Ride With The King 2026
Believed to be the largest and longest held ELVIS BIRTHDAY RIDE in the world and now sponsored by the SouthSide Cycling Club and Chipley Cycle.
January 11th, 1:30pm start time / wheels down and rolling.
New start point at Chipley Cycle, 110 Broad Street, Pine Mountain, GA.
This is a free ride, with a free-will donation for ride expenses and to benefit local bicycle community service projects.
Three new courses for 2026: 52, 37 or 27 miles. Pavement surface includes smooth county roads around Pine Mountain and the Man O'War Trail. Automobile traffic is light.
Ride with the King 2026 - 27-Mile
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Ride with the King 2026 - 37-Mile
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Ride with the King 2026 - 52-Mile
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Jelly donuts for all at the start. Please RSVP at the Facebook Event or by email to ensure you get one!
- There will be a mobile SAG available for rider recovery.
- Please bring your favorite energy snack and drink to keep you moving, and there will be a mid-point feed station.
- Sideburns optional.
- Classic steel bikes and e-Bikes are welcome.
- Wear helmets, please!
- BRING A FRIEND.
Doug Mote, the original ride organizer with the East Alabama Cycling Club, writes in 2008:
Elvis’ Birthday Ride began in 1988, when Scot Angus, Ron Cole, Glenn Kersey, Doug Mote and Pat Murphy were looking for a reason to ride on the first weekend of the new year. We declared a ride for that Sunday afternoon. The ride needed a name. It has always troubled the rest of us, that Glenn knew that Elvis’ birthday was that weekend. The name stuck.
The first year had the smallest number of riders: the five named above. Three times we have had 90 riders: 2005, 2008 & 2014. Five out of the last six years we have had sunny and very warm weather. But, take note: THIS RIDE GOES NO MATTER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS! In 1996, only the ride leader showed…there was three inches of snow on the ground. In 2002, there was rain until ride time and the temperatures never went over 43 degrees.
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