April Fools Bike Ride

That’s a wrap for the 15th annual April Fools Ride. Thank you to all the volunteers and riders who came out today to support us. And a huge Thank You to our sponsors, Responsive Technology Partners, Oconee Outfitters, Visit Milledgeville, Comfort Farms, Blue Goose on Main, GMC Mountain Bike Team, Grimes Landscape and Baldwin County Fire Department for making this event possible.

Mark your calendars for the 2022 April Fools Ride on April 2nd. It will be awesome to be back to our regular Spring schedule!

Good evening everyone. This is the post that many of you have been waiting on… details on the rescheduled 2020 April Fools Ride. As posted earlier, the RIDE IS ON! We will host the 2020 April Fools Ride on July 25th. The ride will be held as a show-and-go format. Registration will be open from 7am to 9pm. For those who want to wait until day of to register, you can arrive any time between those hours, pay, sign a waiver and head out on the course. For all pre-registered riders and those wishing to speed up the process, you can download the waiver from here (http://bikewalkbaldwin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WAIVER-OF-LIABILITY_Single.pdf), print, sign, scan or take a picture and email to me at [email protected].

If you have pre-registered and email a signed waiver to me, you are welcome to show up as early as you like to get started with the ride then stop by registration when you finish and pickup your t-shirt. I am going to place the ride t-shirt order on Monday, July 13th and will not be ordering any extra shirts. So if you want a shirt, please go ahead and register (http://bikewalkbaldwin.org/april-fools-ride) before 8am, July 13th.

Unlike previous rides, our rest stops will only be open for the specific hours listed below. These hours should accommodate most all riders who start between 7am and 9am. We are still working to confirm exact rest stop locations and will let everyone know as we get closer to the ride date. In order to minimize the risk of spreading germs and viruses, we will only be serving individually packaged food (sandwiches, fig newtons, bananas) at the rest stops. Volunteers will be onsite to hand out food as riders arrive and to ensure that we minimize the number of riders gathered at any time. They will also have containers to refill your water bottles for you. I know that this is not an ideal situation for the rest stop, but it is the best we can do to stay in compliance with local, state and federal guidelines so we can host the event.

Rest Stops Open Close
Rest Stop 1 (All) 7:15am 11:00am
Rest Stop 2 (All) 8:00am 12:30pm
Rest Stop 3 (64 & 80 only) 9:15am 3:00pm


Please don’t hesitate to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Thanks and I look forward to seeing all of you on July 25th!

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