777 LUCKY CRUSHER - Smart-guided Selfie Gravel Adventure - Central Ohio

777 LUCKY CRUSHER - Smart-guided Selfie Gravel Adventure - Central Ohio

This 777-mile LUCKY CRUSHER is an amazing 57% combined gravel/bikeway/MTB trail! Do it as an ITT, KOM, or extended-day bikepack/camp event.

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Starts on Monday, March 10 · 10am EDT

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GravelNuts Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Gravel Adventure - Central Ohio

33900 Township Rd 68 Frazeyburg, OH 43822 United States

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About this event

777 LUCKY CRUSHER

- Smart-guided Selfie Gravel Adventure - Central Ohio


Gravel is king! If that is you, this adventure is yours - 777 miles! An amazing 57% combined gravel/bikeway/MTB trail!


Do it as an ITT (Individual Time Trial) endurance bikepacking event*, a KOM (King of the Mountain) standing*, or a multi-day relaxed bike-camping adventure. The route is 43% gravel - 43% rural hard paved - 14% bikeway and MTB trail. Combined climbing is 53,225 feet and the route comes with GravelNuts' 50% downhill guarantee.


This 777-mile gravel adventure can be broken down into several days of overnight camping or grind it out in a super-human single ITT/KOM endurance effort*. Several POI (Points of interest) campgrounds are marked along the route at about every 50 miles - details are provided with your ticket purchase.


Get your camping gear packed for those doing it as a several-day bike-packing adventure and get ready for a fun, gravel road-focused 777-mile camping adventure! The route starts at a tasty spot in the countryside and proceeds to campground locations along the way.


Grocery/convenience stores are marked POI before upcoming campgrounds to replenish cooking supplies along the route. The best idea is to plan carefully what you are going to cook in the evening. If it is a perishable item, keep in mind food safety. If possible, pack in ice and shade it on your rig. There are also a couple of tasty stops along the way that are POI, but just a couple. That's it.


Plan ahead - this is very important - PLAN AHEAD - resupply spots are sparse along the route. Take note of food/resupply points of interest (POI) and the marked campground POI.


This cycling adventure will take you through scenic mid-Ohio countryside, towns, and on the fringe and through several Amish communities. The quiet rural countryside along gravel roads is the main feature of this adventure.


The smart-guided 777-mile route is an impressive 57% combined gravel road/bikeway/MTB trails. The segments that are not gravel are predominantly quiet low low-traffic roadways. The route follows the topography of Mideast Ohio, which is mostly mild to hard rolling hills. There are segments where you might be bike-hiking, but nothing to work up too much of a sweat over. Speaking of sweating - it's optional. You set the pace, starting time, and agenda with GravelNuts' expert smart-guided cycle route.


Easily, with the smart guide you can wander away from the planned route to get a better look at points of interest you find along the way. The smart guide will get you back on the route when you are ready.


Ultra-endurance bikepacking participants

*If riding as an ITT/KOM, an appropriate satellite dot tracker is highly recommended to validate your effort. Follow the ultra-endurance bikepacking community rules. Learn more here about self-supported bikepacking



WHY CHOOSE a Smart-guided Selfie Gravel Ride?

You get all the benefits of a guided event without the drawbacks of a route guide, other riders, time restrictions, and a rigid event agenda. With this smart-guided ride, you can go when you want, at your speed, and hang out at a spot as long as you wish. You can even wander off the planned route and the smart guide will get you back on track when you are ready.


HERE'S THE PLAN: You bring a bike and a smartphone. GravelNuts provides the smart guide links! You will receive an expertly designed route via email. Click the emailed link and follow the route using your smartphone as your smart-ride guide for the Voice and Map guided turn-by-turn instructions.


SHORT INSTRUCTIONS: From your location, using your cell phone click on the starting spot link and follow the Google Maps directions. When you arrive, click the emailed tour navigation links to begin the ride. The navigation links will be either Google Maps, Ride With GPS (RWGPS), or both. For more complex tours, there may be several links to click with additional instructions. With Google Maps, the navigator will prompt you at each checkpoint to continue navigation.


GET IT NOW AND RIDE WHENEVER AND FOREVER. The route links do not expire. Get it now and plan out your adventure - invite your favorite peeps or ride solo; make overnight accommodation reservations, if needed.. The download is for the GravelNuts Selfie Smart-guided route links and instructions. Attractions, lodgings, food, bike rental, etc. are not included.



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In a nutshell...

​CycleNuts Selfie Cycle Tours

tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway focused tour route where you ride at your pace and your pleasure. You are the tour boss. You pick the date, time, and tour pace.

With these smart-guided bikeway cycling adventures you bring the bike and smart phone, and ​CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide. The smart guide gives you voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the Smart Guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.

CycleNuts Group Rides on Meetup

are an alternative cycle touring experience where seeing and socializing take emphasis over speed and (ugh!) sweat. Join along on bikeway touring adventures to destinations near and far as we strive for the

  • Goal: to create bikeway touring opportunities for cyclists of all types to enjoy together
  • Mission: to encourage casual cyclists and cyclists interested in casual cycling to tour together
  • Vision: a united cycling community that tours together on bikeway adventures for the holistic benefit of all

What to expect - Casual social cycle touring where exercise is optional, everybody finishes together, and nobody is dropped, abandoned, or left to fend for their self (unless they wish to be). Expect a slow pace under 11 mph average with CycleNuts’ 50% downhill guarantee. Sweating is optional. Pictures, merriment, and other tourist activities heartily encouraged. Allow ample time for the nature of CycleNuts tours including

  • Trail-side breaks
  • Eating and drinking
  • Picture taking and posing
  • Pacing with the slowest riders
  • Looking at cool stuff along the way
  • And other sorts of tourist activities – as well as unforeseen detours, breakdowns, and delays of various sorts.

Helmets are not mandatory - cycleNuts tours give preference to bikeways - bicycle trails and protected bicycle lanes. Routes may include dedicated bicycle lanes on streets, bicycle ‘friendly’ streets, and of necessity, regular streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and unpaved trails. Darkness may be experienced on evening or early morning rides. Lights in good working order at all times on CycleNuts tours are a great idea – to be seen and to see!

SAG-free - CycleNuts tours, including travel and over-night accommodations, are self-supported with the slightest of guidance. SAG is not provided. Carpools and caravans are individual choices. Emergency road support – if necessary – may be a creative, collective group effort or you may need to fend for yourself. Be prepared with options.

Recommended Gear - A cycle (uni, bi, tri, tandem, E, recumbent, or cycle/trailer rig). Protective gear of your choice. ID. Front and rear lighting. Communication device. Spare tube. Patch kit. Air pump. Wrench kit. Cycle lock. Water. Energy bar. Funds for refreshment breaks and emergencies. Sun screen. Pest repellent.

Recommended Preparation – Pre-check (before you load that bike for transport to the starting spot) brakes, tire pressure, lights, and rideability. Consider what you are wearing on tour and what you may need for changing weather conditions.

Yes – CycleNuts will offer cycling events in all four seasons – what else could be expected from CycleNuts?

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