America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride - Lake Tahoe Sunday, June 3, 2012

REGISTER NOW! open 1/1/2012 2011 Event Wear Tech. Support Lodging Elevation Map Event Sponsors Photos from America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride 2011 are currently unavailable. We hope to provide a new link soon!	About America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride - Lake Tahoe The Reno-Tahoe Territory of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society invite you to participate in the 21st annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride, one of the most scenic and awe-inspiring rides you will ever experience. Spectacular scenery, clean mountain air, great food and full support by experienced ride organizers make this ride a ‘must do’ for any avid recreational bicyclist. Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition - Bikeway 2012 America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride continues to promote the Lake Tahoe Bikeway, in conjunction with the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition.  Dedicated to enhance bicycling safety, facilities and to promote the building and connecting existing bike lanes around Lake Tahoe and to develop an alternative non-motorized transportation corridor to help protect Lake Tahoe’s environment. www.tahoebike.org   Nationwide Team in Training The ride is also proud to be the century selected by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training Program where, over the past 14 years, over 19,500 team members have raised over $65.8 Million to help find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life for their patients and families. Contact your local chapter for details on how to join. www.leukemia-lymphoma.org   Start - Finish America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride will take place rain or shine. Event organizers have the right to delay the start time or alter the course options should possible inclement weather present it self on ride day. Please continue to check this website for updates the week prior to the event. America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride will Start and Finish at the Lake Tahoe Horizon Casino Resort on Highway 50, Stateline, South Shore Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The Horizon offers 24 hour Nevada-style fun, restaurants, live entertainment, cabaret, cinema, swimming pool, free parking and special lodging rates for bike ride participants and guests. Call 1-800-648-3322 for reservations and ask for the America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride rates. Rooms for this event are limited and reservations must be made by May 2, 2012 to take advantage of these special rates.   Most Beautiful The 72-mile America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride circumnavigates the highways clockwise around Lake Tahoe in both Nevada and California. It includes a challenging 800 foot climb to a rest stop overlooking Emerald Bay and a 1,000 foot climb to Spooner Junction. There are also many short rolling ascents and descents totaling over 2,600 vertical feet of elevation gain! The altitude ranges between 6,300 feet and 7,100 feet above sea level and the ride is recommended for conditioned recreational bicyclist, not for beginners. Participants must be at least 14 years of age (please, no children on bike carriers or trailers) and must be experienced in riding roadways. Most Mileage - Beautiful & Historic Century or the more conditioned bicyclist and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America’s "Team In Training" participants, a full 100-mile Century is offered adding an out and back on Highway 89/ Bike Trail to visit historic Truckee, California, before continuing around Lake Tahoe. Most Fun for Friends and Family For the recreational bicyclist who would like to mix sightseeing and bicycling, the Boat Cruise & 35-mile Lake Tahoe Half Ride Fun Tour is offered. The ride starts at 6:45am with a short 1-mile ride to Ski Run Marina where you and your bike board the Tahoe Queen for a scenic boat cruise to North Lake Tahoe. From there, you will join the ride course for the remaining 35-mile ride back to the Horizon Casino Resort. It comes with continental breakfast onboard & t-shirt, lunch on the course, rest stops and more. This Fun Boat Cruise is also open to friends and family members who would like to accompany participants across the Lake and return to Ski Run Marina. A fun-filled experience limited to 120 bicyclists & 50 guests. Support Rest stops with a great selection of food and beverages are offered overlooking Emerald Bay, Homewood Mountain Resort, in Truckee (for Century riders), Kings Beach (Lunch), and Spooner Junction. Drop bags will be provided at the first three rest stops if you chose to discard clothing. First aid and technical support are provided at rest stops and on the course. SAG is also provided but may be subject to delayed returns and final course sweep. Cut-off times are established at various points and at each rest stop where ride organizers reserve the right to ask "behind time" participants to sag forward. Check In - Bicycle Safety Check - Big Sale America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride is limited to the first 3000 pre-registered riders. Please register now. Pre-registered rider check-in will take place from 12 noon until 8:00pm, Saturday, June 2nd, at TAHOE SPORTS LTD, located in the Village Shopping Center at Highway 50 & Heavenly Village Way, in South Lake Tahoe, two stop lights from the Stateline Casinos on the California side. All participants will be required to sign an accident and release of liability waiver upon check-in. A complimentary bicycle safety inspection is offered during this check-in period. Make sure you check out the great "America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride" Sale going on this weekend. Pre-registered rider check-in will reopen at 5:00am, on Sunday, June 3, at the Horizon Casino Resort, back parking lot. Free parking is available in the back lot of the Horizon. It is recommended to enter the back lot from Lake Parkway Drive. Start Times All 100-mile Century riders have four 15-minute start windows from 6:00am to 7:00am. All 72-mile riders have two 15-minute start windows from 7:00am to 7:30am. You must indicate your start time preference on your registration application or you will be assigned the earliest start window for your ride option. All Boat Cruise 35-mile fun riders must start from 6:45am to 7:00am and ride one mile to Ski Run Marina to board the Tahoe Queen Paddlewheeler starting at 7:15am. Departure is 8:00am. Don't miss the boat! For friends and family members who pre-purchase the Boat Cruise "Non-Bike" sightseeing tour, a complimentary Shuttle Bus will depart from the Start-Finish (back parking lot) of the Horizon Casino at 7:15am to Ski Run Marina, and return to the Horizon after the cruise. Road Closure:Northbound Highway 89 - Emerald Bay Road will be closed from 6:15am to 8:45am, to through traffic allowing only registered participants on the course. Registered riders must display their Helmet Sticker, Special Wristband and Participant number (on back) to be allowed on the course. All unregistered riders and vehicles, except for official and emergency vehicles, will be held by the California Highway Patrol until the roadway re-opens. Remaining roadways are not closed for this event. Please be prepared to SHARE THE ROAD with vehicle traffic. To help facilitate spreading out riders, America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride-Lake Tahoe will require all bicycling event participants to ride SINGLE FILE and to select, or be assigned, a staggered start time. After Ride Pool Party The after ride Pool Party with a delicious meal and live entertainment is offered at the Horizon Casino Resort. This is included with your entry fees. Additional after-ride pool party meals are available to purchase for guests. You must show and validate your event number for entrance. Bring your swimsuit & towel, swimming is allowed but there are no showers available unless you are a guest of the Horizon. Your photo will also be available to purchase from Laine Photo Labs who will capture your image as you climb up Emerald Bay or board the Tahoe Queen. Additional sales of Photographs and Custom event sportswear will take place Monday, June 4 from 9am - 1pm at Tahoe Sports Ltd in the Village Shopping Center in South Lake Tahoe. Stateline Weather Forecast, NV

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