Maumee ADV Ride

Join the TCD downtown for an informal tour of the city, its heritage, ruins and future. Meet up at 9 AM for breakfast downtown with the ride after.  See the Michigan Central Depot, Belle Isle, the Packard Plant and many other interesting sights. 20-40 riders.

Meet up at 9 AM at the Los Galanes restaurant, 3362 Bagley Ave, Detroit. Keep on eye on the TCD message forum for updates.

Long standing TCD event. Half the riders are on road bikes and half have dirty GS’s. Cycle-Moore Campground, 11075 US 31 S, Interlochen, MI. Enjoy the extended daylight for great riding in Leelanau Peninsula, and then hang around the campfire into wee hours of the night. Motel options in Interlochen for those who don’t want to camp. There is an ADV ride on the Michigan ORV trail system on Friday morning up to the campground. Meet in St. John and ride up, or meet everyone at the campground. 20-45 riders.

Explore the dirt backroads of Washtenaw, Lapeer, and Jackson Counties.  Great gravel road routes.  Meet for breakfast at Inverness Inn north of Chelsea, MI about 9:00 – ride at 10.  Typically 6-14 riders.

Breakfast will be available at the Inverness Inn starting at 9:00 am, however they will be hard pressed to accommodate the entire group.  So, riders are encouraged to meet for breakfast (if desired) in Pinckney on the way to the starting location at the Inverness Inn.  If you’d like to meet for breakfast, please meet at 9:00 a.m. at either Aunt Betty’s Restaurant (126 W Main St, Pinckney, MI 48169), or the Pinckney Diner (150 S Howell St, Pinckney, MI 48169).

The ride is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. from the Inverness Inn parking lot.

This is always a fun ride.  Hope to see you there!

Check back here and on the forum for more details as we get closer.

Athens, OH. Hit the scenic, twisty, and hilly backroads in southern Ohio.  We will have routes for both on-road as well as off-road. Ride the Triple Nickel and the Ohio Twisty 9 (paved roads). We also have ADV / dirt routes for the GS crowd. Ride down on Thurs, or Friday. Ride back Sunday or Monday. 6-14 riders. Maybe more this year! Good event to bring your significant other…

This is a great destination for a Sunday ride, whether or not you ride the routes from the field. Come watch the sailplanes, and have lunch, and hang out with other TCD'ers.

• Explore the excellent riding of western Washtenaw and Livingston Counties and possibly, go on a ride in a sailplane!
• Meet at the Richmond Field, home of the Sandhill Soaring Club, 19935 Doyle Rd, Gregory, MI 48137
• We will stage on-road, and all pavement rides. GPS tracks will be available.
• Picnic at 12:30pm. Please RSVP on the forum or to tcdpresident@bmwtcd.org so we have a count for food. Hot dogs / brats, chips, etc. (Or bring something to throw on the grill!)
• For those interested, people can also sign up for sail plane rides with the Sandhill Soaring Club: www.sandhillsoaring.org
  This is a great destination for a Sunday ride, whether or not you ride the routes from the field. Come watch the sailplanes, and have lunch, and hang out with other TCD'ers.

Take a look pictures and video from last year.

Port Crescent State Park, Port Crescent, MI. Join your fellow TCDers in the annual TCD run up to Michigan’s thumb and overnight campout at Port Crescent State Park near Port Austin. Enjoy some early autumn camping and marvel at a campfire on the Saginaw Bay shore that can be seen from the moon.  A good time for all.  Most meet at the campground. 8-24 attendees.

Check back on the TCD message forum for current info, updates and details.

Oakland County ADV Ride - Saturday May 12th

• Explore the dirt backroads of Northern Oakland County (+ Lapeer).
• Great gravel road routes.
• Meet for breakfast at 9:00 in Clarkston, MI at the Old Village Cafe, 2 S Main St, Village of Clarkston, MI 48346
• Ride starts at 10:00 am
• 80.9 miles  78.3 gravel road and 2.4 miles paved (with mostly all of the pavement at the very start and end)
• Ride concludes at the Paint Creek Cider Mill 4480 Orion Rd, Rochester, MI 48306
• Should be finished by 1:30

GPS files are located in the TCD GPS forum.  Please have them loaded if possible.

• This is a TCD favorite, and we're heading back to Interlochen.
• The official camp location will be Cycle-moore (tent camping, RV hook-ups and cottages are available) just south of town.
• For lodging in town there are lots of options available. There's lodging at the Redwood Motor Inn right in town next to food and everything else. They also have a large fire pit right on the property.
• Both road and adventure GPS routes will be available on the forum for download. The road routes are around 185-200 miles and the Adv Track is 155 miles.
• If the weather is good we often have 50 show up, if not 3-4.  We hope for beautiful fall weather.

Tawas Point State Park , East Tawas, MI. Pay memorial tribute with other TCD members to those brave sailors lost from the Edmund Fitzgerald to the icy waters of Lake Superior. We ride up to Tawas Point State Park on Saturday. Have dinner in East Tawas, then build a camp fire you can see from the moon! Either camp at the park or grab a motel in East Tawas. Turnout is weather dependent. Last year (snow) we had one rider and 3 arrived in a car. If the weather is great we could have 25-30. Last chance to sneak a ride in for the year.

Check the TCD message forum for info, updates and details.