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RIDE: M22 | MILES: 100 | LOCATION: Onekama, MI

M-22, a point-to-point century from Onekama to Traverse City, Michigan, heads north and follows a remote section of coastline into the forests of Sleeping Bear Dunes. Like California’s HWY 1, the coast is almost stunning and captivating enough to hide the pain 100 miles of never flat and always windy riding. Almost.

RIDE: Driftless | MILES: 125 | LOCATION: Madison, WI

Driftless is a 125 mile loop through southern Wisconsin’s driftless region, infamous among cyclists for it’s stunning rural beauty, short, steep coulees and Blue Mound Sate Park. Rumor has it that if Chicago get's the 2016 Olympics this area will be the scene of world class road racing, even if locales from Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota already know it is.

RIDE: Lincoln Continental | MILES: 155 | LOCATION: Lincoln, NE

155 is a century-and-a-half of unimproved roads from Lincoln to Ponca Nebraska. This ride, 14 hours of dirt and headwind, is a Midwest epic adventure.

RIDE: Black Hills | MILES: 120 | LOCATION: Spearfish, SD

Black Hills is a 120 mile point-to-point from Spearfish to Custer State Park, South Dakota. After Spearfish Canyon’s waterfalls and Blue Ribbon Trout stream the ride moves past Cheyenne Crossing, a famous stop on the route to Deadwood, Hanna Creek, the Moonshine Gulch Saloon, the ghost town of Mystic, the 1880 train route to Keystone just below Mount Rushmore National Monument before finally ending in Custer State Park. This route blends a mix of paved and gravel roads through both the North and South Black Hills.