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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BFC 2024 Raffle Bike
The North Country Subaru ~ Black Fly Challenge 2024 raffle bike is a Trek Checkpoint ALR4 gravel bike with custom BFC decals created by long-time Supporting Sponsor Trampoline Advertising & Design.
MSRP: $1,799.99. Drawing on race day. Tickets: $5/each or 5 for $20.
Visit Trek for features, specs, video and more. Get your tickets at the BFC Store!
Event Schedule & Transfer/Edit Deadline
All registration transfers and edits must be completed through BikeReg before 11:59PM, Saturday June 1st. Have questions? Visit the BFC Questions, Answers & Rules page and/or this Transfers post.
The Inlet to Indian Lake Event Schedule is as follows:
Packet Pickup: Friday June 7, 10am-8pm at Pedals & Petals
Saturday June 8th – RACE DAY!
7:30am – Shuttles Leaves Indian Lake School for Inlet
7:30-9:30am – Packet Pickup, at Inlet Town Hall, Rt. 28, Inlet
9:45am – Official’s Instructions – Be on the starting line!
10:00am – Race Begins
11:30am – Post Race Party begins at Indian Lake School
2:45pm – Awards Begin
3:00pm – Timing Ends
3:00pm – First Shuttle Leaves Indian Lake School for Inlet
DON’T FORGET – The BFC is a Destination Race!
Bring someone to drive your vehicle to the finish line!!!
BFC 2024 Sold Out – Here’s Registration Transfer Info
The North Country Subaru ~ BFC 2024 is sold out. If you’re looking for a registration, remember:
- There is no wait list. Do not email us asking to be added.
- The BFC Strava posts page is the venue for registration transfers.
Every year dozens of registrations are transferred. For the few that have issues transferring a registration it’s often because of incorrect or incomplete information. Read the BikeReg transfer instructions here.
- ALL transfers must be completed through BikeReg by 11:59pm on June 1st.
- Anyone receiving a transferred registration after May 1st is not guaranteed a correct size race tee. Our race tee order goes to the printer in early May.
See ya in June!
Jersey & Tech Tee Order Deadline is April 8th!
All orders will be available for pick up June 7th & 8th.
No orders accepted after April 8th so Order Yours Now!
The BFC 2024 Jersey & Tech Tee are custom-made by Santini, a global leader in cycling apparel that outfits the world’s top athletes with the world’s finest materials.
This is the highest quality jersey and tech tee BFC has ever offered and the cool design is yet again created by BFC Presenting Sponsor Trampoline Advertising & Design Co.
BFC 2024 Almost Sold Out!
BFC 2024 is almost sold out. There are less than 150 spots remaining.
Register now if you want in! Capped at 1,000 entries.
As usual after the race sells out:
- There is no wait list so please don’t email us asking to be added;
- The BFC Strava posts page is the venue for registration transfers;
- Read the BikeReg transfer instructions here.
Get Your Black Fly On!
The 26th running of the North Country Subaru ~ Black Fly Challenge is over but you can still get your favorite swag at the BFC Store:
- Hats
- Socks
- Gaiters
- Race Tees
- Water Bottles
- Jersey & Tech Tees
- 25th Anniversary Beer Glasses
(Beer glasses available only at Pedals & Petals)
Jersey & Tech Tee Order Deadline June 17th
Although the deadline for race weekend pickup has passed, BFC 2023 jerseys and tech tees are still available for home delivery with an order deadline of June 17. Check ’em out at the BFC Store.
BFC 2023 Results
Congratulations to our BFC 2023 Champions!
Women: Evan Kujawski – 2:13:13
Men: Nathan Couse – 1:55:03
(Nathan’s time was less than 2 minutes off the course record for this direction of 1:53:33)
Full results on raceroster.com
Visit the Race Results page for pdf downloads.
Race Course Report
Thanks to the Inlet and Indian Lake highway departments the Limekiln-to-Cedar River Road in the Moose River Plains is in good shape. The shoulders are soft in some spots, as usual for this time of year. If we get a little more rain the road should be relatively fast.
- There is new pavement on Cedar River Road that could be slippery.
- Just after 19 miles there is a hole on the right side of the road big enough to eat a bike wheel.
- There are a few soft, sandy spots so be careful around those.
- Hazards are marked with paint and down arrows but there are very few hazards, except for the countless rocks.
- Just after mile 35 is a single down arrow. This is to warn you of a fast downhill with a sharp right turn where you need to keep right so you don’t get hit by oncoming traffic.
- The Fern Park trail is in good shape but it’s typical singletrack – there are roots, rocks and some soft spots.
- There is a quarter-mile downhill to Fern Park with two sharp right turns right before the finish line.
- If you’re on a CX bike or have smooth tires be careful on these turns.
BFC Instant Results
Get instant BFC results from SVE Mid-Atlantic Timing on RaceRoster.com:
https://results.raceroster.com/v2/en-US/results/r6g7yt7y3vm9zkex/results
Last Minute Notes
Answers to a couple of recent FAQs:
- Air quality. There is a high overcast from the smoke but it doesn’t seem to be affecting air quality at ground level and the current DEC air quality alert ends at midnight Tuesday.
- If you have a shuttle reservation it will take you and your bike. Shuttles are sold out.
- Packet Pickup. We allow friends/teammates to pick up packets although the registration volunteers will ask qualifying questions. Along with the name(s) you should know their cat & age class.
Also,
- There is no fatbike challenge this year. For the last few races we did not have enough fatbike entries to award all the prizes and surprisingly few people inquired about it during registration.
- E-MTB entrants. Don’t forget that your bike will need to be inspected a half-hour before the race starts. We will let you know where to line up for this at staging.
Event Schedule & Transfer/Edit Deadline
All registration transfers and edits must be completed through BikeReg before 11:59PM, Wednesday June 7th.
The Event Schedule is as follows:
Indian Lake to Inlet
(odd years 2023-25-27)
Friday June 9, 10am-8pm: Packet Pickup at Pedals & Petals, 176 Route 28, Inlet
.Saturday June 10, 2023 – RACE DAY!
- 7:30am: Shuttle Leaves Inlet’s Arrowhead Park for Indian Lake
- 7:30-9:30: Packet Pickup
at Byron Park, Rt. 28, Indian Lake - 9:45am: Race Official’s Instructions – Be on the starting line!
- 10:00am: Race Begins
- 11:30am: Finish Line Party begins at Inlet’s Fern Park
Food, beer and music. - 2:45pm – Awards Begin
- 3:00pm – Timing Ends
- 3:00pm – First Shuttle Leaves Inlet for Indian Lake School
DON’T FORGET – The BFC is a Destination Race!
Bring someone to drive your vehicle to the post race party in Inlet!!!
BFC 2023 Finish Line Parking & Shuttle Info
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.
Registration Transfers
When we announced that North Country Subaru ~ BFC 2023 was sold out it was stated:
- There is no wait list so please don’t emails us asking to be added; and
- The BFC Strava posts page is the venue for registration transfers.
Since then dozens of registrations have been transferred via BikeReg. For the few that have had issues transferring a registration it’s often because of incorrect or incomplete information. Read the transfer instructions here.
Note: The tee shirt deadline has passed so we may not have the right size for some entrants that received a transfer and ALL transfers must take place through BikeReg before 11:59pm on June 7th.
See ya in June!
