Tour of Payne
Decade of Payne

7:30 am
July 4, 2004
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 2003 event sponsors and visit their websites
Contact us if you want to be a 2004 event sponsor.

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 as there was in 2004. Our MTB is the Lake McMurtry Challenge, which was on Sunday, March 28, 2004, 9am-3pm.

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 Ripley, Cushing, Mehan, and Yale.

Construction on Highway US-177 has altered the routes slightly this year.

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.

Free massages are also available after the ride at the Best Western.

The entry fee is $20.00 for those that pre-register by June 15, 2004 and $25 afterwards.

Registration

Pre-register by mail

Register in person

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

 

This is the 2004 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, 2004 for the special room rate of ($62 ?) 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 from last year and visit their websites.

The Routes

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

Note: Maps are pdf files.

26-mile Route Map
Leave Best Western, heading South 1-mile on Perkins Road (US-177).
Turn left, East on Sixth Avenue (SH-51), 3 miles to Fairgrounds Road
Turn right, South on Fairgrounds Road, 5 miles to 68th Avenue - Rest Stop
Continue South on Fairgrounds Road, 4 miles to Highway 33. Turn around point.
North 4 miles to Rest Stop at Fairgrounds Rd. and 68th Avenue
North 6 miles on Fairgrounds Road to McElroy Avenue
East 3 miles on McElroy Avenue to Best Western Hotel

36-mile Route Map
Leave Best Western, heading South 1-mile on Perkins Road (US-177).
Turn left, East on Sixth Avenue (SH-51), 3 miles to Fairgrounds Road
Turn right, South on Fairgrounds Road, 5 miles to 68th Avenue - Rest Stop
Continue South on Fairgrounds Road, 4 miles to Highway 33. Turn around point.
Turn left, East 5.2 miles to Highway 108
Turn left, North 2.2 miles to Ripley - Rest Stop
North 1.9 miles to 68th Avenue (Mehan Road)
Turn left, 5 miles through Mehan to Fairgrounds Road - Rest Stop
Turn right, North 6 miles on Fairgrounds Road to McElroy Avenue
East 3 miles on McElroy Avenue to Best Western Hotel

62-mile Route (100 kilometers) Map
Leave Best Western, heading South 1-mile on Perkins Road (US-177).
Turn left, East on Sixth Avenue (SH-51), 3 miles to Fairgrounds Road
Turn right, South on Fairgrounds Road, 5 miles to 68th Avenue - Rest Stop
Continue South on Fairgrounds Road, 4 miles to Highway 33. Turn around point.
Turn left, East 5.2 miles to Highway 108
Turn left, North 2.2 miles to Ripley - Rest Stop
North 1.9 miles to 68th Avenue
TURN RIGHT FIRST TIME - Go East
East 8 miles on 68th Avenue (Dunkin Road) to Highway 18
Turn right, South 4.8 miles into Cushing to the Swimming Pool in Memorial Park- Rest Stop
South 0.3 miles on Little Avenue
Turn right, 4 miles West on 9th Avenue to Brethern Road
Turn right, 1 mile North on Brethern to Highway 33
Turn right, North 2.2 miles to Ripley - Rest Stop
North 1.9 miles to 68th Avenue
TURN LEFT SECOND TIME - Go West
Turn left, 5 miles through Mehan to Fairgrounds Road - Rest Stop
Turn right, North 6 miles on Fairgrounds Road to McElroy Avenue
East 3 miles on McElroy Avenue to Best Western Hotel

100-mile Route (Century) Map
Leave Best Western, heading South 1-mile on Perkins Road (US-177).
Turn left, East on Sixth Avenue (SH-51), 3 miles to Fairgrounds Road
Turn right, South on Fairgrounds Road, 5 miles to 68th Avenue - Rest Stop
Continue South on Fairgrounds Road, 4 miles to Highway 33. Turn around point.
Turn left, East 5.2 miles to Highway 108
Turn left, North 2.2 miles to Ripley - Rest Stop
North 1.9 miles to 68th Avenue
TURN RIGHT FIRST TIME - Go East
East 8 miles on 68th Avenue (Dunkin Road) to Highway 18
Turn right, South 4.8 miles into Cushing to the Swimming Pool in Memorial Park - Rest Stop
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.
South 0.3 miles on Little Avenue
Turn left, 3 mile East on 9th Avenue to Norfolk Road
Turn left, 1 mile north on Norfolk Road to Highway 33.
Turn right, 5.6 miles East on SH-33 to Drumright
Turn left on SH-33 Bypass to SH-99
Turn left, 8.2 mile North on SH-99 through Oilton to SH-51
Turn left, 6.3 miles West on SH-51 to Yale and Rest Stop
West on Highway 51 to Norfolk Road
Turn left, 9 miles South on Norfolk Road to 9th Street
Turn right, 3 miles East to Memorial Park - Rest Stop
Turn right, 4 miles West on 9th Avenue to Brethern Road
Turn right, 1 mile North on Brethern to Highway 33
Turn right, North 2.2 miles to Ripley - Rest Stop
North 1.9 miles to 68th Avenue
TURN LEFT SECOND TIME - Go West
Turn left, 5 miles through Mehan to Fairgrounds Road - Rest Stop
Turn right, North 6 miles on Fairgrounds Road to McElroy Avenue
East 3 miles 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. Mehan. Actually Fairgrounds Road and 68th Avenue.
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. 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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