FlatLands Cycling

Who wants to ride bike with us?? This Saturday, August 22nd, we are having our annual FlatLands 'Century' 100-mile Group Road Ride! Whether you've done several 'century' rides before or you've only ever dreamed about riding your bike 100 miles in one go, this ride is for you. We have experienced ride leaders who will lead the way with fellow cycling enthusiasts and help everyone complete this milestone achievement. Here are some important details about this ride:

Where: Ride departs from Centennial Elementary School at the NE parking lot. The ride will also end here.

When: Wheels roll at 7am on Saturday, August 22nd. Try to get there early!

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3525147687687227338
This is the link to view the route on Strava. We have 3 planned stops at gas stations to refill on water and snacks, those are at mile 23, 53, and 83. We still encourage you to plan ahead and bring water and snacks to eat throughout the ride.

Pacing: We plan to have two pace groups for this ride. One group will average 17-19mph and one group with average 15-17mph. This doesn't mean each group will hold that average speed constantly - we may go slower into a headwind, or faster with a tailwind, for example - but at the end of the ride the average speed should fall in these two ranges. We will use a pace line where appropriate to share the draft and help keep everyone feeling fresh throughout the ride. If you haven't ridden in a pace line before, we'll be happy to show you how it works.

Waiver: For 2026 FlatLands Cycling Members, you have already signed a wavier when you became a member which applies to FLC events for the entire year. For non-members, we will have waivers available to sign before the ride departs.

All riders are required to wear helmets on this ride. Please do not bring aero bars. Aero bar use will not be allowed while riding in the group.

If you have a FlatLands jersey, we encourage you to wear it!

Remember to charge your batteries!

Suggested Packing list:
• 2 Water Bottles
• Nutrition (Gels, Bars, Etc)
• At least 1 extra tube
• Co2 or pump
• Multitool
• Taillight (strongly recommended)
• Money and/or credit card
• Cell Phone.

We hope to see you there!

📣 REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the first annual FlatLands Cycling Red River Rippr XC Mountain Bike Race! This is a mass start, cross-country mountain bike race that will be held at MB Johnson Park on Saturday, August 29th. More race information below.

Register Here: https://www.bikereg.com/redriverrippr

Classes:
Open Men & Women (Start at 9:00am - 4 laps)
Citizen Men & Women (Start at 12:00pm - 2 Laps)
U18 boys and Girls (Start at 12:00pm - 2 Laps)
U13 boys and Girls (Start at 12:00pm - 2 Laps)
Kids Race (for 12" - 16” bikes) (Occurs after the Open Race near the start/finish line area on a small paved/grass course)

Prizes:
Open Division (Equal for both Men & Women)
1st Place - $150 Cash
2nd Place - $75 Cash
3rd Place - $50 Cash
4th Place - $50 Scheels Gift Card
5th Place - $25 Scheels Gift Card

Citizen/U18/U13 (Equal for each division Men & Women)
1st Place - $50 Scheels Gift Card
2nd Place - $25 Scheels Gift Card
3rd Place - $10 Scheels Gift Card

Kids Race - Freezie and sticker after their race.

This is a chip timed event and there will be a photographer capturing photos for participants.

Registration is $40 per rider for Open and Citizen Riders.

U18 & U13 JUNIORS & KIDS RACE FOR FREE!

We hope you'll join us on 8/29 at MB Johnson Park!

Red River Rippr Online Registration BikeReg - online cycling event registration

Hope to see you at the Bike Rodeo tonight, it should be a blast. We and WF Events are giving away a bike to 2 lucky kids at tonight's event! See you there.

🚲 Today's the day!

Bike Safety Rodeo is tonight from 5:00–7:00 PM at Rendezvous Park!

Bring your bike and enjoy free tune-ups, helmet checks, bike registration, a bike wash, an obstacle course, and plenty of fun activities while learning how to ride safely. We'll also have local organizations on-site with helpful resources and interactive stations.
Kids who complete their Bike Safety Rodeo Passport will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE bike!

This event is free, family-friendly, and open to riders of all ages. We can't wait to see you tonight! 🚴‍♀️💙

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That's a wrap on the 2026 MTB Race Series. It was great seeing so many coming out for weeknight races. Here's how everything shook out for this year. We will reach out to podium winners soon to get you your gift card.

We hope to see you back at MB Johnson Park on 8/29 at the Red River Rippr: https://www.bikereg.com/redriverrippr

You can see the results for the MTB Race Series and all of our events here as well: https://tinyurl.com/FLC-2026-Events

It’s race day! It’s the final race of our Monday Night Mountain Bike Series, and tonight we are at MB Johnson Park. We have a preview video for the course linked in our bio, and please note that we made two course small changes after posting that video. The two course updates have videos too, you’ll find those linked in our bio as well. We’ve had a fun series so far, we hope to see you out riding for the last one of the year!

Monday night was Race #2 of our MTB Series. Below are the results from the first 2 races and series points.

You can see the results for this and all of our events here as well:
https://tinyurl.com/FLC-2026-Events

Our next Monday Night Mountain Bike Series Race will be at MB Johnson Park this coming Monday 7/27. Take a look at the course preview video below to see how we’ll be running the course for this race. Note that for the Open division the course will be slightly different near the beginning in the “Wolves Den” area to utilize one of the new features the Trailbuilders have been working on. We’ll run the base, old school trail for the citizen, novice, and junior divisions. More info in the video!

2026 Monday Night MTB Series - MB Johnson Course Preview Here is the preview video for Race 3 of the 2026 FlatLands Cycling ...

It’s Race Day! Tonight we are back at Lions Trail System for race 2 of the Monday Night Mountain Bike Series, utilizing the middle section of Lions for our course. This will be the same course we used for race 1 last year, so it will be familiar for those who joined us in 2025. If you didn’t, we have a video preview of the course on our YouTube channel, the link is in our bio.

There is now more parking available at the newly updated Lions Conservancy Parking lot so please utilize that area when you arrive. The race start/finish will be on the levee like it has been in previous years, but please note we are being careful to avoid treading on private property that extends up onto the levee from one of the houses near the start. Watch for marking that we’ll have up and please respect their space.

Hope to see you tonight!