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Charity Rides:

• Tour de Cure - for the American Diabetes Associations
  
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - turn a century into a fundraiser: Team in Training® program
• MS Bike Tours - for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society - 150-mile 2-day (& other) bike tours, organized in almost every state.
• Quiet Corner Cycling Classic annual century benefits Camp Quinebaug, a summer recreation program for special needs children living in NE CT.
• Pan-Massachusetts Challenge - benefits the Jimmy Fund of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute
• Rodman Ride for Kids - annual century in SE Mass., benefits 6 MA non-profit agencies, and others, for children at risk. [note that site may not display correctly, or at all, in Netscape; if so, use Internet Explorer instead.]
• Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity Bike-A-Thon
• Mount Washington Hillclimb to benefit the Tin Mountain Conservation Center.
• Angel Ride for the Angel Charitable Trust helping children with cancer.
• Tri-State Trek benefiting ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) 270 miles from Boston to New York.
• 100 Miles for Human Trials 100% will be directed to "Join Lee Now" which solely supports the MGH Cure Diabetes Now Fund and the first human trials attempting to eliminate autoimmune disease, curing type I diabetes.
• Vermont Cares Champ Ride Your contribution in the fight against HIV/AIDS will enable Vermont CARES to continue to provide the necessary programs and services for Vermonters living with and at risk of HIV/AIDS.
• Montreal to Boston AIDS Vaccine Bike Trek for UCLA AIDS Institute and Emory Vaccine Center, enabling each institution to conduct cutting-edge research.
• The Prouty Ride Raising Money for Cancer Research at Dartmouth's NH Norris Cotton Cancer Center
• A Positive Spin for ALS A ride to benefit the ALS Association  Massachusetts Chapter.
• Memory Ride to benefit Alzheimer's Research.  Ride 25, 50, and 100 miles from through central Massachusetts.  All Rides start from Devens, MA.
• South Shore Habitat for Humanity Ride There is 50 and 25 mile loop through the Habitat communities on the South Shore. The goal of the ride is to raise money to build a house as well as raise awareness for Habitat and the lack of affordable housing on the South Shore.
• Volvo Best Buddies Challenge Is a world-class 90 or 20-mile cycling event. The journey begins at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston and tours through scenic Massachusetts, coastal vistas and the Kennedy Family Compound before ending at the Craigville Beach Club on Cape Cod.  The ride benefits Best Buddies which is the world’s largest program that creates friendships between persons with and without intellectual disabilities.

Bike Clubs in New England:

• Charles River Wheelmen Best cycling website in NE! Lots of good information on cycling.
  • CRW's Cue Sheet Repository They must have a hundred cue sheets from rides all over NE.
    
  • CRW's Cue Sheet Conventions
    
  • CRW's Arrow Designs
    
  • CRW's Century Stats List the elevation gain of a number of Century rides. Plus links to the clubs who run them.
    
• Narragansett Bay Wheelmen
• NBW is currently running a series of long distance rides called the "NBW Challenge Tour Series".  They have a number of rides that are 100 and 200 miles long.  Go to their events page to check out these rides.
• Acquidneck Bicycle Club - Newport, RI area.
• CAN-AM Wheelers
• Granite State Wheelmen, Inc. (NH)
• Mad About Cycling (MAC, Cape Cod)
• Mohawk Hudson Cycling Club
• Nashoba Valley Pedalers
• Northeast Hill Bangers  (Northern RI & nearby CT & MA) 
• North Shore Cyclists
• Orange County Bicycle Club
• Pequot Cyclists Club (Southeastern CT)
• Seven Hills Wheelmen (Worcester, Mass.)
• Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club (Westport, CT)
• Team Reliable (Westport, MA)
• Southern Connecticut Cycle Club (New Haven, CT)
• Thread City Cyclers Quiet Corner of CT (north east corner)

• Lynne Tolman's bicycling column archives (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) A great Calendar of Rides in NE, published every August.
• Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike)
• MassHighway Bicycle Maps
• Bike Rhode Island
• MassBike,org
• Cochicuate Rail Trail (Natick, MA)
• Blackstone River Bikeway (RI, state site)
• East Bay Bike Path (RI)
• East Bay Bike Path (RI, state site)
• East Coast Greenway - RI

Ultra Cycling:

• Boston Montreal Boston
  
• Boston Brevet Series
  
• California Triple Crown Awards riders for completion of Double Centuries in California.
  
• Western States Bicycle Ride Calendar List a number of rides 100 miles and over.
• The Furnace Creek 508 mile Race Through Death Valley California.
  
• Hosts a number of Century and Double Century rides out west.
  
• The Ultra Marathon Cycling Homepage
  
• Race Across America (RAAM)
  
• PAC Tour From the people who run RAAM
  
• Big-dogs.org A Midwest Based Group that promotes endurance cycling. They have a Century Challenge Award, and the Big Dogs Triple Crown for double Century rides.
  
• Randonneurs USA
  
• Felix Wong's Ultra Marathon Cycling Website. Some great stories, and he rides an upright and a recumbent!
• Mount Washington Hillclimb The Mount Washington Hill Climb is offering the "Mt Washinton Double Challenge".  Where you can do the hill climb Saturday and the Century on Sunday.
• New England 24 Hour Challenge 24 hour time trial ... 12 hour time trial ... Century time trial (limited to 6hr30m) All events non-drafting.
  

• Get Bent
  
• International Human Powered Vehicle Association
  
• NY Metro Area Recumbent Society
  
• Bent Rider Online An online Recumbent magazine
  
• Recumbent Cyclist News
  

• UMCA's seven-part series on how to prepare for centuries.

• FAQ for Recumbents
  

• Mount Washington Hill Climb, NH
  
• League of American Bicyclists (LAB)
• Highest Paved Road Climbs in USA
• http://www.centuryrides.com is a great resource to find rides all over the country.  Be warned that the mileage listed on the site is often wrong, check with the actual Websites to verify the ride lengths.