Blackberry Jamboree, August 2nd
The Jamboree community fun ride will take place on August 2nd and start at 9am at the EWEB Plaza on the River Trail just below the Defazio Bike Bridge. It will be a 20 mile ride through the neighborhoods of Eugene with stops planned at community centers and parks along the route. The route will consist of two 10-mile loops that roll back to the starting point for a short break. $5 for the whole family. Everyone gets a blackberry cobbler and ice cream after the ride. Fun for the whole family. Food, entertainment and T-shirts will be available. Directions to the start/finish (500 E 4th Ave.).
Online Registration for the Jamboree is now Closed. Please Register at the Start at EWEB at 8:45am.
Blackberry bRamble, August 3rd
A big ride with 3 distance options - a full century, a metric century or the 43-mile route in the beautiful coastal range southwest of Eugene. Rest stops with pasta salad, bagels, water, sag wagon support, and more. A special blackberry treat & ice cream at the end of the ride. Registration is $30 for each of these rides. Full Century Starts 7-8a, Metric Century and 43 Miler Starts 8-9a.
Presented by GEARs and sponsored by many Community Businesses and organizations. Proceeds from the rides will be used for the bicycle education program in local schools conducted by GEARs and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance.
Online Registration for the BRamble is now Closed. Please Register at the Start at EWEB..
GETTING TO THE START
The starting point is at the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s plaza, on the Willamette River. That is 500 East 4th Street, next to the Ferry Street Bridge. If traveling on I-5, take exit 194 to travel East on I-105, then take Exit 2 (U of O, then Downtown to Coburg Road. Cross the green bridge. Turn right onto 3rd and left onto Mill, then left onto 4th.
The bRamble Route
The Blackberry bRamble is a premier ride in the Northwest. Each year more cyclists enjoy a beautiful ride with lots of good food.
The rides go South through the University of Oregon Campus. You climb slowly out of the Willamette Valley with a scenic view of Eugene below and then pass into the farms and vineyards of the Lorane Valley. Sixteen miles into the ride, the Wolf Creek Century riders will leave the metric riders and head to the small town of Lorane for their first rest stop. From Lorane they follow lightly traveled roads along the Siuslaw River under a full forest canopy. Wolf creek is a strenuous climb followed by an exciting descent.
Near the rest stop in Crow the 100 mile riders rejoin the metric and Coyote riders who have been enjoying rolling countryside and not the strains of Wolf Creek. After the Crow food stop, the two centuries join to travel up Vaughn Road and Poodle Creek Road. The ride continues through forest and hills to the third rest stop at Fern Ridge Reservoir. The last 23 miles is a flat ride in the
Willamette Valley, usually with a tail wind to help the tired. The third ride returns to Eugene along Coyote Creek. The rides end at EWEB’s Plaza with a delicious Blackberry treat while you socialize with other riders.