Proceeds from ODRAM will again benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Ride to Cure Program.
Registration dates & Cost:
• Register by April 1 - $30, register by August 1st - $40, after August 1st - $50
• Registration available on the day of the event for $5 late fee (cash or check).
• Free T-shirt if registered by August 1. T-shirts may be available for sale on Ride Day.
• Lunch provided at the half-way point in Blanchard and after ride BBQ at Bay City State Recreation Area.
• We will have a bus ($35) returning to Montague from Bay City at 8:00pm.
Online registration is open at BikeReg.com, and we'll have the option once again for a RETURN TICKET to get you (and your bike) back to the start. Or, hey, if you're hardcore, ride back the next day. Or if you're super ultra thick-cut bacon hardcore, ride back THAT NIGHT. It's come up. Really.
For more information, peruse the site, follow us on Facebook, and/or e-mail us with your comments, suggestions, and questions! Winter will pass...
Thank you for organizing the event again this year. This was my 6th ODRAM and my 2nd with JDRF. I am already recruiting riders for next year with one friend committed for next year. But most of us in my group will come back next year with one more rider each.
Thanks again for organizing the event. Great folks and also good work for the community and for the state of Michigan to have this ride.
LM - 6 Time Rider
Thanks for a great day yesterday! It was fun, in spite of the crazy weather!
MIsk8r - 2011 Rider
Just wanted to send you a THANK YOU and tell you how much Jim and I enjoyed the ODRAM 2010. You did a great job organizing the event and we are looking forward to it next year. THANK YOU again for coming to our rescue when Jim had his 3rd flat. You definitely saved our ride.
KB, Cincinnati, OH
That was a classy event. I hadn't done the ODRAM for several years, glad it's back and I hope to be back next year.
Things I liked:
Nice T-shirt, bottle
Cheery, helpful people
While I knew there was no SAG, I was forced to do a unsupported solo ride. At lunch when I knew my cell battery was almost dead an organizer offered to put it on his car charger. When the charger didn't match he offered to keep an eye on me. He did, as well as one of the other organizers.
Great food at the pavilion. People checking to see if I got enough to eat. One of the ladies took a warm pop out of my hand and replaced it with cold one.
Nice bus.
Bikes carefully stowed for the trip back.
Thanks so much.
DB, Multi-Year Rider
I did the ride in 2010. It took me 13 hrs., but I did it, and pretty much by myself with my husband and daughter following in the van and great riders here and there making sure I was doing OK. I plan on riding it next year. It was a great experience.
Dawn Andersen
