Flying Wheels Summer Century: Ride Information and Description

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Ride Information and Description

Get out of the city and enjoy Puget Sound's finest rural riding! This is a true celebration of cycling with a finish line featuring food and beverages, and much more! Check the schedule of events.

Each route takes you through rural scenery and some great rest stops. For those that want hills, come ride the 45-, 65- and 100-mile loops. For riders not into hill challenges, the 25-mile loop has only a few.

Flying Wheels rider

25-mile loop - around Lake Sammamish through Bellevue - no major climbs just rolling hills. Great for the beginner and younger riders.

25 mile map (2010 version available in May)
25 mile tick sheet (2010 version available in May)

45-mile loop - Redmond to Carnation to Fall City to Issaquah to Redmond - three climbs between 1/2 to 1 mile in length. Perfect preparation route for the two-day Group Health STP rider.

65 - mile loop - take the 45-mile loop and add in Duvall and one more 1-mile climb.

100 - mile loop - take the 65-mile loop and add Snohomish and Monroe and another 1 mile climb for a total of 5 good climbs. Finish this route and you will be ready to ride Group Health STP in one day!

45/65/100 mile map (2010 version available in May)
45/65/100 mile tick sheet (2010 version available in May)

Elevation Gain for 100 mile loop

The 2010 Flying Wheels route has an estimated 3,840 cumulative feet of elevation gain. This is an estimate; your readings may be different.

Start Line
King County's Marymoor Park Velodrome, east-end parking lot. Near Redmond, WA (Map)
(Limited parking and $5 parking fee, so ride to start line if possible)

Carpool
We encourage you to carpool to the starting point, RideshareOnline can help. Just log on at www.rideshareonline.com and follow the easy instructions for a first time user to register.

Once your registration is confirmed, select a bike ride from the event list. You can go back anytime and click on "Find Matches" to look for carpool partners from your area.

Driving directions
From I-5 north or south take the SR 520 exit just North of downtown Seattle heading east towards Redmond. Stay on 520 for approximately 7 miles and take the exit to King County's Marymoor Park (W. Lake Sammamish Pky).

At the light at the bottom of the exit take a right, then at the next light take a left into the park. Follow the road through the park and then follow the Flying Wheels parking signs near the east end of the park. Registration is in the parking lot in front of the baseball fields at the east end of the park - please, no rider parking in this lot.

Note that the park charges a $5 fee for parking.

2010 Schedule of Events

Registration opens:
8:00 a.m. for 100-mile riders
9:00 a.m. for 65- and 45-mile riders
10:00 a.m. for 25-mile riders

Start line opens:
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - Start Line Open for 100 mile riders
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Start Line Open for 45/65 mile riders
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. - Start Line Open for 25 mile riders
11 a.m. - Start Line Closes

Finish Line Festival
We've got plenty of fun activities for after Flying Wheels. [more...]

11 a.m to 5 p.m.
Washington Sports Massage Team booth open

11 a.m to 6:30 p.m.
Seattle Sausage food booth open

Noon to 6:30 p.m.
Beer Garden open

6:30 p.m. - Finish line party closes