Cheaha Challenge Gran Fondo - What's Included

 

 

• Pre-Ride Party – Enjoy a phenomenal meal by local favorite – Effina’s – on Saturday evening. Discounted price of $10/head for all.
• Goody Bags - drawstring backpacks stuffed full of goodies and info, compliments of Sunny King Automotive
• Pre-ride breakfast at JSU – Free to all: riders, family, friends, vendors, volunteers, sponsors…
• Pre-ride devotion - By Dunaway Conner, inside Pete Mathews Coliseum (7:00 am)
• Post-ride party – Buffet by Cooter’s Rib Shack and entertainment. Free for all riders.  Discounted price $10 head for non-riders.
• Fully stocked Rest Stops - Depending on the distance chosen, Challenge and ULTRA riders have access up to 12 Rest Stops. (The Chief Ladiga Cruise has 3 Rest Stops.)
• Law enforcement support
• Medical support on courses and at Start/Finish by JSU’s College of Nursing Trailer, with support from Highland Health Systems
• SAG and technical support
• On-course communication
• Official custom number bibs
• Professional Timing – TopView Sports. Chip time – start to finish.
• Custom Finisher Caps created by Hincapie Sports and compliments of Highland Health System
• Option to order custom event jerseys, bibs, and shorts by Hincapie Sports
• Custom ride t-shirts
• Bragging rights for ULTRA Finishers ONLY, and ULTRA Finishers receive a custom Finisher Shirt (Non-Finishers will receive the ashes of their burned shirts).  ULTRA Finishers have the option to order the custom ULTRA FINISHER jersey
• Finisher medal for Cheaha Challenge Century and ULTRA riders - Alabama Backroads Century Series
• Massage Therapy
• Transport to the Top inside Cheaha State Park for riders' family and friends
• BIKEXPO – At Pete Mathews Coliseum Saturday and Sunday
• HOT SHOWERS AT THE FINISH!

 

A Top 10 Event in the State of Alabama as selected by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel in 2006, 2010, and 2012.