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2010 Blackberry Jamboree-bRamble Weekend

Blackberry Jamboree, Saturday, July 31st, 2010

The Jamboree community fun ride will take place on Saturday, July 31, 2010, and start at the EWEB Plaza on the River Trail just below the Defazio Bike Bridge. It will be a 10 mile ride through the neighborhoods of Eugene with stops planned at community centers and parks along the route. Cost is $5 for an individual or $10 for the whole family. Everyone get blackberry pie and ice cream after the ride. Fun for the whole family. Food, entertainment and T-shirts will be available.
Registration of the Blackberry Jamboree is not open yet.

To Register, please download and complete the registration form here, and bring it to the Start. Onsite Registration starts at 8AM on Saturday. Online Registration is now closed.

BLACKBERRY BRAMBLE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1st, 2010

A big ride with 3 distance options – a full century, a metric century or the 43-mile route in the beautiful coastal range southwest of Eugene. Rest stops with pasta salad, bagels, water, mechanics on site, SAG wagon support on all routes, and more. A special blackberry pie & ice cream treat at the end of the ride. Registration is $25 for early registrants, $30 until pre-registration closes and $35 for day-of-event registrants for each of these rides. GEARs Members get a $10 discount on these rides. Click here, Join the club, get the discounted entry here and enjoy all the Rewards Program discounts that are available to GEARs members.

Full 100-mi. Century Starts 7-9 AM, Metric Century and 43 Miler Starts 8-10 AM. All routes will close at 4:00 PM.

Presented by GEARs and sponsored by many Community Businesses and organizations. Proceeds from the rides will be used for the bicycle education program in local schools conducted by GEARs and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance.

Registration for the Blackberry bRamble is not yet open.

To Register, please download and complete the registration form here, and bring it to the Start. Onsite Registration opens at 6:00am Sunday. Online Registration is now closed.

GETTING TO THE START

The starting point is at the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s plaza, on the Willamette River. That is 500 East 4th Street, next to the Ferry Street Bridge. If traveling on I-5, take exit 194 to travel West on I-105, then take Exit 2 (U of O, then Downtown to Coburg Road. Cross the green bridge. Turn right onto 3rd and left onto Mill, then left onto 4th.
EWEB Plaza Directions Map from Google Maps: You can view this map by clicking here.

THE BRAMBLE ROUTE

The Blackberry bRamble is a premier ride in the Northwest. Each year more cyclists enjoy a beautiful ride with lots of good food.

The rides go South through the University of Oregon campus. You climb slowly out of the Willamette Valley with a scenic view of Eugene below and then pass into the farms and vineyards of the Lorane Valley. Sixteen miles into the ride, the Wolf Creek Century riders will leave the metric riders and head to the small town of Lorane for their first rest stop. From Lorane they follow lightly traveled roads along the Siuslaw River under a full forest canopy. Wolf creek is a strenuous climb followed by an exciting descent.

Near the rest stop in Crow the 100 mile riders rejoin the metric and Coyote riders who have been enjoying rolling countryside and not the strains of Wolf Creek. After the Crow food stop, the two centuries join to travel up Vaughn Road and Poodle Creek Road. The ride continues through forest and hills to the third rest stop at Fern Ridge Reservoir. The last 23 miles is a flat ride in the
Willamette Valley, usually with a tail wind to help the tired. The third ride returns to Eugene along Coyote Creek. The rides end at EWEB’s Plaza with a delicious Blackberry pie and ice cream treat while you socialize with other riders. If you want to get cleaned up after your ride, go to the Eugene YMCA at 2055 Patterson St. in south Eugene; just $3 for hot showers and a towel.

THANKS TO OUR 2009 SPONSORS

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