Finger Lakes Cycling Club

Drops to Hops Road Race
2024-09-22 10:00 - 15:00 UTC
A fun road race starting and ending at Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, NY. 2 race distances – 43 miles or 25 miles. See website for more details.
FLCC is not affiliated with this event.
https://dropstohops.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=4772

Women's Road Ride
2024-09-25 18:00 - 20:00 | East Hill Plaza, 327 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca, NY
The Women’s Road Ride meets every Wednesday at 6pm. Most rides leave from East Hill Plaza on Pine Tree Rd, although sometimes we start from alternate locations in Brooktondale or Lansing.
The group typically splits into at least 3 groups (an A, B, and C group). Each group does a different route and rides at different speeds. We ride different routes each week.
For more information about the rides, visit the Women’s Ride Info Page.
Details about the ride each week, and cancellations, are communicated via the WRR Google Group.

Gravel Ride
2024-09-26 18:00 - 20:00
FLCC gravel rides focus on fun and adventure, exploring gravel roads and trails around Ithaca. A typical ride splits into two groups, one with a relaxed pace and one with a more moderate pace. Rides are no-drop and start at 6pm, weather-permitting. A typical ride is a loop of about 20 miles with about 2,000 feet of climbing. Early-season rides build up to this, while mid-season rides may be longer when the late sunset allows. Start location varies by week and will be announced, along with other details, earlier in the week of the ride on the flcc-gravel@googlegroups.com group. Cancellations will also be communicated via the group. You can sign up for the FLCC Gravel Google Group here.

Saturday Paceline Ride
2024-09-28 09:00 - 11:00 | Community Corners, 903 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, NY, United States
The Saturday Paceline Rides start at 9am at Community Corners in Lansing. The route may change week to week, but is usually between 35-40 miles with an average pace of 18-21 mph. This ride utilizes a paceline, and riders who cannot maintain the speed or keep with the paceline will be dropped. Here is an example of a typical route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3095387513059411366
*Note that if it is your first time joining the group, we will ensure someone stays back with you if needed.
Details of the ride each week will be posted to the FLCC Google Group, and cancellations will also be announced via the FLCC Google Group.
Contact ride coordinator Brian by text if you have questions: 702-292-6285.

Saturday Social Ride
2024-09-28 10:00 | Location TBA
FLCC Social Weekend Rides normally take place Saturday mornings. They are largely targeted to intermediate riders with a pace of 11-13 mph. They’re intended to be social rides providing exercise but also an opportunity to meet other local riders and learn new routes.
If you are seeing this description, it means a specific route and ride leader has not been selected for this date, or this page has not been updated – watch the fingerlakescycling Google group (listserv) for announcements!

The number of weekend rides we can offer will depend greatly on how many volunteers we have to help coordinate, lead or sweep rides. Please contact Doug Dylla directly if you’d like to help with the FLCC Social Weekend Rides.
Rides will begin at 20+ miles in length and get longer through the season. Riders should bring water, have bikes in good mechanical condition and be comfortable with group rides on local roads.
Rides will be no-drop, regrouping at the tops of major hills and intersections when the group is spread out. Rides will often include a social stop which will be mentioned in the weekly ride announcement.
Ride Announcements
We hope to send out the announcement about the Social Weekend Rides to the fingerlakescycling group by Wednesday afternoon every week. Generally, we will plan for Saturday Rides – though bad weather might push some rides into Sundays. If we have enough interest (and volunteers), we may do multiple weekend rides.
Meeting Place and Time
The time, meeting place and route will vary every week and be announced on the fingerlakescycling group. Early in the season, we start at 10 AM and then shift earlier as the weather gets hotter in the summer. Please arrive 15 minutes ahead of that time so you can hear the route instructions, and make sure your bike is ready to go.
What to Bring
Ride organizers expect all riders to have their bicycles in good repair, a helmet, water bottles, a snack, equipment to fix a flat, and a copy of the route (usually a Ride with GPS route from the Club route list).
Weather
We generally do not ride if it is raining or if there is a threat of adverse weather. We will send out an email to the fingerlakescycling group at least an hour before the start time if a ride is canceled.
RSVP for Rides
Generally, ride leaders will ask for people to RSVP if they plan to attend the Weekend Ride. While this isn’t critical, it helps the ride organizers know how many people to expect.
Join the Finger Lakes Cycling Club
The FLCC sponsors our rides. Non-members are allowed two club rides before we ask that you join the club.

Cameron Crusher Gravel Endurance Event
2024-10-06 10:00 - 17:00
The Cameron Crusher is the final gravel endurance event of the SSIC Gravel Series in Steuben County. The course consists of primarily gravel/dirt/seasonal roads with paved connectors. There is A LOT of climbing so bring your legs. We want to get you out there for a great time on what we believe to be a great course! The course will be open and traffic will be on the roads, so please obey all traffic signs and rules of the road. There are some steep downhills and some challenging uphills. Be prepared to come to a complete stop for any traffic. You will be timed over 5 segements withing the 50+ miles course. These segments will consist of 2 climbs, 2 descents and 1 longer endurance piece. YOU WILL NOT BE TIMED FOR OVERALL COURSE.
Please reach out with any questions you may have. Gravel bikes recommended. Mountain bikes are capable. NO ROAD BIKES.

Halloween Classic CX
2024-10-27 11:00 - 15:00
3rd annual Halloween Classic CX Race in Trumansburg NY.
Self Powered bikes only – for fun only. Spectators and hecklers welcome.
Costumes required for race eligibility.
This event is not organized by FLCC.

Bikes, Trails, and Tales: FLCC Off-Season Get-Together
2025-02-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Cinemapolis, 120 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850, United States
Let’s share our passion for cycling with each other, in the off-season, during this special event. This is an opportunity to meet and network with like-minded cyclists from across our region.
What: Bike Trips, Bike Tours, and Bikepacking Adventures. An afternoon of short slideshows presented by FLCC members, other bike club members, independent cyclists, and supporters. Free and open to the public.
Program: A series of 10 presentations of 10 minutes each, with 10 slides narrated by a cyclist who participated in an exciting bike trip, bike tour, or bikepacking adventure in the Finger Lakes Region or anywhere in the USA or the world! Would *you* like to be one of the presenters? (See Callout for Presenters, below).
Food: Snacks will be available to purchase from the theater concession stand.
RSVP: Appreciated, but not required. For our planning purposes please email info@bikethefingerlakes.org with the number of people who are likely to attend.
Callout for Presenters: Did you participate in an exciting multiday bike trip, bike tour, or bikepacking adventure sometime in the past few years? Do you have 10 favorite photos and stories that you’d like to present on February 9? If so, send an email to Steve Powell, sp35@cornell.edu, for further details. Note: Please contact Steve by Jan 10 to coordinate any candidate presentations.

Populaire: Angling Up to Auburn 101k
2025-04-05 07:30 - 15:30 | Lansing Ball Fields, 38 Auburn Rd, Lansing, NY, 14882, United States
From Finger Lakes Randonneurs: The northern loop of the Lansing Auburn Weltonville 200k, RUSA Brevet #3093. Goes past such historical sites as President Millard Filmore’s birthplace in Moravia as well as one of the many boyhood homes of John D. Rockefeller Sr., the oil baron. A short trip to the Harriet Tubman National Park and the route will leave Owasco Lake and head south via the Salmon Creek floodplain back to the start.
Fee: none
Register: https://distancerider.net/new/angling_auburn_20250405_rusa-populaire.html

Populaire: Five Waterfalls 101k
2025-04-19 07:30 - 15:30 | Black Diamond Trail Trailhead @ Cass Park, 121 Turtle Lane, Ithaca, NY, 14850
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

Brevet: Kanadasega (ACP 200k)
2025-04-19 07:30 - 17:30 | Black Diamond Trail Trailhead @ Cass Park, 121 Turtle Lane, Ithaca, NY, 14850
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

FLCC Annual Meeting
2025-04-27 15:30 - 17:30 | Hopshire, 1771 Dryden Rd, Freeville, NY, 13068, United States
New venue this year, where you can enjoy snacks and beverages!
The FLCC annual meeting will be Sunday, April 27 at Hopshire from 3:30 – 5:30pm. We’ll plan to cover club business during the first half and will leave time for door prizes, socializing, free food, and maybe even some musical entertainment afterwards.
Interested in becoming an FLCC officer? To learn more about the positions, please email us at FLcyclingithaca@gmail.com – help shape the future of your cycling club!

FLCC Group Gravel Ride
2025-05-01 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-08 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Location TBA

Populaire: Lansing 101k
2025-05-03 07:30 - 15:30 | Lansing Ball Fields, 38 Auburn Rd, Lansing, NY, 14882, United States
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

Brevet: Lansing-Auburn-Weltonville (ACP 200k)
2025-05-03 07:30 - 17:30 | Lansing Ball Fields, 38 Auburn Rd, Lansing, NY, 14882, United States
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 General Store. Now the fun of mostly descending the Old 76 route you climbed earlier. Lastly the climb up Turkey Hill Rd, down Mt. Pleasant and across the Freese Rd bridge and back to the finish.
Fee: $10
Register: https://distancerider.net/new/lansing-auburn-weltonville_20250503_acp-brevet.html

Finger Lakes Freshet
2025-05-03 08:00 - 17:00
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 any publicly available services. One difference from other events is that we are encouraging riders to go slow and ride together in groups. Riders of all three route options are encouraged to camp together the first night (about halfway through the short route or about 60-70 miles in for the other routes) in a private group campsite.
Riders who wish to push themselves physically and mentally, may choose to do so, but will need to agree to be safe about it and be respectful of everyone they encounter en route – especially on rail trails where cyclists need to yield to all other users.
If you want friends and family to be able to follow your progress in real-time, we’ll have the routes on Trackleaders and facilitate SPOT rental (about $85) or the PING phone app (about $15). But riders aren’t required to do this unless you want your time posted on our upcoming website. If you don’t use a tracker and would like to be listed as “completed” just let us know after you finish the ride.
The following routes are approximate. We will be ground-truthing and finalizing the routes in early April. But for planning purposes, a burly gravel bike or a svelte mountain bike would be ideal. Note that the long route follows medium route until mile 135. The 500-mile route has two stream crossings and a few single track sections that may require some hike-a-bike, but if this is a deal-breaker for you, contact us after you register and we can provide you an alternate route. Also be advised, the long route passes through the turf of rival Instagram bicycle gangs @the_grape_pie_gang, @the_canal_scum, and @the_cornell_dropoutz, but through intense negotiation, we have procured a hand signal that will ensure safe passage.
(58 miles) Tiny Trickle: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49503834
(158 miles) Swollen Stream: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49501871
(501 miles) Raging River: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49502151
Grand depart will be at 9am on May 3rd, 2025, from the dock along the Cayuga Lake waterfront of Stewart Park in Ithaca, NY, near the large pavilion. More details on parking, camping, GPS tracking, and other logistics will be sent to registered riders as the Freshet approaches!
Please note this is an independent event not sponsored by FLCC or Cycle-CNY.

FLCC Saturday Social Ride
2025-05-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Location TBA
FLCC is organizing social weekend rides from May—September in 2025 that are largely targeted to intermediate riders with a pace of 12—13 mph. They’re intended to be moderately-paced rides providing exercise, but also an opportunity to meet other local riders and learn new routes. Rides will be 25—35 miles in length and get longer throughout the season. Riders should bring water and helmets, have bikes in good mechanical condition, and be comfortable with group rides on local roads.
Rides will be no-drop, regrouping at the tops of major hills and intersections when the group is spread out. Rides will often include a social stop which will be mentioned in the weekly ride announcement.
The rides will generally be scheduled for Saturday mornings, but rain dates may be Sunday mornings. We may also organize occasional “pop-up rides” on Sundays.
The details on specific rides, routes, and meeting locations will be announced each week through the FLCC Google Group. For more details, contact weekend ride coordinators Doug Dylla (ddylla2010@gmail.com) or Megan Powers (meganthom@gmail.com).

FLCC Women’s Road Ride
2025-05-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-28 18:00 - 20:00 | East Hill Plaza, 327 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca, NY
The Women’s Road Ride meets every Wednesday at 6pm, May 14 — September 17. Most rides leave from the East Hill Plaza parking lot on Pine Tree Rd, although sometimes we start from alternate locations in Brooktondale or Lansing.
The group typically splits into at least 3 groups (an A, B, and C group). Each group does a different route and rides at different speeds. We ride different routes each week.
For more information about the rides, visit the Women’s Ride Info Page.
Routes, weather cancellations, and more are communicated on the WRR Google Group.

Brevet: Flight in the Finger Lakes (ACP 300k)
2025-05-17 06:00 - 20:00 | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca, NY, 14850, United States
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 others. The route then passes through Auburn, NY with a brief visit to Harriet Tubman National Park named for the famed abolitionist who helped many slaves in their flight to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Fee: $20
Register: https://distancerider.net/new/flight-in-the-finger-lakes_20250517_acp-brevet.html

Brevet: Kanadasega (ACP 200k)
2025-05-17 06:30 - 17:30 | Black Diamond Trail Trailhead @ Cass Park, 121 Turtle Lane, Ithaca, NY, 14850
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

Hollenbeck's Spring Classic Road Race
2025-05-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Hollenbeck’s Cider Mill, 1265 NY-392, Cortland, NY, 13045, United States
The Hollenbeck’s Spring Classic Road Race is back for its 44th year! Likely the longest-running road race in New York State.
22 mile and 44 mile options available — one or two laps. All finish with a spirited climb up Van Donsel Road.
Details and registration at https://www.bikereg.com/hollenbecks-spring-classic-road-race
Registration opens January 1 2025

Dirty Hector Gravel Race
2025-05-25 11:00 - 16:00 | Silver Queen Farm, 5286 Stillwell Road, Trumansburg, NY, 14886, United States
The annual Dirty Hector race is also this year’s NYS Gravel Championship!
Check out the details on BikeReg at www.bikereg.com/dirty-hector
The race will be held Sunday May 25th, starting at Silver Queen Farm in Trumansburg, NY. It will be very similar to last year, with a hilly 40 mile course through the Finger Lakes National Forest area on dirt/gravel, trail, cow pasture, and a wee bit of pavement with an excellent hang after the race with food from Babe’s Burgers, drink from Grow Brewing and Liquid State, and some great prizes.
Categories will be Open Men, Open Women, Masters 40+ Men, Masters 40+ Women, Junior Men, Junior Women, and Non-Binary. Check out their Instagram page for pictures from last year and updates throughout the winter: @dirtyhectorgravel
