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Ride the Fault Line Cycle through portions of the mid-Mississippi Valley visiting multiple states in just one week! Event canceled once again in 2021 due to COVID safety issues.

Join us June 2022! Pedal through parts of 4 states in 1 week. Experience the history of the great New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, Civil War era homes and battles. Ride portions of the Mississippi River Trail and the Great River Road. Cross the Mississippi River on one of the last remaining riverboat ferries. See bald eagles flying over Reelfoot Lake wildlife refuge in Tennessee. Eat at Lambert's Restaurant, home of "Throwed Rolls"!

Ride the Fault Line cycling tour returns in 2025! We're still working on the details of our planned new overnight town ...
26/10/2024

Ride the Fault Line cycling tour returns in 2025! We're still working on the details of our planned new overnight town and routes....here are a few "teaser pics" of what we saw this past week. Start making plans to join us early next June! Registration opens Sunday December 1! www.ridethefault.com

Ride the Fault Line is a week long bicycle tour that annually lets cyclists ride through four (or more?) states in the m...
05/10/2024

Ride the Fault Line is a week long bicycle tour that annually lets cyclists ride through four (or more?) states in the mid-Mississippi valley. Get an idea of how this tour works by visiting www.ridethefault.com and reviewing where we rode and what we did and experienced in 2024! This past week we spent our planning time working on the schedule for 2025. You have to have a lot of people and places "in-sync" for 7 days to support a bike ride such as Ride the Fault Line! It's looking like maybe June 7-14. Should be cooler than the last week of June as used in 2023, but still after Memorial Day holiday and spring rains in our area. You can't avoid a conflict with some other event no matter which week in June you choose, but at least it will be a different set of conflicts than last year. The next most likely option is May 31-June 7. We can't go any further back into May because we stay at some schools and we can't do that until "school's out"! Prospective new or repeat riders-any thoughts?

As summer turns to fall, we are working on some new locations, routes, and things to see during our next Ride the Fault ...
28/09/2024

As summer turns to fall, we are working on some new locations, routes, and things to see during our next Ride the Fault Line cycling tour in June, 2025. This past week we worked on including a portion of a southern Illinois rail-trail in our itinerary. Still have a few details to work out, but it looks promising! Find out more about Ride the Fault Line bicycling tour at www.ridethefault.com

Weekly progress report on RTFL-2025: we spent all day Thursday checking out NEW route possibilities and overnight locat...
20/09/2024

Weekly progress report on RTFL-2025: we spent all day Thursday checking out NEW route possibilities and overnight locations in southern Illinois. Saw some promising sites to visit and things to do as well. Now we just have to spend a few more days "on the road" to see if we can bring all the necessary services together to make it happen next June. More later!

Keeping our followers up to date-we are working on routes and communities to visit for a 2025 RTFL. Lots of moving part...
14/09/2024

Keeping our followers up to date-we are working on routes and communities to visit for a 2025 RTFL. Lots of moving parts and dates to coordinate! We hope to have some information to share around the end of October. So check this page and the website, www.ridethefault.com for further updates around that time!

Fault Line cyclists got a chance to tour the Hemingway museum on the 2024 tour. According to rider survey responses sti...
23/07/2024

Fault Line cyclists got a chance to tour the Hemingway museum on the 2024 tour. According to rider survey responses still coming in, this was one of our favorite stops this year! Will we return in 2025? Keep checking here on Facebook and the website to find out!

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program traveled to Piggott to walk in the steps of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was married to Pauline Pfeiffer and the co...

10/07/2024

The tour visited Reelfoot Lake 2 weeks ago!

10/07/2024

The tour visited Reelfoot Lake two weeks ago!

The visit to Discovery Park was a great finish to our week-long tour through MO, AR, KY, TN!
01/07/2024

The visit to Discovery Park was a great finish to our week-long tour through MO, AR, KY, TN!

(Union City, Tenn., April 5, 2024) — Discovery Park of America is partnering with organizers of the “Ride the Fault Line” bicycle tour to serve as “homebase” while participants are in Northwest Tennessee June 26 – 28, 2024. Cyclists will be taking advantage of their “nights at the muse...

What you do with your Sunday afternoon when an all-day rainstorm got all your signs wet and made them stick together...
30/06/2024

What you do with your Sunday afternoon when an all-day rainstorm got all your signs wet and made them stick together...

After having endured an all-morning downpour Wednesday, Ride the Fault cyclists arrived at their new overnight site at ...
27/06/2024

After having endured an all-morning downpour Wednesday, Ride the Fault cyclists arrived at their new overnight site at Discovery Park of America.....

RTFL 2024 cyclists kick back with their favorite beverages at our home for the next three nights-at Discovery Park of Am...
26/06/2024

RTFL 2024 cyclists kick back with their favorite beverages at our home for the next three nights-at Discovery Park of America-Union City.

Wednesday began with the move to Discovery Park of America, which was accompanied by heavy downpours and frequent lightn...
26/06/2024

Wednesday began with the move to Discovery Park of America, which was accompanied by heavy downpours and frequent lightning...

Members of the "It's Kate's Fault" team pose before starting their route to Arkansas and the Ernest Hemingway museum-on...
26/06/2024

Members of the "It's Kate's Fault" team pose before starting their route to Arkansas and the Ernest Hemingway museum-on "Ride the Fault Line" 2024.

Early morning cyclist breakfast before leaving to visit Hemingway museum in Arkansas.
25/06/2024

Early morning cyclist breakfast before leaving to visit Hemingway museum in Arkansas.

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June 20-26, 2020. Pedal through 4 states in 1 week! Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee. Set your camp up only 3 times-ride more, work less! Experience the history of the great New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, Civil War era homes and battles. Ride portions of the Mississippi River Trail and the Great River Road. Cross the Mississippi River on one of the last remaining riverboat ferries. See bald eagles flying over Reelfoot Lake wildlife refuge in Tennessee. Visit wineries, microbreweries, and even moonshine distilleries! New this year-some days have GRAVEL options! (weather & river stages permitting!)