Even so, passing a sign for Clown Alley makes many riders pedal that much faster. Peru is well known in Indiana for its circus roots and even has a school to teach aspiring performers trapeze and other skills. Nickel Plate riders currently have to make a 3-mile detour on Peru city roads before reconnecting to the trail. The trail stretches 37 miles from Kokomo, about an hour north of Indianapolis, to Rochester, passing through farmlands and woods, crossing over the Wabash River and the remnants of an old canal, and even passing by dozens of decommissioned fighter jets and military planes at the Grissom Air Reserve Base just south of Peru. “The Monon Trail in Indianapolis has a lot of cool action happening around it, great places to stop to grab a coffee or for social interaction, but the Nickel Plate allows you to detach from everyday life, to really escape from it all on a bicycle.” “It passes through so much beautiful rural scenery (that Indiana has to offer),” See said. The Nickel Plate Trail offers picturesque views of northern Indiana farmland. Zac See, owner of Breakaway Bike and Fitness Shop in Peru, also loves the Nickel Plate, and not just because it’s brought thousands of new customers into his shop. “We can’t wait to go back and do the entire trail.” “It was a wonderful ride the (Nickel Plate) really shows off Indiana’s character,” Dyas said. The trail’s gentle grade, light traffic and perfect pavement made it ideal for Ellie’s longest ride ever, a 53-mile journey from Peru to Rochester and back. Indianapolis resident Greg Dyas recently rode the Nickel Plate with a group of friends and his daughter Ellie, 14. But in the spring, when the corn shoots up from the ground and the trees are full of life again, the trail really becomes a thing of beauty. With the crops long since collected, and the beech and walnut trees devoid of leaves, many riders only see gray skies and Indiana’s notorious flatlands for miles and miles. Pedaling the Nickel Plate Trail on a chilly winter afternoon, riders might be taken aback by the barren landscape. “Nickel Plate allows you to detach from everyday life, to really escape from it all on a bicycle." In years past we have donated to the Nickel Plate Trail, Kokomo Rescue Mission, City of Kokomo, Urban Outreach, and Kokomo Education Foundation.Photo by Robert Annis Trail of the Month: March 2017 We offer distances in this event between 40 - 100 miles around Howard County.Įvery year BABC Kokomo makes a charitable donation to various organizations around our community in order to give back and support the efforts of others in our community. In late summer is the Sizzling Century that takes place annually. The SunRide is a ~7.4 mile family friendly ride utilizing the new trail system in Kokomo. The Sunstroke 74 is a 74 mile ride that takes place on July 4th in conjunction with the Haynes Apperson Sports Festival. In mid-summer is the SunStroke 74 and SunRide 7.4. It is a 1 mile to 18 mile winter bike ride to kick off the new year! And yes it is usually COLD! To welcome each new year is the Polar Bear Ride on January 1st. In addition to weekly rides for members and visitors, to support our club expenses we organize annual cycling events with entry fees: We also encourage new ideas and new ways of doing things because we realize that this will keep our club strong and successful. We welcome all new members with enthusiasm as their participation is critical to the growth of our club and success of our projects. The Break-Away Bike Club of Kokomo was founded in 1986 to promote the bicycle as not only an excellent form of exercise and commuting, but more importantly, as an avenue to fun and camaraderie. Before the BABC, “The Wheelpeople” and the “Kokomo Wheelman” fed the needs of local cyclists who yearned to join together and shout " LETS GO FOR A BIKE RIDE!"
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