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COVERED BRIDGES RIDE 2008

The Bucks County Covered Bridges Festival on Saturday, October 18 celebrates the historic covered bridges of Bucks County.

Come to Tinicum Park Saturday for a fun-filled family day of activity, food and scenic beauty. The Bucks County Covered Bridges Festival celebrates the historic covered bridges of Bucks County. The event features walking tours of two covered bridges, old fashioned Bucks County Trolley tours of four covered bridges, arts and crafts vendors selling hand-made items, live entertainment, and lots of food, fun and activities for the entire family. Proceeds from the Covered Bridges Festival help preserve, repair and restore the historic Bucks County covered bridges. Cost: $2 per person, payable at entry. Bicycle ride registrants enter the festival for free. For more information, please visit Bucks County Covered Bridge Society

On Saturday, we've added a lower-cost Family Day with the 20 & 30 mile routes only. On Sunday, choose from five gorgeous rides, ranging from the flat, family-friendly to challenging, hilly routes. Rides start and end at Tinicum Park, along the shores of the Delaware River. See a spectrum of the area's most beautiful fall colors and scenery!

On Sunday, October 19 you'll find our traditional ride offerings. Choose from five gorgeous rides, ranging from the flat, family-friendly to challenging, hilly routes.

Enjoy the beautiful fall foliage of Central and Upper Bucks County in Pennsylvania. Travel through up to six historic covered bridges on the 28th Annual CBBC Covered Bridges Ride, hailed in the Bucks County Herald. This is THE premier cycling event in scenic Bucks County. Join over 2900 riders from all over the northeastern United States and ride through some of the most beautiful areas in this part of the world. The ride concludes with a Grande Finale Picnic and Party!

Registration is open.

Register online quickly and safely with Active.com.

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Covered Bridges Ride brochure and registration form.

If you have questions about this year's Covered Bridge Ride, please contact CBR INFO or visit the FAQ page.

Directions to the ride are available as well as Lodging Information in the area.

To see what it's all about visit the Covered Bridges Photo Gallery for pictures from past events or, if you would like to see the relative difficulty of the available ride options, take a look at the climbing profiles of the rides. Or perhaps you would like to find out more about the bridges you will be riding through.

Planning for this year's Covered Bridges Ride is underway and we need volunteers in many areas for this year's ride. Please help your club plan this event... we always need fresh ideas and new volunteers! Please contact the volunteer coordinator to volunteer or visit our volunteer sign-up page.

What started out in 1977 as a club century ride to explore all 13 remaining Bucks County covered bridges has become quite the cycling event. . . more

If you have some history of Covered Bridges to share, Please send it to the web coordinator.

The Covered Bridge Ride would not be the success it is without the many businesses that generously support it and they deserve our heartfelt thanks. A special thank you also goes to Bob Allen for supplying the artwork for the ride's souvenir T-shirt.