3 day/2 night tour in Lynchburg, Tennessee
Friday-Sunday, October 24-26, 2025
$175 double occupancy, $270 single occupancy, includes 2 nights in Inn, Pizza party, routes, & ride leader. $10 previous Lynchburg-Cycling-Weekend-participant discount, $25 for non-riders sharing room. Bike rentals now available!
This tour consists of cloverleaf routes around Lynchburg, the quaintest town in the South! We stay in the Lynchburg Country Inn, a recently renovated charming lodging. We ride a 35-40ish mile loop ride from Lynchburg each of the 3 days. The region is incredibly lovely with closely-cropped hillsides, scalloped untouched valleys, raging creeks, beautiful fall colors, and blue skies. It is also quite challenging hill-wise, so you will need to be a fairly experienced rider and be able to do up to 2000 feet of ascent/descent per day with occasional 9-10% grades. However, we will be taking our time to smell the roses, so speed is not an issue. Downtown Lynchburg is also a lot of fun – there are a number of fun stores, several good restaurants, a craft-pizzeria, and even a winery with excellent tastings.
Itinerary
Friday: Meet at Lynchburg Country Inn Parking lot at 9:00 AM, go for 38 mile ride. Eat lunch (and wolf-down Jack Whisky Raisin ice-cream!) in Lynchburg (Barrel House BBQ is excellent), then check-in to hotel. We’ll then carpool to Old Stone Fort State Park, about 40 minute drive, see the great museum and do an easy 2 mile hike through the annotated Native American site and abundant waterfalls on the Duck and Little Duck rivers. If you don’t want go to the park, you can hike or canoe at nearby Tim’s Ford state park, do a guided tour of the world-famous Jack Daniels Distillery, walk and shop in Lynchburg, visit Falls Mill, or just relax on the front porch rocking chairs.
We eat dinner that evening in Tullahoma on the way back from the State Park, or in Lynchburg for those that don’t go to the park.
Saturday: Breakfast at Southern Perks Restaurant downtown, at the Inn (the check-in office has muffins & coffee, and the rooms have refrigerators, microwaves, and coffee machines), or Woodards Market down the road. Meet in parking lot for 36, 40, or 47 mile ride options at 9:00 am (we stay together for the first half of the ride).
After the ride, check out the attractions in Lynchburg (see Friday), and in late afternoon-evening, we’ll have a party in Wiseman city park, with Wood-Fired-Craft Pizza & salad, beer, campfire, frizbee, & cornhole (included in fee!).
Sunday: Breakfast – Woodards Market or in room. Meet at 9:00 AM for 37 mile ride east towards Falls Mill. After ride, meet for lunch or head home.
There will not be sag support on this ride, so you will need to bring a spare tube with you. I will, of course, assist anyone with any mechanical problems and will pick you up after the ride if you cannot continue. I will provide electronic routes and will lead the rides.
You will need to provide your own bicycle, transportation to Lynchburg and afternoon activities, and pay for all meals except for Saturday night pizza-beer party.
Route
The routes cover the gorgeous region of rolling “hills & hollers” around Lynchburg. If you hold down the right mouse button, you can manipulate the route in 3-D (including the elevation profile)!
To sign up, or for more information, contact Andy Brown at Andy.Brown@CountryLanesCycleTours.com, or call 256.604.9219.