#COAST TO COAST PLUS#

Wind direction: 67% of time wind is NOT out of the west in late June.

Heavy shade in Manistee National Forest (during peak sun miles 130-190).Average temp at finish, Ludington, 60-65 degrees.Average temp at start, Au Gres, 6 am: 55 degrees.What Weather Can I Expect During the Race? See the RiderвЂ™s Guide under More Info for all the rules and more.Д®ndurance is all about heart. No bike or wheel swaps are allowed during the race. Note that the Big M checkpoint requires a $5 daily use fee per vehicle (self-service kiosk). How do they get to Ludington? ThatвЂ™s the job of the rescue/support crews. Or itвЂ™s a day of record heat and 30 bikers need to drop out. Why do we use the word вЂњrescueвЂќ? LetвЂ™s say thereвЂ™s unexpected severe weather and 50-100 bikers need to quickly be removed from a dangerous situation or the race has to be cancelled. They may NOT meet you out on the course, consistent with many similar endurance gravel races with a self-supported ethos. They do NOT need to be present when you arrive at the three checkpoints. You must have a rescue/support person or crew in your general vicinity throughout the race, either our paid service or your own. Check out the finisher awards and top finisher prizes here.210 finishers will also get a finisher beer barrel mug or tumbler.210-mile and 100-mile finishers will also receive a sticker and likely a Salsa top cap.

#COAST TO COAST PLUS#

All 210- and 100-mile racers will receive a Coast to Coast shirt (new design shown upper left) or SockGuy 5вЂі wool socks, plus a water bottle and likely an Orange Mud buff/neck gaiter.

Ludington provides an ideal finish town for venues, lodging, breweries and love for the outdoors. вЂ“ Rebecca Rusch, world champion mountain biker (and gravel road lover) Finish your race in one of the great outdoor towns in the country, Ludington, touching the waters of Lake Michigan and completing your amazing adventure. YouвЂ™ll never forget the sunrise start on Lake Huron and the journey westward through farmland, wetlands, pine barrens, rolling uplands and magestic forest, toward the amazing sunset over Lake Michigan. WeвЂ™ve teamed up with top Midwest endurance racer Matt Acker, who knows MichiganвЂ™s gravel roads and gravel racing better than anyone, to create a course you will be sure to love. ItвЂ™s a memorable, powerful experience.Д«icycling MagazineвЂ™s Selene Yeager captures the essence of this experience in her ode to this race. And you bond with your amazing support crew who are helping you achieve your goal. And then you open up to a stranger about your life and why you are doing this race.

The rider next to you shares that he just beat cancer and this is his victory ride. ItвЂ™s just you, your bike and a strip of dirt winding its way from one freshwater sea to another.Д®xcept itвЂ™s not just you. Start: Point Au Gres Marina, Lake Huron.

Set your eyes on the glorious sunset over Lake Michigan or ride into the night to get to the finish line on time. Much of the second half of the course is heavily forested, closed in, constantly changing. The Coast to Coast gravel grinder, presented by Salsa Cycles, will not be known for its gravel (actually more dirt than gravel), ironically, but for everything thatвЂ™s NOT gravel вЂ“ the forest roads, the two-tracks, the snowmobile trails, even a little gravel-friendly singletrack.

Coast to coast