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2013 Best of LBC

A compendium of great photos and great videos from 2013.

2013 Old Kentucky Home Tour

An aerial video of the 2013 OKHT at Bardstown and Louisville

2013 LBC Picnic at Yew Dell

Aerial and close up views of the annual picnic for the Louisville Bicycle Club was held at Yew Dell Gardens in Crestwood, KY.

2013-06-26 Beat the Heat Ride

Group met atthe Falls of the Ohio Greenway. Some aerial views of the area.

2012 Best of LBC

Slides from the video "Best of LBC" from January 1, 2012 to Januar 1, 2013

2011 Ride Across Indiana

Ride Across INdiana. One Day, One Way, 160 mile bicycle ride, border to border across the State of Indiana. The video follows five of the Louisville Bicycle Club's finest from Terre Haute to Richmond.

Green River

2011-06-12 Green River Century

This was Jim 'Grizzly' Moore's scenic, hilly century ride starting out of Kentucky's Campbellsville University. It tours the Green River valley, then continues to the north.

2009 Green River Century

2010-07-17 RAIN

RAIN (Ride Across INdiana) is an annual ride across the State of Indiana sponsored by the Bloomington Bicycle Club. Its 160-mile length runs mostly on the Historic National Route 40, an older divided four-lane road with light traffic. It has gentle rolling hills. Tom Armstrong, Jenn Armstrong Bowers, Larry Preble, and Nita Bernat ttravelled together this year and were privelleged to be assisted by Bill Micou in the SAG vehicle.

2009 Green River Century

2009-06-14 Green River Century

This scenic, hilly century ride leaves out of Kentucky's Campbellsville University and tours the Green River, then continues to the north. Ride Captain, Jim "Grizzly" Moore did a fine job of putting a low-traffic route together with plenty of shady creek bottom roads, challenging climbs, gorgeous overlooks and an excellent cue sheet to find our way.

2009 General Butler's Assault

2009-04-05 General Butler's Assault

General Butler's Assault is a tough 102 Mile "Century Ride" with over 7,000 feet of climbing. The ride gets its name from the steep hill we "assault" in General Butler State Park, Carrollton, KY. This year, the ride was held early in the season, before proper condidtioning could be aquired, thus making the ride all the tougher. Thirty-Five hardy riders showed up including young Ben Meredith and his Dad Steve, riding a tandem. Ben was only 14 but did a fine job completing the Century Ride.

2009 Maple Syrup Century

2009-03-08 Maple Syrup Ride
First Mad Dog Ride of 2009 took us from Jeffersonville to Salem where we had lunch at Leanne & Michael's Sugarbush. Every year, Leanne & Michael host a Maple Syrup festival which is visited by travelers from all over the world. This ride was created by Puddle (Melissa Hall) who unfortunately could not attend this year. Co-Captains Dick Krakowski and Larry Preble (Yours Truly) led the ride in her place. Does that mean it takes two men to replace one good woman?The Group departed from underneath the Jeffersonville side of the Clark Memorial Bridge and headed North to Salem. The ride included some moderate rolling hills but was punctuated by a steep, long climb up Leota Hill. New Mad Dog Jody Patterson completed her first century with flying colors.

2008 Rain 2008-07-12 RAIN--Ride Across INdiana
Ride Across INdiana. One Day, One Way, 160 mile bicycle ride, border to border across the State of Indiana. The video follows five of the Louisville Bicycle Club's finest from Terre Haute to Richmond.
2008 Mammoth Cave 2008-05-17 to 18 Mammoth Cave Overnight
Classic Mammoth Cave bike tour starting from Louisville at Hatmakers (Near Floyd's Fork Park) and proceeding 120 miles to Mammoth Cave National Park. There we throw a party and stay overnight, riding back another 120 miles the next day. This video features the departure, the return and Perry Finley's now-famous Fixed Gear Bike emergency. Hurtling down 31E towards Lincoln's Boyhood home Perry over speeds on his fixie and must do a dangerous emergency unclip to avoid going down. Video compilation by Larry Preble with action clips taken while riding a Bacchetta Corsa Recumbent.
2007 Carefree

2007-05-08 Carefree Century 29 riders showed up in Carefree, IN to explore the hills of the Hoosier National Forest and see a different perspective of the Ohio River. Many of the usual suspects were there, but we were also joined by a former Louisvillian, Ron, visiting from his current home in Florida, and Sam, down from Chicago to ride with the Mad Dogs again. Less than four miles into the route, we turned a sharp corner on Fredonia Rd. and were greeted with the first of many stunning river vistas of the Ohio far below glimmering in the early morning sun. We passed thru the small community of Fredonia, skirted Artist Point and Cape Sandy before descending into the often flooded town of Alton at mile 12, where the Little Blue joins the Ohio. Multiple shouts of "Bridge!" stopped the peloton for a dismount and walk across the soon-to-be-replaced Alton Bridge with its widely separated and partially missing wooden planks. Even with the caution, the bridge appeared to take at least one flat as its toll.

   
2007 Cronen Memorial 2007-08-12 Bridge-Memorial Ride
Bridge to a Bicycle Friendly Louisville - Chips Cronen Memorial Ride. This was a ride of remembrance for George "Chips" Cronen, an experienced cyclist who was struck and killed on the 2nd street bridge while commuting home from work July 3. Chips was following all the rules of the road, the motorist was distracted and failed to see. More than 2,000 cyclists rode across the Clark Memorial Bridge to mark the opening with new shared usage signage and road markings, "Sharrows." Chips' family, along with Mayor Jerry Abramson were in attendance to help Chips' brother-in-law, Ed Tonini, commemorate the event.
2007 Rain 2007-07-14 Rain

"One Day, One Way, 160 Miles!" RAIN is an annual ride across the State of Indiana sponsored by the Bloomington Bicycle Club. Its 160-mile length runs mostly on the Historic National Route 40, an older divided four-lane road with light traffic. It has gentle rolling hills. 2007 was my fifth year for riding RAIN and Tom's fourth. There were a more than a dozen participants from all around Louisville joining the 1,185 who rode. A number of the "Mad Dogs" participated. Some even did the ride fixed gear! Amazing! A few folks chose to ride straight through, treating the ride essentially as a Time Trial. They turned in some great overall times for the ride. However, most of us took advantage of the SAG stops with great food, drink and a party atmosphere.

It was also the year for our personal bests. Tom and I stayed mostly together for the ride, working as team. Great weather and a gradually building tailwind combined with better cycling fitness to give us a comfortable and speedy RAIN ride with an average of 21.3 mph. Of course, we still took our breaks at the SAG stops. We soaked up some happy memories for the day.

Now you can see some sights and sounds from one of the more challenging annual rides in this region. Enjoy!

2007 Wises Landing 2007-05-13 Wises Landing KY River Cenury
Mothers Day, May 13, 2007. Ride Captain Larry took us on a scenic 100 mile journey along verdant river bottom roads, up and down challenging ridges and topped it all off with Orchids for the Moms and cupcakes for all. Fun day.
2007 Sacred and Profane 2007-05-06 Sacred and Profane Century
Mark "Astro" Medley took us on a beautiful hilly ride through central Kentucky with stops at the "Abbey of the Gethsemanie" and at "Makers Mark" distillery, ergo the name "Sacred and Profane." This was a joint venture between the Bluegrass Cycling Club and the Louisville Bicycle Club.
2007 Tour DuPont 2007-04-28 Tour DuPont Century
Scenic traditional club century ride out of Charlestown, Indiana. Ride goes through DuPont, Indiana
2007 PolarBear 2007-01-01 Polar Bear Ride & Potluck
LBC's traditional January 1st social ride.
 2006 Berea 2006-10-28 Berea
200 mile overnight trip to Berea, KY beginning in Louisville at Hatmakers Gas Station.
 2006 Carrollton Century 2006-10-22 Carrollton Mad Dog Century
Century Ride leaving out of Westport Park, Westport, KY and proceeding along the Kentucky River to Carrollton and back along the Little Kentucky River. Lunch at Welch's in Carrollton overlooking the Ohio River. As the last century of the season, the traditional Hot Pickle is passed among riders.
 2006 OKHT 2006-09-09 Old Kentucky Home Tour
The signature Century Ride of the Louisville bicycle club from EP Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville to Bardstown, KY and back the next day. The ride is fully supported with multiple SAG stops along the way featuring a variety of food and entertainment. Shorter 75, 50, and 25 mile options are also available.
 2006 Salvisa 2006-09-03 Salvisa Century
Salvisa Century, from Taylorsville through Salvisa, KY and back. This is one of Diesel Dog's (Mike Kamenish's) favorite creations.
 2006 Sink or Swim 2006-08-13 Sink or Swim Century

First of all, don't let the name scare you -- The name "Sink or Swim" doesn't mean it's a real killer of a century. It refers to the fact that you may take an optional swim on this ride. The route starts out of Westport, Kentucky this Sunday. Fortunately, the weather forecast is about as good as it gets for such an event!

"Sink or Swim" set attendance records over the years because it's
such a beautiful route along low traffic creek and river roads with lunch at Welch's with a deck overlooking the Ohio River in Carrollton. This will be the fifth year I've offered this route. There's an opportunity for two swims, one up in Carrollton, and then back at Westport Park. This is Ride # 3021 on the www.kybikerides.org website.

 2006 Buffalo Trace 2006-07-23 Buffalo Trace Century
Century Ride from Long Run Park to Buffalo Trace Distillery and back.
 2006 RAIN RAIN 2006-07-15
This was a cross state bicycle trip in 2006. Peggy and Rick helped supply me with food for the single day 160 miles trek across the state of Indiana. Rick is seen riding the unicycle. I am riding the recumbent bicycle. I was but one of approximately 1,000 riders crossing the state that day very hot that day with temperatures reaching 98 degrees Fahrenheit.
 2006 Medora 2006-06-11 Medora Century
A sizeable group arrived at the Clark Forest for a 100 mile jaunt through the forest, through Scott, Jackson and Washington Counties to Medora, Indiana and back. Melissa "Puddle" Hall was truly in her element as ride captain. It rained off and on for a good part of the morning--That's just the kind of weather Puddle likes! I returned to century riding after a bad ankle break in April. Did you miss me?
 2006 Mayor's Ride 2006-05-29 Mayor's Ride
Mayor Jerry Abramson and the Louisville Bicycle Club sponsor a Memorial Day Ride for the entire City of Louisville, starting in the parking lot at Slugger Field.
 2006 Pam's Birthday Ride 2006-03-19 Pam's Birthday Ride
Pam puts on her birthday ride from Heine Brothers Coffee in Louisville.
2002 OKHT 2002 Old Kentucky Home Tour
The signature Century Ride of the Louisville bicycle club from EP Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville to Bardstown, KY and back the next day. This year also included a 103 Mile Time Trial Race put on by race organizer, Eddie Doerr.