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Bicycling clubs, non-profit organizations and private groups host memorable one-day cycling events that center on a tour along a marked route of varying lengths with food and rest stops and other features. What makes them unforgettable? In the case of the Bloomin’ Metric, held in late May near the Connecticut coastline along Long Island Sound, and Tour de Tahoe in September, at Lake Tahoe, the attraction is the scenery as well as the camaraderie among riders of all ages who return year after year.

These rides offer older riders a chance to pedal at their own pace either alone or with a group. They are perfect for those who don’t have the time to join famous multiday events like RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa), who don’t wish to be part of a huge group like the 35,000 who participate in New York’s Five Boro Bike Tour and Montreal’s Tour de L’Ile, or who are not ready to spend the money it costs to vacation on a luxurious outfitted multiday tour in a bike Mecca like Tuscany or the Sonoma Valley of California.

According to Curtis Fong, owner of Bike The West and director of both America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride and the Tour de Tahoe, 65 to 70 percent of entrants in these rides are over the age of 50, while about two-thirds of them are male.