Tour of Payne
No Payne
No Gain

7:30 am
July 4, 2003
Best Western
Perkins & McElroy
Stillwater, Oklahoma

By popular demand, the Century Route returns!
But you will have to make it through the "Threshold of Payne"
at the Cushing Cutoff before 10:30 a.m. to continue.

Sponsors

Check out our event sponsors and visit their websites

The Tour of Payne is an organized bicycle ride offering 26, 36, 62, and 100 mile routes. It is sponsored by Stillwater's Red Dirt Pedalers Bicycle Club. There will not be a mountian bike route this year. MTB has been moved to the April 6, 2003 Lake McMurtry Challenge.

All routes are well marked and will be supported until 2:30pm by SAG vehicles.
Fully stocked rest stops will be provided at appropriate intervals until 2:30pm.
Rest Stops will be located in or near Perkins, Ripley, Cushing, Mehan, and Yale.

Showers and jacuzzi will be available after the ride at the Best Western Pool area. Participants have free use of the pool and pool area on the day of the ride. Please bring your own soap and towel.

The entry fee is $15.00 for those that pre-register by June 15, 2003 and $20 afterwards.

Registration

Pre-register by mail

• Red Dirt Pedalers
• PO Box 2614
• Stillwater, OK 74076

Register in person

• Cooper's Bicycle Center
• 220 S Main St
• Stillwater, OK 74076
• 405-372-2525

Or register in person at the Best Western, Perkins & McElroy
between 6:30 am and 7:00 am on the day of the ride.

Entry Forms

2003 Tour of Payne forms are now available.

Print and mail a 2003 Entry Form

Download another 2003 Entry form (MS-Word document - 22KB)

Ride Headquarters

Headquarters is at the Best Western Motel, Perkins Road and McElroy Avenue in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Call (405) 377-7010 to reserve your room by June 15, 2003 for the special room rate of ($58 in 2002) per night for 1-4 people. Tell them you are with the Tour of Payne bicycle ride. Packet pick-up and information is available at the motel the evening before the tour from 6 to 10 pm. The restaurant opens at 6 am for breakfast the morning of the ride.

Holiday Celibration

Stay in Stillwater and enjoy a great fireworks display at Boomer Lake later this evening. (This link is to a cool website we found, enjoy it for a while, and then come back)

Sponsors

Check out our event sponsors and visit their websites.

The Routes

All routes begin at 7:30am at Perkins Road and McElroy Avenue in Stillwater, OK and go south on US Highway 177 to Perkins. All Routes return to the Best Western Motel by way of Fairgrounds Road and East McElroy Avenue.

26-mile Route Map
South on US-177 to Perkins.
Rest Stop at the AMPRIDE at SH-33 and US-177
East on SH-33 to Fairgrounds Road
North on Fairgrounds Road
Rest Stop at Fairgrounds Rd. and 68th Avenue
East on McElroy Avenue to Best Western Hotel

36-mile Route Map
South on US-177 to Perkins.
Rest Stop at the AMPRIDE at SH-33 and US-177
East on SH-33 to SH-108
North on SH-108 to Ripley and Rest Stop
North on SH-108 to 68th Avenue
West on 68th Avenue (Mehan Road) to Fairgrounds Rd and Rest Stop
North on Fairgrounds Road
East on McElroy Avenue to Best Western Hotel

62-mile Route (100 kilometers) Map
South on US-177 to Perkins.
Rest Stop at the AMPRIDE at SH-33 and US-177
East on SH-33 to SH-108
North on SH-108 to Ripley and Rest Stop
North on SH-108 to 68th Avenue (Turn RIGHT the first time)
East on 68th Avenue (Dunkin Road) to SH-18
South on SH-18 to Cushing
Rest Stop in Memorial Park
West on 9th Street and North on Brethren Road to SH-33
West on SH-33 to SH-108
North on SH-108 to Ripley again, Believe It or Not.
West on 68th Avenue (Mehan Road) to Fairgrounds Rd and Rest Stop
North on Fairgrounds Road
East on McElroy Avenue to Best Western Hotel

100-mile Route (Century) Map
South on US-177 to Perkins.
Rest Stop at the AMPRIDE at SH-33 and US-177
East on SH-33 to SH-108
North on SH-108 to Ripley and Rest Stop
North on SH-108 to 68th Avenue (Turn RIGHT the first time)
East on 68th Avenue (Dunkin Road) to SH-18
South on SH-18 to Cushing
Rest Stop in Memorial Park
You will have to make it through the "Threshold of Payne" at the Cushing Cutoff before 10:30 a.m. to continue the Century Route Otherwise you will return on the 62-mile route or by SAG.
East on 9th Street and north on Norfolk Road to SH-33
East on SH-33 to Drumright, SH-33 Bypass to SH-99
North on SH-99 through Oilton to SH-51
West on SH-51 to Yale and Rest Stop
South on Norfolk Road to 9th Street, East to Memorial Park
West on 9th Street and North on Brethren Road to SH-33
West on SH-33 to SH-108
North on SH-108 to Ripley again, Believe It or Not.
West on 68th Avenue (Mehan Road) to Fairgrounds Rd and Rest Stop
North on Fairgrounds Road
East on McElroy Avenue to Best Western Hotel

The Rest Stops

Rest stops are stocked with Water, ice, Powerade, soft drinks, cookies, chips, and other goodies.
1. Perkins. AMPRIDE at SH-33 and US-177
2. Ripley. Downtown on Highway 108, building on the left.
3. Cushing. Memorial Park, east of the Swimming Pool.
4. Yale. Jim Thorpe Park on the east side of town on SH-51.
5. Mehan. Actually Fairgrounds Road and 68th Avenue.
6. Stillwater. Best Western Motel. This one has an indoor swimming pool!

Metric Centurians(100km/62 miles) will visit Ripley twice, believe it or not!.
Centurians will visit both Cushing and Ripley twice.

Sponsors

Check out our event sponsors and visit their websites.

Further Information

Contact Cooper's Bicycle Center
Telephone: (405) 372-2525
E-mail: coopersbikes@cs.com,

or Bill Burke at (405) 372-3825.

 

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