Bikers from across Ohio are registering for the Saturday, July 11, inaugural Ride to Remember. The ride starts and ends at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road.

Bluffton community bikers - whether you bike for recreation or serious excersise - are encouraged to register to ride.

The event offers short bike routes for families interested in biking together all the way to a 100-mile route for experienced riders.

A FLYER WITH REGISTRATION DETALS IS ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Richard Ramseyer, president of the Bluffton Lions Foundation, sponsor of the ride, said, “This serves as a springboard to a make Bluffton a bicycle destination and bike center for enthusiasts of the sport.”

Ride to Remember offers a 10-mile loop, a 64-mile loop with cutoffs for 13, 17, 24, 50 and 57 miles and a 100-mile course.

The 10-mile fun loop offers riddles to solve for families participating. There is also a two-mile walk, run, bike loop through Bluffton.

The ride is a fund-raiser for the Bluffton Bike and Pedestrian Pathway Committee. The organization has constructed one Bluffton bike path and is working on additional paths, to eventually encircle the northwestern Ohio village.

Bluffton Family Recreation, CG Pro Bikes and the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce assist the Bluffton Lions Foundation in putting on the event.

Costs for the ride are $25 for individuals. Family members ride for $25 for the first member, $20 for the second and $10 for each additional member.

Registrations may be mailed to:

Bluffton Family Recreation 
215 Snider Road
Bluffton, OH 45817 

Checks are payable to Bluffton Family Recreation.

Registration includes a lightweight bag for the first 200 registered riders, snacks at rest stops and finish, roaming repair van and rider pick-up service, pass to Bluffton Community Swimming Pool, shower at BFR and coupon for up to $8 off at Bluffton restaurants.

Sign-in and registration opens at 6 p.m. Routes open at 6:30 a.m. An optional mass start is at 8 a.m. Routes close at 4 p.m.

For additional information and maps of the various routes, go to www.RideToRemember.net