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Event • Routes • Support • Directions • Registration • Souvenir Tees • Safety • How to Enter • Categories & Fees • More Info |
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2007 marks the seventeenth anniversary of the
Misaligned Minds 100 Bicycle Tour, a recreational bike ride through the
secluded back roads of rural western Kentucky. The ride starts and ends
from Bob Noble Park, 2800 Park Ave in Paducah, KY. While waiting for
riders, families and children can enjoy the amenities of the 116 acre Noble
Park, including playgrounds, lake tennis and basketball courts, picnic
shelters, tables, grills, a handicapped accessible nature trail and in-park
bike riding. Lower Town Art Studios, restaurants, movies, beautiful
downtown, Flood Wall Murals, museums and Kentucky Oaks Shopping Mall are all
minutes away.
For those interested in enjoying an overnight or week-end visit, Saturday
evening in historic downtown Paducah features "Downtown After Dinner" (7-10
PM.) There's live music, singing and dancing in the streets, shopping,
outstanding restaurants, antique and vintage cars, motorcycle displays and
horse drawn carriage rides. The roads are paved, generally well maintained and
clearly marked. The ride will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at
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| ROUTES |
There are four routes, 25, 40, 65 or 100 miles. The 25 and 40 miles are extremely flat, Ohio River bottomland. The 65 mile metric century starts flat then gets into some rolling hills an flattens out again for the last 20 miles. The 100 mile century route gives the rider some of everything. There are long flat stretches, rolling hills and a few challenging climbs in Carlisle County. This is a perfect opportunity for fast riders to get a sub-5 hour century. It's also a fantastic tandem ride! The longer routes pass through tiny, unique rural communities, including the incomparable Monkey's Eyebrow, and the uninhabited natural Ballard County Wildlife Management Area. The roads are all paved, generally well maintained and clearly marked. All routes start and finish from Noble Park, in Paducah, KY |
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| SUPPORT |
Named by Bicycling magazine as one of the "Top One Day Centuries" in the country, the Misaligned is renown for hospitality and rider support. The 25 mile route offers 2 rest areas, the 40 has 3, the 65 provides 4 and the 100 mile rider has 5 possible places to stop and refuel. Rest areas are well stocked with an assortment of cookies, and/or food bars, breads, fruit, sport drinks and water. Rest stops are open till 4 PM. Toilets are located at each stop. For any rider needing assistance, roving SAG support lasts until 4 P.M. |
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| Directions |
Noble Park:
From I-24 take Exit 4 East on Highway 60 for approximately 2 miles. Turn
left (north) on into Noble Park by the baseball diamonds.
BikeWorld (Pre-registration
site):
I-24 take Exit 4 east on Highway 60. Go about 2 miles and turn right on
Joe Clifton Drive, just past Dairy Queen. BikeWorld is 1/4 mile ahead on
the right. 270/442-0751
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| Registration |
Registration and packet pick up will be Friday,
September 15 between 5:00 PM and
8:00 PM at BikeWorld, (see directions,)
and from 7:00 AM till 8:00 AM September 17
at Noble Park. |
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| SOUVENIR TEES |
Riders who register by September 5, 2007 (in any
category except Bare Back) can be assured of getting a cool Misaligned
Minds logo tee when they pick up their ride packet. Additional tees
will be available and sold for as long as the supply lasts. If
we run out of shorts and there is enough interest to merit another printing,
orders will be taken and shirts shipped later by mail.
As in the past, the Misaligned Minds shirt will
not contain sponsors names or advertising. The distinctive "Seventeenth
Annual Misaligned Minds Century" logo will be the only logo on the
shirt.
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| Safety |
We are sharing the road with motor
traffic. The roads used are generally low traffic roads, but they are
open to motor vehicle traffic. You must obey all traffic laws. The release waiver on your entry
form must be signed prior to starting the ride. For your safety and our
peace of mind, you will
be required to wear a bicycle helmet. |
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| how to enter |
To pre-register, you should fill out the entry
form completely and sign the release. When ordering your T-shirt, be
sure to indicate the size. Make checks payable to Chain
Reaction Cycling Club. Mail the entry form along with your
check to:
Misaligned Minds
c/o BIKEWORLD
809 Joe Clifton Dr.
Paducah, KY 42001 |
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CATEGORIES
& Fees |
Bare Back: For riders who have no
interest in owning another event tee, NO SHIRT INCLUDED. Riders
receive rest areas well stocked with an assortment of cookies, and/or food
bars, breads, fruit, sport drinks and water, toilets, cue sheets, clearly
marked roads & free showers after the ride, and SAG (vehicle)
support 8 AM to 4 PM.
Individuals: $15. Family: $20. (For any number of members of one
immediate family.)
Early Bird: For entries hand delivered by, or postmarked
on or before September 5, 2007. A Misaligned Minds souvenir t-shirt,(one
for an individual entry, two for a family entry) rest areas well stocked
with an assortment of cookies, and/or food bars, breads, fruit, sport drinks
and water, toilets, cue sheets, clearly marked roads & free showers after
the ride and SAG (vehicle)
support 8 AM to 4 PM.
Individual Early Bird: $25 each, hand delivered or postmarked
by September 5Family Early Bird: $40 for all members of
immediate family, hand delivered or postmarked
by September 5. Two t-shirts, rest areas well stocked with an
assortment of cookies, and/or food bars, breads, fruit, sport drinks and water,
toilets, cue sheets, clearly marked roads & free showers after the ride and SAG
(vehicle)
support 8 AM to 4 PM.
Regular Individual: For entries postmarked September 5, 2007 or later,
includes all amenities of early bird except tee shirt may have to
be mailed after the ride. $26.00 per person.
Regular Family: For entries postmarked September 5, 2007 or later,
includes all amenities of early bird except the two tee
shirts may have to be mailed after the ride. $46.00 per family.
Extra Shirts: $10 each
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for more info |
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BikeWorld |
Wood-N-Wave |
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(270) 442-0751 |
(270) 362-2453 |
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