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Header Photos Courtesy of Milesphotos Natural Light Photography
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BRAG 'N Writes
For Those Who Love To Ride
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BRAG WinterRide 2011
St. Marys WinterRide
(Ride/Hike/Boat Adventure)
February 22 - 27, 2011
BRAG's second WinterRide will start in beautiful St. Marys, Georgia. The dates are Tuesday, February 22, 2011, through Sunday, February 27, 2011. The average high temperature this week in St. Marys is 65ºF. St. Marys is 350 miles from Atlanta and takes about 5 hours to drive.
This would make a great Valentine's Day present for the sweetie cyclist in your life. Non-riders are welcomed also. |
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Tuesday, Feb. 22 - Arrive early enough at St. Marys and bike 3 miles to the St. Marys Submarine Museum and the Cumberland Island Museum in downtown St. Marys. Bring a bottle or two of your favorite wines for our nightly wine tasting / happy hour. Optional dinner together at a local restaurant.
Wednesday, Feb. 23 - Ride the 33-mile St. Marys Loop Ride, led by local cyclists. Visit the oldest church in Georgia, a War of 1812 site, the U.S. Navy Submarine Base, including the USS Bancroft Memorial, the Sugar Mill tabby ruins, and Crooked River State Park.
Thursday, Feb. 24 - We will take the ferry to Cumberland Island. Bike (you can rent one on the island) or just walk the 5-mile recommended leisurely hike on the island. Either way, Cumberland Island is one of the most beautiful places on earth and is a photographer's paradise. February is the time to see it, without the heat and the bugs.
Friday, Feb. 25 - Ride your bike to downtown St. Marys. Then take the ferry to Fernandina, FL. We will have optional lunch at the Gourmet Gourmet restaurant, then head out to visit Ft. Clinch. After Ft. Clinch, we will bike to the Atlantic Ocean for a beachfront snack. Then make our way back to the ferry for our return trip to St. Marys. 33 miles total.
Saturday, Feb. 26 - Head by car to the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge and Okefenokee Adventures. We will arrive in time for lunch and an overview of the swamp by Chip and Joy Campbell. Then we start paddling the swamp by canoe or kayak on our guided tour of this third photographer's paradise of the week. After our tour, we will continue by car to Waycross, GA, where we will spend the night at the Jameson Inn, one of BRAG's sponsors.
Sunday, February 27 - After breakfast at the Jameson Inn, check out and head home to BRAG about your week's winter adventure in Georgia.
For more information, including cost and directions, email Jerry Colley.
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Spring Tune-Up Ride 2011
The 18th Annual Spring Tune-Up Ride will return to Madison, GA, April 15 - 17, 2011. Mark your calendars now to attend. Details on the web site in February. This just in: Homemade Pimento Cheese sandwiches at the Rutledge Rest Stop on Saturday. To register online with credit card To register by mail |
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BRAG 2011 Tentative Route
The BRAG 2011 tentative, unconfirmed route is to begin in metro Atlanta and March to the Sea, with overnight stops in Oxford, Milledgeville, Dublin, Metter, Hinesville, and ending in Savannah. Plans are already underway to make BRAG 2011 the best ever. We are diligently working to confirm all the overnight locations. The confirmed route will be announced as soon as possible. At that time, a motel list will also be posted on the web site.
To register by mail
To register by credit card
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BRAG 2011 Early Bird Registrants
If you are an Early Bird registrant for BRAG 2011 and need to add a t-shirt, tank top, jersey, bus seat, etc., please download a registration form and mail it in with your check. All you need to do is put your name on the form and check what you need. Please mark somewhere on the registration form that you are "PRE-REGISTERED." We will match it with your original registration. If you have questions or need additional information, please email vicki@brag.org.
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Georgia BikeFest 2011
The Georgia BikeFest will be October 14-16, 2011, and will be held in Columbus, GA. BRAG 2010 stayed two nights in Columbus during its week-long ride in June and the riders thoroughly enjoyed their visit. We will camp at the same site as BRAG, right next to the Chattahoochee River and Riverwalk, within walking distance of restaurants and pubs. The good news is the City of Columbus wants us back and is planning an exciting weekend. Mark your calendar now to attend.
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Again in 2011 - The BRAG Centurion Club
In 2011, BRAG will offer 3 fully-supported Century Rides. Each ride features an all-cotton bandanna to the finishers. We will again give away the BRAG Centurion Club Hat to those riders who complete all three of the BRAG century rides in 2011. You will wear your BRAG Centurion Club Hat with pride during 2012. Make plans now to ride the first BRAG century in Madison, Saturday, April 16, 2011, during the Spring Tune-Up.
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Team BRAG to RAGBRAI
Join Team BRAG and CEO Jerry Colley as we take part in the 39th Annual RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). We will leave Lilburn, GA on Friday, July 22 and return Sunday, July 31. We will drive close to the finish line on Friday, July 22, and stay in a hotel, double occupancy. We will take a bus to the start on July 23, ride our bikes across Iowa starting on Sunday, July 24 and finishing on Saturday, July 30. Then we will start driving home, again staying in a hotel Saturday night, double occupancy. We will arrive back in Lilburn on Sunday afternoon, July 31. During the week, we will camp with Pork Belly Ventures. Pricing will be available as soon as RAGBRAI and Pork Belly announce their prices.
If interested, please send an email to Jerry Colley at Jerry@brag.org. I will then keep you up to date as plans and pricing develop.
TIGTBF (This Is Going To Be Fun)
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Team BRAG to Normandy
Join Team BRAG as we travel to Normandy, France, and visit by bicycle the significant World War II D-Day landing beaches, museums, and cemeteries. The dates are September 11 - September 20, 2011. We will have as our guide retired U.S. Army Colonel, WWII historian, and sag wagon driver Bob Spidel.
We'll start with two days in Paris, including a guided bicycle tour of the city. Four days of cycling in Normandy, including Caen, Bayeux, and other sites, including, the WWII Peace Museum, Caen Memorial, Merville, Franceville, Plage sur Mer, Pegasus Memorial, Sword Beach, the German "Big Bunker" HQ, the Landing Museum, the D-Day Landing Museum, the 11th Century Bayeux Tapestry, Colleville sur Mer, Omaha Beach, La Pointe du Hoc, and the U.S. Military Cemetery. Non-cyclists are welcomed.
For more information, including pricing as plans are finalized, please send an email to Jerry Colley at Jerry@brag.org. In the interim, look at these "Then and Now" photos of Normandy by clicking here.
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Bicyclists Just Want to Have Fun:
SBL 2011 Winter Kick-Off Party
 Make plans now to attend the SBL 2011 Winter Kick-Off Party January 29, 2011. It will be held at the Red Brick Brewery in Decatur, GA, from 7:30 pm to 12:30 am. There will be wine, food, music and much more! Order tickets online at www.bikeSBL.org. Tickets will be $25 at the door. For more information contact Joanne Massey at 404-375-6789 or wallycom@comcast.net. More BOB more often!
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Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is now offering "Yoga for Cyclists" every Thursday, 6-7 p.m. in our downtown office at 213 Mitchell St. Instructor and cyclist Alyson Laura will lead participants in Hatha, Ashtanga, and Yin postures appropriate for beginning to advanced students. The cost is $10/class and current ABC members receive one free class each month. Please bring your own yoga mat. Please call 404-881-1112 for more info or email info@atlantabike.org. |
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Georgia Rides to the Capitol
The sixth annual Georgia Rides to the Capitol bicycle ride will be Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Registration is now open. For current information and to register and/or donate, please visit the event website, www.GeorgiaRidesToTheCapitol.org.
BRAG will lead a group to the Decatur start location. Departure time will be 9:15 a.m. and we will leave from the Liberty Bell parking lot in Stone Mountain Village. The ride will follow the PATH from Stone Mountain to Decatur. For more information, email vicki@brag.org or call 770-498-5153.
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April Fools Ride
Don't fool around. Mark your calendars now to attend the 5th annual April Fools Ride, Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Milledgeville, GA. This is an official BRAG Training Ride. Come join the Bicycling Club of Milledgeville and the Milledgeville Rotary Club, rain or shine, for a
scenic country ride through central Georgia's Piedmont region. Choose an easy 8 mile ride through historic downtown Milledgeville, the antebellum capital of Georgia; a moderate 35 or 48 mile loop through the rolling hills of Baldwin County; or challenge yourself with a hilly metric
century (64 miles) through Brown's Crossing; or go all out for a 103 mile century ride through Baldwin, Wilkinson and Jones Counties! SAG and fully staffed rest stops are provided. For more information, www.mvillebikes.com. |
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Tour de Tifton Century Ride
Come and ride your first century of 2011. The Tour de Tifton Century Ride will be Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Tifton, GA.
Various mileage options are available. Registration opens at 7:00 a.m. with a mass ride start at 8:00 a.m. For more information, visit www.tiftareaymca.org.
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BRAG 2009 Home Video
Kevin Fitzgerald, a long-time BRAG rider, has posted his BRAG 2009 video on You Tube.The video will bring back memories of the journey out of the mountains to South Carolina.To view, click here. |
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Connect With BRAG
BRAG has a Facebook page. Get in on the action now. Join other cycling enthusiasts and veteran BRAG riders as they discuss the upcoming BRAG events. See what you have been missing by not riding BRAG.
Click here to go to THE BRAG Page on Facebook.
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| Questions? Please contact us at news@brag.org or 770-498-5153 |
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