2024 Challenge Rides

Challenge Rides

To receive a Challenge Ride patch, choose a Challenge Ride for the Year and complete five of the six locations of that Challenge Ride at your own pace. To document completing the Challenge Ride, take pictures of your bike in front of the destination sign, collect these pictures over the course of the year and provide the photos to the Safety Officer to receive a Challenge Ride patch.

2024 Challenge Rides

Option One: The Texas Historic Bridges Challenge Ride

The Texas Historic Bridges Challenge Ride Brings riders to beautiful places in the Hill Country. A video for the A video for the Texas Historic Bridges Challenge Ride is available on @Rearviews Rides.

The list of sites for the Texas Historic Bridges Challenge is:

1. Llano Bridge, Llano, TX
2. Beveridge Bridge, San Saba, TX
3. CR 204 Truss Bridge, Harkeyville, TX
4. Regency Suspension Bridge, Regency, TX
5. Waldrip Truss Bridge, Waldrip, TX
6. Broad Street Concrete Truss Bridge, Mason, TX

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Figure 1. The Texas Historic Bridges Challenge Ride route.

Option Two: The Texas Ghost Towns Challenge Ride

The Texas Ghost Towns Challenge Ride Brings riders to beautiful places in the Hill Country. A video for the A video for the Texas Ghost Towns Challenge Ride is available on @Rearviews Rides.

The list of sites for the Texas Ghost Towns Challenge is:

1. Payton Colony, TX
2. Crabapple, TX
3. Oxford, TX
4. Koocksville, TX
5. Ft. McKavett, TX
6. Bear Creek Settlement, TX

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Figure 2. The Texas Ghost Towns Challenge Ride route.

Option Three: The Texas Historical Markers Challenge Ride

The Texas Historical Markers Challenge Ride Brings riders to beautiful places in the Hill Country. A video for the A video for the Texas Historical Markers Challenge Ride is available on @Rearviews Rides.

The list of sites for the Texas Historical Markers Challenge is:

1. Cow Camp Massacre Historical Marker, Tarpley, TX
2. Saltpetre Mine and Silver Mine Pass Historical Markers, Concan, TX
3. Dry Frio Canyon Historical Marker, Reagan Wells, TX
4. Thurman Cemetery and Thurmans of Kickapoo Historical Markers, Rocksprings, TX
5. Bandera Pass Historical Marker, Camp Verde, TX
6. Treue Der Union Monument and Historical Marker, Comfort, TX

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Figure 3. The Texas Historical Markers Challenge Ride route.

Option Four: The Texas Reservoir HOGs Challenge Ride

The Texas Reservoir HOGs Challenge Ride Brings riders to beautiful swimming holes in the Hill Country. This rider challenge comes with an additional requirement: You have to get wet in the reservoir! A video for the Texas Reservoir HOGs Challenge Ride is available on @Rearviews Rides.

The list of sites for the Texas Reservoir HOGs Challenge is:

1. Canyon Lake, Canyon, TX
2. Inks Lake, Inks Lake State Park, TX
3. Lake Buchanan, Llano County Park, TX
4. Brady Creek Reservoir, Brady, TX
5. O. H. Ivie Reservoir, Millersview, TX
6. Medina Lake, Mico, TX

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Figure 4. The Texas Reservoir HOGs Challenge Ride route.