions for routes starting at the Fort and doing 10, 25, 35, 62, & 100 mile routes please chime on in. Routes are not locked down and we're still open to suggestions and any offerings of help

drew55

Tentative routes are up for the Tour de Cure Ft DeSoto
https://www.mapmyride.com/view_event_...25488440654588

Sign up to ride at
https://tiny.cc/FtDeSotoTDC203

trippn1

Drew, just signed up and also signed my 14 year old son up. He just rode his first group ride this weekend, but only 18 miles. We are planning on doing the 62 mile ride, so he has lots of training to do. My father in law will also be signing up soon. That is 3 more riders and we are looking forward to this ride. I checked out the 62 mile course and it looks like it will be a very nice route along the Gulf.

ir13

Going to talk to a friend of mine and see if we can make it down from SC to do this. The routes look killer.

drew55

GREAT!!! Thanks Just want to make sure that you were looking at the right one.
https://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/fl...25661460336374 is the most current version of the metric route. Had to do some minor tweaking for safety reasons after doing the route real time. Dawn from the ADA here in Tampa is going through the town by town approval process this week. Will respost the entire event once she's got the final approvals in place, and I don't have to tweak the routes any more.

drew55

Bring friends Check with Dawn at the Tampa ADA office, they may still have some hook-ups for camping or places to stay resonably. She can be contacted via email at dkeglor 'at' diabetes.org or phone at 813-885-5007 ext 3020.

drew55

...Still need dozens and dozens of riders...

drew55

Countdown

Jersh

I'm moving to Tampa the weekend before this event, but I don't think I'll be able to make the ride... Hopefully I can in 2011. I might look into working as a volunteer there this year.

drew55

Jersh,
Like any charity event, the need for volunteers will far exceed the number available. If you're up to it so soon after your migration to the Tampabay area, you've more than welcome. Drop me a PM if you want more info on that.

trippn1

Drew,

Do you have the current route for the Metric century and century? I would like to take a look. I will be riding a metric century here in Bartow, Fl on Sat 03/06 and then will ride the metric century route of the Tour de Cure. I look forward to seeing you again this year. I am bring 3 new riders (my 14 year old son, Father in law and co-worker) to the event this year.

Lyle

drew55

The various local police departments along the coast weren't all that willing to let us ride through their communities. Dawn finally got at least the lower half allowed along the coast. While I've not yet had a chance to get the rest stops identified and finalized here's the major routes that extend outside Ft DeSoto Park:
35 Mile - https://tour.diabetes.org/site/DocSer...df?docID=37121

Metric - https://tour.diabetes.org/site/DocSer...df?docID=37141

Century - https://tour.diabetes.org/site/DocSer...df?docID=37101
Obvously two of the stop areas on the Century will be the 35 and 62 mile rides turn around points, I've got one at the 5 mile out which is the 10 mile ride turn point, but I've still got to find a couple of more in those voids between.

drew55

Routes have been finalized!!!

-> 05 Mile - https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/fl/-tierra-verde/461126608523999076
-> 10 Mile - https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/fl/-tierra-verde/961126608508863297
-> 35 Mile - https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/fl/-tierra-verde/984126617606341665
-> Metric - https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/fl/-tierra-verde/149126617582050274
-> Century - https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/fl/-tierra-verde/167126617669268322