We release riders in waves, meaning a few riders at a time. You like sleeping in? No problem. You can show up late and you'll get out on course smoothly without much waiting.
8:00am Registration, breakfast and check in opens for Challenge Route
9:00-10:00am Challenge Route rider are released
9:00am Registration, breakfast and check in opens for Urban Route
10:00-11:00am Urban Course riders are released
11:45am Rest Stop 1 Closes (REI PDX)
12:00pm Rest Stop 2 Closes (REI Hillsboro)
*Challenge riders only
12:30pm Laughing Planet Lunch opens
2:00pm Rest Stop 3 Closes (Community Cycling Center)
2:30pm Rest Stop 4 Closes (Bike Gallery Sandy)
3:00pm Course Closes:
4:00pm Finish Line Closes:
* HOT TIP: If you're riding the Urban Route, you can come closer to 10:30 and you'll have all the fun with less waiting in line. Sleep in, grab an extra cup of coffee....
Challenge Loop: 9-3pm
Urban: 10-3pm
Urban riders will not be allowed on course before 10am.
Please choose a course that fits your riding ability and allows you to finish in time for the course closure. PLEASE NOTE THE REST STOP CLOSURE TIMES LISTED IN THE ABOVE SCHEDULE. If you are still on course after 3:00, you will miss lunch and you forfeit all course support.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
If you're riding the Challenge Loop, it will take 3-5 hours, on average.
If you're riding the 18-mile, it will take 2-4 hours on average.
- A costume!
- A decorated bike!
- A bike lock for securing your bike at the finish line
- Clothes appropriate for the weather
- Money for beer + wine at the finish line party (optional, of course)
- A water bottle or two
- Personal snacks if you have specific dietary needs. Some rest stops will have fruit. Others will have cookies and doughnuts. The finish line has soup and fresh foccacia bread with a vegetarian option.
All routes start and finish at the Lucky Lab, 915 SE Hawthorne.
The entrance is on the corner of SE Madison and SE 9th Avenue in Portland, just one block off Hawthorne. Parking is limited to the side streets. Bike parking is provided.
The Lucky Lab is served by the #4 and #14 busses.
“It is so cool to be out here with thousands of other people on their bikes. Portland - only in Portland! ”
- Sarah, Portland
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