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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, track racing 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 65- and 100-mile loops. For riders not into hill challenges, the 25 and 45-mile loops have only a few. Elevation Gain for 100 mile loop is 6,356 feet. Check out all the maps, mileage and elevation charts for Flying Wheels 2008.

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
25 mile tick sheet

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
45/65/100 mile tick sheet

New Food Stop in Carnation - Camp Korey (old Nestle Farms locations)
In 2005 Tim and Donna Rose, who lost their teenage son Korey to cancer, had a vision of building a Hole in the Wall Gang camp here in Washington. Today, their vision is fast becoming a reality and soon Camp Korey at Carnation Farm will bring the magic of camp to thousands of children and families right here in the Northwest. In addition to summer camp programs, the facilities of Camp Korey will offer year-round programming including family camps, well sibling camps, bereavement camps, special conferences and education programs. Camp Korey will run two weeklong sessions this summer with the goal of running a full summer calendar in 2009. Check us out on the web at www.campkorey.org. You can raise funds for Camp Korey through sponsorship by participating in Team Hole in the Wall. Go to www.teamholeinthewall.org and click on "Camp Challenge" then "Join Now" Be sure to sign up specifically for Camp Korey. Thankyou!

Elevation Gain for 100 mile loop
This is the 2002 route which should be very similar if not identical to this years route.

Flying Wheels elevation profile

Start Line
Marymoor Park Velodrome, Redmond, WA (Map)
(Limited parking, plus County fees to park, 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 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 parking lot B will be on your right and the velodrome with be on your left about 1/2 mile from the entrance.

Note the park charges a $1 per car for parking.

2008 Schedule of Events

Note: Giro Espresso opens onsite at 7:00 a.m.

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...]

7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Giro Espresso booth open

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

11 a.m to 7 p.m.
Seattle Sausage food booth open

Noon to 7:00 p.m.
Beer Garden Opens

2:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m.
Little 100 track racing!

7:00 p.m. - Finish line party closes