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Morning Shuttles will be in Arrowhead Park.
Morning Shuttle Parking will be at the grass lot in front of Woods Inn.
Afternoon Shuttles will be at Inlet Community Church. They will begin leaving about 3pm or when full. Last shuttle leaves about 4pm.
Finish Line & Party are in Fern Park.
General Event Parking will be at Fern Park, Inlet Community Church, the grass lot in front of Woods Inn and downtown Inlet lots.
See the parking map below.
Race Day Packet Pickup is in the Byron Park front building, 7:30-9:30am.
(Friday packet pickup at Pedals & Petals 10am-8pm)
General Parking is in Byron Park, at the former Lone Birch Motel and along Old State Road
Additional Parking (not shown below) .75mi East of Byron Park at Lake Abanakee, .5mi West of Byron Park at Indian Lake Welcome Center (formerly Stewart’s) and between Pine’s and Indian Lake Restaurant
BFC Start Line Parking: Parking areas include a lot in front of the Woods Inn, Inlet Community Church, Fern Park and the downtown public parking lot. See the parking map below.
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Morning & Afternoon Shuttles (for racers with shuttle reservations only) will line up on Crow Hill Road. AM Shuttles will leave by 7:30am – Don’t be late! PM Shuttles will start leaving about 3pm.
Shuttle Riders Parking will be in the West School lots off of Crow Hill Road. No parking allowed on the sides of Crow Hill Road. Once the West School lots are full, overflow should go to the soccer field – enter through Community Bank.
General Parking will be on the Indian Lake School Soccer Field and can be accessed by turning into the Community Bank driveway and following the signs.
Town Hall Lot – Please Note: Indian Lake Library is open until 1pm on race day. Do not park directly in front of the Library entrance while it is open. Those spaces are reserved for Library patrons until 12noon.
See the parking map below.
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Morning Shuttles will be in Arrowhead Park. All Morning Shuttles leave at 8am.
Morning Shuttle Parking will be at the grass lot in front of Woods Inn.
Afternoon Shuttles will be at Inlet Community Church. They will begin leaving at 3pm or when full. Last shuttle leaves at 4pm.
Finish Line & Party are in Fern Park.
General Event Parking will be at Fern Park, Inlet Community Church and downtown Inlet lots.
See the parking map below or download the pdf.
BFC Start Line Parking: Parking areas include a lot in front of the Woods Inn, Inlet Community Church, Fern Park and the downtown public parking lot. See the parking map below.
Morning & Afternoon Shuttles will bring racers from Indian Lake to Arrowhead Park. All AM Shuttles will leave Indian Lake by 8am. All PM Shuttles will leave Indian Lake by 4pm.
Morning & Afternoon Shuttles will line up on Crow Hill Road. All AM Shuttles will leave by 8am. All PM Shuttles will leave by 4pm.
AM Shuttle Parking will be in the West School lots off Crow Hill Road. There will be no parking allowed along either side of Crow Hill Road. Once the West School lots are full the overflow should go to another lot.
General Parking will be on the Indian Lake School Soccer Field and can be accessed by turing into the Community Bank driveway and following the signs.
Please Note: Indian Lake Library is open until 11:30am on race day. Do not park directly in front of the Library while they are open. Those spaces are reserved for Library patrons until 11:30am.
See the parking map below.
Don’t forget the race start time has been moved to 10am, therefore the entire morning schedule is now a half-hour earlier!
Packet pickup will begin Friday at Pedals & Petals, 10am-8pm.
Also, check out these #parking posts!
BFC 2018 Men’s Champ: Kevin Bouchard-Hall, from Westport, NY.
This is Kevin’s first BFC Championship
Age: 36 (on race day 2018)
Time: 1:49:37
Team: Velocio Northeast
Occupation: Physical Therapist for Elizabethtown Community Hospital in Willsboro, NY
Cycling & Athletic Experience: I started mountain bike riding and then racing in high school back in the mid 1990’s. I actually competed in the 1998 version of the Black Fly Challenge as a Sport Junior. In college I skipped XC running to do road racing. By the time I graduated college I had earned a spot on the US National team and I moved to Europe for 3 years to race and try and make it as a full time pro. I never made it but I had an incredible experience trying. I went back to grad school and took up triathlon for something to do. I enjoyed that but some health problems forced me to stop. I picked up the banjo joined an old time band and gained lots of weight. In 2014 we had our first child and it motivated me to get healthy again. In that quest I started bike racing again and found gravel events to be the most fun. I now race for a regional team with friends doing a mix of road, mountain, gravel, and cyclocross racing.
Life over the past year: May 3rd 2018 we welcomed our second child Tobin. Our oldest turns 5 in February 2019. So we have a busy life at home with work and kids. My wife works evenings so most of my riding is inside after the kids are in bed and my wife Elizabeth is at work. Things like Zwift make it fun despite being inside and I take pride in making my training as invisible to my family as possible. The bike events that we go to are family outings and positive experiences for everyone plus my wife rides and races too.
Any Special Training? I have been training consistently with a coach from Cycle-Smart since the Fall of 2016. I ride somewhere between 6-10 hours a week. Having a coach takes the stress of thinking about what I should be doing away as well as gives me a partner in my journey to be stronger. As I said above I mostly train indoors because of my life situation, but it makes the rides I get outside, and especially the races, really special.
Goals: I have a circuit of races I really enjoy and I hope to do well at them. They include Rasputitsa, Killington Stage Race, Black Fly, New England Crit Week, The Overland, Green Mountain Stage Race, and the Cyclocross season. So far i have progressed every year the last few years so I hope to keep doing so till father time starts taking it away!
Why the BFC? Black Fly has all the things that make bike events worth doing. Great venue, great course, roads you would never do otherwise, large group of good people, large mix of riders. Its fun on a bike all while being safe. Can’t beat it.
How is the BFC different? Its a point to point on old dirt roads. The towns are small but the race makes them a party. Also, having an event that has both new riders and elite ones and mixes them in a welcoming way is really hard to do, and BFC does it.
How can we improve the BFC? Parking, registration, course, after party were all easy and top notch. Just keep being great at that!
Online registration at BikeReg.com ends Wednesday June 6, at 11:59PM. BikeReg is predicting BFC 2018 will be at or near the cap of 1,000 racers when online registration ends.
If that’s the case then Friday and Saturday may be packet pickup only, with no in-person registration. So don’t wait, register now!
Check out the posts & pages below to answer all your BFC questions:
Cycling Friends,
Help make mountain biking better in the West Central Adirondacks. We are looking for people interested in starting a new bike club in this area.
The West Central Adirondacks have some of the best mountain biking opportunities in the Eastern U.S. and there are a lot of good things happening here. If you’re looking to join our club. Make sure you come with the correct bike. If you don’t yet own a mountain bike, you could check out Shoppok’s collection for some help!
We have been in conversations with IMBA and the New York State DEC and APA about local mountain bike trails and we have had people out working on trails.
It is time to get organized and build on the momentum! Come join us on Saturday October 19, for a group ride followed by an organizational meeting to discuss the new bike club. [Read more…]
Black Fly Weekend offers a lot more than the classic BFC Adirondack Mountain Bike Race.
Look at what else you can do when here!
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