Finger Lakes Cycling Club

From Finger Lakes Randonneurs: Starting in Ithaca, NY this ride visits many well known waterfalls in the surrounding area. This is just a small sample of the waterfalls in the Finger Lakes region between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. Fee: none Register: https://distancerider.net/new/five_waterfalls_20250419_rusa-populaire.html

From Finger Lakes Randonneurs: This is the 2nd day loop of the Letchworth Cayuga 600k but starting/finishing in Ithaca rather than Penn Yan, with a few slight deviations in Ithaca and Geneva. A ride north and west through the Finger Lakes Forest to Geneva and the northernmost point, to the site of Kanadasaga, a former Seneca Indian village. Riding south along the west side of Seneca Lake you will pass through Watkins Glen, then Montour Falls before heading north and east back to Ithaca. Fee: $10 Register: https://distancerider.net/new/kanadasega_20250419_acp-brevet.html

From Finger Lakes Randonneurs: An introduction to randonneuring, using a course that uses mostly country roads with some interesting historical sites as controles. A good early season course that is not too difficult. Fee: none Register: https://distancerider.net/new/lansing-101-populaire_20250503_rusa-populaire.html

From Finger Lakes Randonneurs: This figure-eight route leaves the Lansing ball fields and heads north around Owasco Lake, passing President Millard Filmore's birthplace in Moravia as well as one of the many boyhood homes of John D. Rockefeller Sr. The route will then leave Owasco Lake and head south via the Salmon Creek floodplain back to the start. It will then proceed through Ellis Hollow through Boiceville and up a long climb to South/Honeypot Rd. The climbing will continue past the MacCormick Secure Center to Fairfield Rd and the southernmost point of Weltonville. A short distance north is the Speedsville […]

Announcing the first-annual FINGER LAKES FRESHET! https://www.bikereg.com/finger-lakes-freshet freshet /'freSH?t/ noun - the springtime rush of fresh water from melting snow. This is a casual, unofficial, unsanctioned, and unsupported gravel bikepacking ride starting and ending in Stewart Park, Ithaca, NY, homeland of the Gayogohó:no? people. Routes will follow gravel roads as much as possible. This will be a self-supported ride following the ethics of other bikepacking events like The Adirondack Trail Ride, Vermont Super 8, Catskill Bikepacking Route, or the Tour Divide – meaning it's an unmarked route, with no sag wagon, no planned feed stations, etc, but you can utilize […]

From Finger Lakes Randonneurs: Starting at the Hangar Theater, site of an airport started in 1912, the ride proceeds south to Harris Hill above Elmira. Harris Hill is the Soaring Capital of America, famous as a site for glider flights. Proceeding westward the route heads toward Hammondsport where you will pass the Glenn Curtis Museum. Curtis, an early aviation pioneer also made bikes and motorcycles. Continuing in a northerly direction along the eastern shore of Keuka Lake you will eventually get to the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge, home to a diverse population of birds including herons, bald eagles and osprey among […]

From Finger Lakes Randonneurs: This is the 2nd day loop of the Letchworth Cayuga 600k but starting/finishing in Ithaca rather than Penn Yan, with a few slight deviations in Ithaca and Geneva. A ride north and west through the Finger Lakes Forest to Geneva and the northernmost point, to the site of Kanadasaga, a former Seneca Indian village. Riding south along the west side of Seneca Lake you will pass through Watkins Glen, then Montour Falls before heading north and east back to Ithaca. Fee: $10 Register: https://distancerider.net/new/kanadasega-_20250517_acp-brevet.html

Tour de Keuka is an annual charity bike ride around Keuka Lake in the beautiful Finger Lakes of New York State. The 2025 event will benefit United Way of the Southern Tier. Offering 3 different in-person courses and a virtual option, there’s a route for nearly every skill level. The 2024 routes included the 100-Mile Jenny Rhoads Century Ride, a 60-Mile Ride, and the 45-Mile John "Jake" Geniviva Ride. All routes start from Hammondsport, NY. Every rider receives a Tour de Keuka T-shirt and finisher gift. All participants must fundraise $150 in addition to paying the registration fee. Riders who […]

The Tour de Shunk offers challenging and scenic routes on mostly traffic-free roads in Sullivan and Bradford counties in northeast PA, with a wonderful spaghetti dinner included afterward. It has grown over its 26 years to include now three gravel routes, up to 74 miles long - and paved routes of ~25, 50, 75 and 100+ miles. There's also a Youth / Intro to Gravel ride of about 10 miles on an old railroad grade in PA State Game Lands. The two longer gravel routes include SGL and Loyalsock State Forest roads. Seven routes to choose from total, something for […]