HANCOCK -- The start of the Saturday, June 20, Portage Health Chain Drive mountain bike race will be only slightly altered by the construction in Houghton.The start of the race will be at 10 a.m. at the usual spot -- Best Western-Franklin Square Inn, Houghton. Roll-out will proceed downhill on Lakeshore Drive, not Shelden Avenue. Cyclists will turn up Quincy Street (near the Ambassador) and roll-out across the bridge.
The roll-out will be led by a police car, which cyclists cannot pass.
Online registration closes tonight, Thursday, June 18, at 11:59 p.m.
Otherwise registration will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, June 19, and from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at Best Western-Franklin Square Inn.
The 16-mile and 32-mile cross-country races traverse the Maasto Hiihto / Churning Rapids trail system in Hancock. The course includes miles of singletrack and lots of elevation change. The finish will be at the Portage Health System hospital parking lot in Hancock. Visit the Chain Drive Web site for details and a four-minute action video.
The Junior Chain Drive starts at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20. The race will be on a single-track trail in a wooded area east of the hospital and will end at the Portage Health campus. The event includes timed races for youth ages 8-13 above and non-timed races for those age 7 and under. Click here for details.
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