BIKEFEST '98: 3rd Annual Rural Heritage Tour

Experience the bucolic scenery of farm life as you pedal through gently rolling terrain. Join the Carolina Tarwheels Bicycle Club for BikeFest '98: The 3rd Annual Rural Heritage Tour.

The Tour begins at the Superior Courthouse in downtown Hillsborough, and offers a choice of century rides: a 125-mile Double Metric, a 100-mile English, a 62-mile Metric, a 31-mile Half Metric and an 8-mile Guided Tour through the Hillsborough Historic District. This is a fully supported tour with rest stops, refreshments, and restrooms. Routes are marked, and cell phone-equipped sag vehicles will patrol the route.

REGISTRATION:

The 1998 Official BikeFest T-Shirt is a true masterpiece of bicycle art. Commissioned exclusively for BikeFest '98 and designed by Orange County artist Margret Mueller, this year's t-shirt is well worth the price of registration alone! This superb offering will be available only to pre-registrants before July 24. A limited number will be available the day of the event - at additional charge - but they are certain to sell out. Pre-register now and be guaranteed this BikeFest original!

REGISTRATION BONUS:

All riders will receive a free family pass - good for Saturday or Sunday - to the fabulous Triangle Sportsplex, a world-class aquatics and ice sports facility for post-ride swimming, showers, and ice-skating! (Skate rental extra, and please bring a towel.)

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lori Shapiro: (919) 966-4196 (day) or E-mail: tarwheels@unc.edu

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

7:00-7:50 AM   Registration/Check in
8:00 AM        Announcements to Riders
8:15 AM        Century and Metric Rides Begin
9:00 AM        Historic District Guided Tour
               Last Riders Out: Century & Metric

ACCOMMODATIONS & VISITOR INFO:

Orange County Visitors Bureau:               (919) 968-2060
Historic Hillsborough Visitors Center:       (919) 732-7741

DIRECTIONS:

Hillsborough is located near Chapel Hill and Durham, NC. From points east and west, take I-40 to Exit 261 (Hillsborough). From points north and south, take I-85 to Exit 164 (Hillsborough). Follow signs to downtown historic district.

Come to Hillsborough - the historic corner of the Triangle - and make your own bicycling history!

Catch the Carolina Tarwheels on-line: www.cs.duke.edu/~carla/tarwheels.html