First I would like to thank you for clicking on the page to check out what this is all about. That means you might even be interested in donating towards my ride. I have to raise $600 at least to help the fight with Diabetes in order to participate. If I raise enough, I will ride 75 miles two days in a row to make good for the money you donate. I have done this one other time and although the weather conditions sucked, it was such a wonderful weekend. I rode 100 miles the first day (added a few on at the end) through the blistering heat. The aid stations were unbelievable with the most incredible volunteers and it made the miles tick off fast. I stayed at UNH, in the DORMS!!!! over night and then set out in the rain the second day to ride 75 more miles. It didn't just rain, it poured! The wind was so bad, I thought it was hailing, but turns out it was just the rain hitting my face at warp speed. Anyway, the second day was along the coast of Maine and I am sure would have been goregous if it wasn't rainy and foggy. So I hope for better weather this year to see the beauty and I hope I can raise a few bucks to help out this cause. I appreciate any amount you can give. Even $1.00 is helpful to me.
Thanks for considering, I know there are a million fundraisers out there.
Keep on riding!
Darce
New England Classic Charity Bike Tour 150/550 - 2025
The New England Classic Charity Bike Tour is a multi-day fundraising cycling event that offers two-day and seven-day options starting Saturday, July 12, 2025 in Billerica, Mass. at Courtyard Marriott. The 150-mile NEC 150 and 550-mile NEC 550 travel the same route for the first two days. Indoor, air-conditioned accommodations and breakfast and dinner are included with the fundraising minimum of $600 for the NEC 150 and $3,000 for the NEC 550.
The 2025 New England Classic Charity Bike Tour will benefit the American Diabetes Association. Through research, education and advocacy, the ADA pursues its mission to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. More than 30 million Americans live with diabetes.
NEC 150 riders travel the back roads of the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts into southern New Hampshire and along the seacoast with a destination of Durham, N.H. The Day 2 route takes riders to coastal Maine past beaches, rocky coves and quaint villages. Day 2 ends with dinner and a celebration, then riders take chartered buses back to Bedford while their bicycles are transported there safely.
As Day Three begins, the NEC 550 riders will leave coastal Maine, heading west into the White Mountains region, where the challenge rolls north through Conway and on to the Attitash Grand Summit Resort in Bartlett, New Hampshire.
The journey continues on Day Four with a climb up Crawford Notch on the way to Bethlehem and Littleton, N.H., before turning South at the Connecticut River and riding through the Upper Valley. After a night in West Lebanon, NH, riders cross the river into Vermont and pedal on scenic Route 100 to the Killington area and the welcome comfort of a ski resort.
The trek continues through Vermont and then back into the Monadnock region of New Hampshire with an overnight in Keene, N.H. The final leg heads to Central Massachusetts, winding its way to the finish at the Courtyard by Marriott in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Friday, July 18.
The New England Classic Charity Bike Tour (NEC Bike Tour) is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. The purpose of the NEC Bike Tour is to raise funds exclusively for charitable purposes in support of the American Diabetes Association and their summer camp for kids with diabetes, Camp Carefree.