This year’s Ride to Remember bike ride on Saturday, July 16, has several new features with special invitations to the community that turns the event into a community fun day.

Last year’s inaugural ride attracted 100 bikers to Bluffton. This year hopes to have more riders, plus activities for the community.

Here’s the plan so far:

• An 8 a.m. mass start takes place at Bluffton Family Recreation on Snider Road.  The mass start includes a “parade” of riders southbound on Main Street to the Dairy Freeze where various routes split.

• Many of the bikers will return to the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool from their rides between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

• The Dough Hook will grill sandwiches and offer lunch at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The lunch is open to the public in addition to the bikers.

• Jim Boedicker, who performs each month at the Bluffton Famers’ Market, will perform at the swimming pool from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• The Ride to Remember committee invites community groups interested in setting up activities on July 16 at the swimming pool area to join in. Contact Fred Steiner at [email protected] for details.

“We are open to any ideas from community groups,” he said. “We’d like to turn the day into a fun time for the community.”

Community bikers are also invited to consider riding one of the various bike routes this year. Routes range from a two-mile around town route all the way to a 100-route for serious bikers.

Registrations are being accepted at www.ridetoremember.net. A ride flyer is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.