62 Miles of Fun

Back for 2025 is the original distance, featuring our patented 50% Alabama and 50% Georgia gravel. The 62-miler includes close to 5,000’ of up and down, a 18% maximum grade, three categorized climbs, and several creek crossings for your enjoyment. It’s quintessential—and wildly fun.

All the Details

Start Location: Franklin, GA
Date: Feb. 28, 2026
Start Time: 9:30am
Field Limit: 300
Distance: 62-MILES
Estimated Completion: 3:45pm (10mph avg)
Difficulty: Moderate/Difficult

Additional Info: The cost of registration comes with entry to the ride, rider tee, swag bag, and post-ride festivities and post-ride drawing. (must register by Jan. 24 to be guaranteed a rider Tee)

Camping: We’re excited to be able to add camping for both tent and RV this year. Click here for full details.

Post Ride Food: Soups, chili, burgers, hotdogs and a few other things, including vegetarian options (and chips – as promised). There will also be a variety of beverage options including delicious frosty beer from our friends at Halfway Crooks.

Look good while your out there with our ELIEL GEAR

Homegown Eliel Relaxed Fit Malibu Jersey Design

Homegrown Eliel Men's and Women's bibs, cargo bibs & shorts

If you’re serious enough to kill this route, you may want the brand-new custom-branded Homegrown kit to prove it. You can pre-order a kit and guarantee you’ll have it before the big day, or if you’d like we’ll have a supply of both Jersey’s the day of the event. To learn more and pre-order a kit, check out Homegrown kit page by Clicking Here >>>

All thanks to Eliel, this is the best-looking and best-fitting gear you’ll ever wear. Their cycling apparel gets every detail right, with passionate designers, high-tech manufacturing and top-of-the-line materials, all amounting to bibs and jerseys you’ll forget you’re even wearing. Plus—and we can’t overstate this—the Homegrown kit has cows on it. More about Eliel Cycling Gear >

WHAT YOU GET WITH REGISTRATION

When you register, you’re not just signing up for a race or ride; you’re signing up for an experience. Your registration includes a Dope Rider t-shirt, Morning Snacks & Coffee to fuel your start, Paved Parking for easy convenience to the festivities, SAG Support for any on-road assistance, Aid Stop Food and Drink to keep you hydrated and energized. Finisher embroidered badge for completing the distance, plus a Post-Ride Meal and Drink(s) to replenish your energy, Post-ride Entertainment to keep the fun going, and a Post-Ride Drawing for a chance to win exciting prizes. Registration also includes as much Kick-a$$ Photography and Video as our crew can manage to get.

PLUS FRIDAY SHAKEOUT RIDE
This year we will be including a 20ish mile shakeout ride starting in Downtown Franklin at 2:00PM. We’ll head out on some different roads from the route for an afternoon fun to get the legs primed for Saturday. We’ll supply the route the week before, so there’s no surprises.

SUNDAY COFFEE RIDE
Before you hit the road, let’s get the blood going again in the legs. We’ll have some morning Joe then head out for a 20ish mile very casual ride using another route not yet traveled. We’ll start from Downtown Franklin at 10:00AM. Like Friday’s shakeout ride, we’ll supply the route a week before.

FIELD LIMIT, Categories & PRIZES

300 total riders for the 62-mile field.
First come, first serve. We will not have a waitlist and there will be NO DAY OF REGISTRATION.

CATEGORIES

MEN’S OPEN – MEN 40-54 – MEN 55-64, MEN 65+, MEN SINGLE SPEED, JUNIOR BOYS 16-18

WOMEN’S OPEN – WOMEN 40-54 – WOMEN 55-64, WOMEN 65+, WOMEN SINGLE SPEED JUNIOR GIRLS 16-18

NON-BINARY OPEN

MIXED TANDEM OPEN ($140)

PRIZES

ALL CATEGORY WINNERS – CUSTOM THROWN CERAMIC TROPHY, COURTESY OF GROUCHY ASS POTTERY STUDIO – Handmade trophies valued at $100 each, though in our eyes, they’re priceless

ALL 1ST, 2ND, 3RD CATEGORY PODIUMS – MEDALS AND FREE REGISTRATION FOR 2027

62-Mile Route

Update Feb. 19, 2026: This is the final version of this year’s 62-mile course.

NOTE: Should the weather turn south for the event, we will modify the course to keep you off the worst roads. We can’t guarantee there won’t be any mud, but we can limit enough of it to make it still a great day out on the bike, just maybe a little soggier than you like.