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OCTOBER CYCLEFEST - Octoginta 57 & Tour de Chicken Creek
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OCTOBER CYCLEFEST - Octoginta 57 & Tour de Chicken Creek

October CycleFest!

Featuring: Tour de Chicken Creek (gravel) - Sat, Oct 10. and Octoginta 57 (road) - Sun, Oct.11. Plus a bicycle swap meet (Sat)!

Make it a cycling weekend in Lawrence! Do one or both rides, find bike stuff that you* really need at the swap meet*, see what’s going on in the Lawrence bike scene, visit Lawrence’s three fantastic bike shops, tons of eclectic restaurants and micro breweries galore. Not to mention the region’s most scenic rolling low-traffic rural tarmac and sweetest gravel around! **Do a holiday in bicycler’s heaven! **

We’ve got you covered with a cycling weekend in Lawrence, Kansas, October 10 - 11.  Start off with the Tour de Chicken Creek Gravel Ride Saturday morning before the traditional Sunday Octoginta Road Ride - the 57th annual!  The Bike Swap Meet is back Saturday afternoon and includes an EXPO, a meet-and-greet with our area cycling community partners. 

Can’t Ride but you want to volunteer? Click VOLUNTEER.

**Fee schedule **

CycleFest Weekend Schedule Details:

FRIDAY2-6:00pm  Early packet pickup for all events (Tour de Chicken, CycleFest Special (both rides), and Octoginta at the Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop, 804 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044

SATURDAY****Tour de Chicken Creek (gravel) STARTS AT Lone Star Lake Community Building, 665 E 665 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047 (20 minutes SW of Lawrence). Please PARK at the top of the hill.

  • 7:00-7:45am  Late packet pickup and late registrations - Chicken Creek

  • 8:00am  100K (Big Bird) start

  • 8:10am  50K (Bantam) start

  • 8:15am  50K (Bantam) novice start, led by local gravel experts

  • 2:15pm  Courses close

Swap Meet & EXPO plus packet pickup at the historic Union Pacific Depot, 402 N 2nd St, Lawrence, KS 66044

  • 1-5:00pm  Bicycle Swap Meet

  • 1:5:00pm  EXPO

  • 1-5:00pm Octoginta early packet pickup

SUNDAY****Octoginta 57 (road) STARTS AT Broken Arrow Park Shelter, 2800 Louisiana St, Lawrence, KS 66046

  • 6:30-8:00am  Late packet pickup and late registrations

  • 7:30-9:00am  Start for all distances (26, 38, 60 and 80 mile). Riders may start anytime between 7:30am and 9:00am. 80-Mile Riders: START EARLY so you do not miss the 11:00am cutoff at mile 31.

  • 4:00pm  Courses close

Do you want to know more, like routes, SAGs, safety and all sorts of good stuff? Visit: October CycleFest.

**Routes: **Routes will be published approximately 10 days before the event.

For campground info and what to do in Lawrence, visit:  Things to do.

SEE past event Photo Albums!

Join Lawrence Bicycle Club for $20 (family-$25) and get $10 off coupon code for any annual LBC event, including the OCTOBER CYCLEFEST.

 

Presented by Lawrence Bicycle Club

Categories:

  • Chicken 50km, Octoginta 26mi, $65.00
  • Chicken 50km, Octoginta 38mi, $75.00
  • Chicken 50km, Octoginta 60mi, $75.00
  • Chicken 50km, Octoginta 80mi, $75.00
  • Chicken 100km, Octoginta 26mi, $65.00
  • Chicken 100km, Octoginta 60mi, $75.00
  • Chicken 100km, Octoginta 80mi, $75.00
  • Chicken 100km, Octoginta 38mi, $75.00
  • Chicken Creek 50 km (Bantam), $30.00, start time 08:00:00
  • Chicken Creek 100 km (Big Bird), $30.00, start time 08:00:00
  • Octoginta 26 mi, 26 miles, $45.00, start time 07:30:00
  • Octoginta 38 mi, 38 miles, $55.00, start time 07:30:00
  • Octoginta 60 mi, 60 miles, $55.00, start time 07:30:00
  • Octoginta 80 mi, 80 miles, $55.00, start time 07:30:00

Registration:

  • Opens on Wednesday July 01, 2026
  • Closes on Sunday October 11, 2026