Fuller Center Bike Adventure

This 11-day event offers the opportunity to escape winter’s cold and enjoy the endless sun of southern Florida, all while creating an opportunity to serve those in need of a decent place in which to live.

It has all the components of a perfect Fuller Center ride…great routes, great church hosts, and a great build day!

Plus, the Fuller Center will transport you and your bike back to the start from Key West at the end of the event.

What to expect on the Tour de Florida:

• 9 days of riding, typically 40-65 miles per day
• One build day in a community along the way
• High temperatures typically average in the 70’s
• Ocean views from your bike seat
• A finish riding through the unique beauty of the Florida Keys

What do you expect biking in Florida this winter? Warm weather, tree lined roads, coastal waters, and bike paths. Those are some of the many aspects of Florida that make this ride so popular.

Our Tour de Florida is a beautiful route, but the beauty is not only in the scenery. It’s an opportunity that connects your riding and fundraising to the families we serve, with two builds along the way.

Many riders come to ride our events for the riding itself, yet most quickly realize how much bigger these events are than what was expected from a typical ride. Join us to learn why.

There is a lot to love on the Bike Adventure’s Tour de Florida!

The Perfect Fall Ride. A great route for both experienced and new cyclists…

The Natchez Trace bike ride has grown to be a fan favorite Bike Adventure. It has all the components of a perfect Fuller Center ride…great routes, great church hosts, and great build days!

Why our Natchez Trace bike ride is so loved:\

• 350+ miles of smooth roads
• wonderfully hospitable hosts
• light motorized traffic
• beautiful scenery
• abundant bike signage

What you won’t see on the Trace:

• semi trucks
• stop signs
• traffic lights
• billboards
• utility poles

The Silver Comet trail is one of the longest, most pleasant paved trails in the country, especially when adding in the Chief Ladiga Trail into Alabama. Even better, by adding in shorter trails like the Big Creek Greenway, we will have a weeklong route that should be on about 85% trails!

For years we did a part of the Silver Comet as a gorgeous weekend ride with camping, but this new weeklong event will utilize indoor sleeping in churches and community centers, and now includes more bike paths, more builds, and more fun. Experience northern Georgia while creating an opportunity to serve those in need of a decent place in which to live.

It has all the components of a perfect Fuller Center ride…great routes, great church hosts, and 1 great build day!

You will start and return at the same place, so you’ll see the trails from both directions, and the logistics for those driving will be made easy as they can leave their vehicles near the start.

What to expect on the Silver Comet:

• 7 days of riding, typically 30-60 miles per day
• One Build Day
• 80 – 85% paved bicycle trails along the way

When you want to go out and enjoy a ride, what do you want? Is it paved roads, tree lined paths, out in nature? Those are some of the many aspects of Silver Comet that make this event so appealing.

The trails are off limits to cars, giving you an opportunity to more easily talk with other riders as you enjoy your surroundings rather than focus on the cars around you.

Many riders come to our events for the riding itself, yet quickly realize how much bigger these events are than the cycling itself as they experience the build days and the community. Join us to learn why.

Amazing! Participants in this event will experience so much as we traverse through some of the West’s greatest sites. Allow yourself to combine the thrill of cycling with working on homes and exploring some of our nation’s most popular National Parks while averaging about 62 miles per day.

We’ll be traveling from Moab, UT in the south to Glacier National Park in the north. Choose either a segment or join us for a journey to remember forever across four states.

Enjoy the vast colors and rock formations of Arches and Canyonlands near our start in Moab. Then soak in the majesty of Grand Tetons and the natural attractions of Yellowstone in segments two and three. Finally, end with the the snow capped mountains and crystal clear waters of Glacier National Park.

Each segment has at least one National Park with its own unique beauty. These remote areas will necessitate tent camping days near National Parks in addition to the usual indoor church camping that our rides usually utilize.

This would not be a Fuller Center Bicycle event without serving communities along the way, too. You have the opportunity to work beside families you helped fundraise for in Price, Salt Lake City, and Logan, UT.

We’ve been leading cross country rides since 2008 through various paths across the USA. The most popular of them all? Seattle to DC, so we’re bringing it back!

Our 2024 cross country adventure will enter 12 states over 10 weeks and traverse the stunning Northwest with highlights at Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain National Park and Flaming Gorge.

This route has everything you’ll want on a cross country ride: beautiful scenery, meaningful build days, and incredible host churches. From the seat of a bicycle, soak in the stunning views of the Pacific Northwest, enjoy America’s Heartland in the Central Plains, and conquer the Blue Ridge Mountains — and then end with a great sense of accomplishment in our nation’s capital.

With your help, we will form a tight community of volunteers on bicycles supporting each other and making a difference as we stop to help on 7 different build days (no building experience required).

Go the whole way or any number of the 10 segments.

Highlights

• The lush rivers and cherry orchards of Washington State
• The paved Coeur d’Alene bicycle trail in Idaho
• Incredible views in western Montana, “Big Sky Country”
• Yellowstone National Park!
• The canyons and natural beauty of Northern Utah and southern Wyoming, including Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
• Crossing the Rocky Mountains, and visiting Rocky Mountain National Park
• Experiencing the nation’s Plains and Breadbasket, and crossing the Mississippi River
• Build days with partner families throughout the ride, but especially from Illinois to Virginia where we have four in three weeks.
• The Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive right through Shenandoah National Park
• Building a strong community of riders together — the true highlight of the trip for many
• Finishing at the nation’s capital!