Lake Okeechobee Bike Ride

La Vuelta de Lake Okeechobee!

Ride Information: Date: May 17, 2009 Time: The ride starts at 7:00 a.m. All riders must be on their bikes and ready to go at this time, so please make the necessary arrangements to arrive at the park on time. We will not wait for anyone, so be on time unless you want to do the ride all by yourself. Meeting point: We meet at Paul Rardin Park. Directions: Take Southern Blvd. to Bacom Point Rd. (Southern turns into Hooker Road after 441 which ends in Bacom Rd) make a right at Bacom Point rd. and about 1 mile north Paul Rardin park is on your right. Fee: $35.00 per rider. Money will go towards ride support (food, drinks, and sag)  Preregister before May to save some money ($30). Ride info: This time we will add a 70 mile ride to our famous 116 mile ride. The 70 mile ride will turn around at the second rest stop, and will only ride on the levee. The 116 mile ride will have three rest stops, and some sections will be on the road. Rest Stops: Their will be four rest stops total. Technically the first rest stop is for the 70 mile ride. The group doing the Big "O" is not encouraged to stop until the second rest stop. Food and dinks will be available at each rest stop. In order to finish the ride within a good time riders must spend no more than 15 minutes at each rest stop. The  ride should not take more than 7 hours to complete. This ride is just friends getting together and riding, no charity or organization is present and the money is just to pay for the food and drinks. You are riding at your own risk and serious injury, death and dehydration can occur. We have done this ride 5 times and nothing bad has happened and we are doing everything to keep it that way. Must ride with helmets and obey all traffic laws. For further information, visit the Velo's Cyclery website, or stop by their store in Boynton Beach, Florida.