Ohio Pawpaw Fest Double Nickle Road Ride - Saturday, Sept. 17
Rob Delach
Pawpaw Double Nickel Bicycle Ride
Saturday, Sept. 17, with registration opening at 8:30 am
Hosted by the Athens Bicycle Club, this 55-mile road ride starts and ends in the Pawpaw Festival parking lot access road, just outside the main entrance to the festival. The ride will take you from Albany on a looping tour around Zaleski State Forest in Vinton County. Enjoy challenging climbs, ridge top views and sweet downhills, all along the Raccoon Creek Watershed. A rest stop awaits you at the halfway point. There is also a shorter 22-mile loop option, the Double Deuce.
On-site rider registration will be at the festival from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and riders can get started any time during those hours. The rest stop for the 55-mile route will be at the Vinton County Airport, and it will be set up until 2:00 pm. There will be a rider sweep of both the 55 and 22 miles routes, but no SAG support. You can view the route and download the GPX file from RidewithGPS.com
The self-guided, self-paced ride is included in the price of the festival admission fee, and includes a map of the ride, marked turns on the roads and the aid station with snacks and water.
For more detail about this and other events at the 2022 Ohio Pawpaw Festival visit: https://ohiopawpawfest.com/events/
Thanks to Cycle Path Bicycles and the Ohio Pawpaw Festival for supporting this ride, and to Pete Kostis, Daniel Brown, and Meredith Erlewine for organizing many of the past instances of this classic Athens area road ride, and to Michael Dailey for his organizing efforts the two most recent years.
Hockhocking Adena Bikeway Advisory Committee Secretary
Athens Bicycle Club Communications Officer