Ithaca, New York · Saturday, May 29, 2027
The Finger Lakes Freshet is a cycling and gravel event held on Saturday, May 29, 2027. It is located in Ithaca, New York.
We are excited to host our 4th Enduro at the Bike Park at Greek Peak! Some details are still in the works but here are some of the basics: * Lift-served access! Included in registration fee! * Multiple downhill sections on featured trails at the Bike Park * Cash prizes to Pro/Open categories * Racer check-in beginning at 8am on race day inside the Katalima building * Check-in closes at 9:15am * Timing will be the handled the same as other MASS events * Timing chips will be distributed at check-in * On-site registration available Saturday & Sunday with additional $10 fee | Register inside the Katalima building at Guest Services * Racer meeting at Visions Express Quad at 9:30am * Racing begins promptly after racer meeting * Staggered lift load times per class (subject to change based on registered racer count) - please only load at your scheduled time - Pro/Open Men: Load at 9:40am - Pro/Open Women: Load at 9:50am - Amateur Women 19+: Load at 9:50am - 19-29 Men: Load at 9:40am - 30-39 Men:
Load at 9:50am - 40-49 Men: Load at 9:40am - 50+ Men: Load at 9:50am - Under 15 Men: Load at 10:00am - Under 15 Women: Load at 10:00am - Under 19 Men: Load at 9:50am - Under 19 Women: Load at 10:00am * Spectator passes available for all day chair lift access (no bikes) * Spectators wishing to be on the mountain must purchase SkyTour (chairlift) ticket. Purchase here! * Pre-ride of race course available on Friday 8/7 & Saturday 8/8 during Bike Park operations. The course will not be staffed and will only be partially taped. Please ride with caution and yield at all junctions - uphill traffic is prohibited on non-race days. Lift ticket or season pass required for pre-ride access Friday & Saturday * Race day parking in main lot 2000 NYS Route 392 Cortland, NY 13045 * “Pit crews” may only stage in the parking lot. Unauthorized vehicles are not permitted to drive on the base of the mountain * Mountain Top Bicycles will be closed on race day. Rentals and repairs will not be offered. Plan
accordingly! * Race will be conducted rain or shine. Thunderstorms in the region will lead to delay of lift operations and course access. We will resume when 20-30 minutes of clear weather present * On-site lodging - Campground at Hope Lake - Click here to book online! - Primitive camping - Select Friday & Saturday, Friday only or Saturday only above! - Hope Lake Lodge - Click here to book online! * TBD Live Music in Trax Pub & Grill at the base of the Mountain Saturday night 6pm-8pm! * Contact Katie or Jake for event related inquiries + [email protected] + 866-376-3907 * Additional details to follow in pre-race email * *2025 course shown below - 2026 course subject to change All transfers are untimed - Stage 1 Transfer: Visions Chairlift - Stage 1 Course: THANATOS > MORTIS > THANATOS - Stage 2 Transfer: Visions Chairlift - Stage 2 Course: FLOW N' STEADY - Stage 3 Transfer: Pedal up Meadows > Karyatis Way - Stage 3 Course: CALYPSO - Stage 4 Transfer: Visions Chairlift > Pedal
Welcome to the 2026 New York State Bicycle Racing Association (nysbra) Individual Time Trial Championships!
16August26 in Tioga Center, NY
Fees: I've kept the same low fees this year that I've had since (at least) 2014! By comparison, all USA Cycling fees have significantly increased over that time, and most have more than doubled. To encourage early registration that will ease my stress levels, the 2014 early discount prices are in effect until 2 months before the event, the 2014 regular prices ($5 more) are in effect until 1 month before the event, and then prices go up another $5. For most adults that means $27, $32, and $37. No refunds, but register early and save! The BikeReg fee (approx $3) is now shown on the reg page. This year I added USAC's $5.99 insurance fee to the registration fee instead of adding it to your bill during checkout.
Eligibility: Your eligibility for the NYSBRA Championships is based on having an annual USA Cycling (USAC) license and NY state of residence as shown on your USAC license as pulled from BikeReg! All riders must have a valid USAC or purchase a one-day license on BikeReg while registering. Everyone is welcome to race, to include out-of-state, out-of-country (welcome to all Canadians!), and one-day-license riders. However, only NY state resident annual license holders are eligible for the NYSBRA State Championship medals and jersey.
Please make sure your USAC License Number and correct address are in your BikeReg profile! Your annual license must be verified via BikeReg (or on site if necessary) before your start. If I verify your license in advance you only need to say your name at registration to get your bib!
NYSBRA Special Rule for Racing by USAC Ability Categories 1-5/Novice: For one-day TTs you may enter any category equal to or higher than the "road" category shown on your license. This allows, for example, talented triathletes who don't race on the road (so would be "Cat 5/Novices") to compete at a higher USAC race category, according to their true ability. If you want to do this just override the category restriction in BikeReg. I'll approve it.
Racing by Age: Your age must be in the age range specified for your category (i.e., you cannot race down in age for Masters or race up in age for Juniors).
Entering Multiple Categories (without having to actually race!): If you fancy a chance to win in a second (or third...) category, each additional entry is only $20 (TTT excluded as it is already cheap). If the two races are the same distance this would allow you to race one time and be in the results for more than one field; e.g., Cat 4 Men and Masters 45+ Men, or Cat 3 Women and Cat 4 Women and Masters 55+ Women. You get two or more chances to win! You could be both a Masters and a Category champion! Note, though, that if you podium in multiple categorized races we will only place you in the higher category; e.g., you can't be both the Cat 3 and Cat 4 Champion. Just the Cat 3 Champion!
If the two races are different distances you can still enter more than one category for $20 each additional, but you will have to actually race twice (i.e., you must race each distance; e.g., race 20km to win Junior (Wo)Men 17-18 then race 40km to beat the all the Cat 4s. Come on. You can do it.). Contact me for a coupon code.
NOTE: Since BikeReg treats each category as a unique entry, BikeReg will have you sign a waiver for each entry.
For all riders actually racing more than once, I will assign start times as far apart as possible. For example, if you are doing a 40km individual TT and after that you are joining your BFFs for a TTT, you'll start among the first 40km riders and your team will start near the end of the teams at the end of the day. This will give you max time to get back and at least quaff an energy drink. We won't let them start without you!
The Course: is a favorite that we have used many times (most recently in 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2022) with staging located at the Tioga Center Central School, 5th Avenue, Tioga Center. The course heads west on Rt. 17c towards Waverly either 5km, 10km, or 20km to the turnaround and returns to Tioga Center. Rt. 17c is a mostly flat course on a lightly-traveled state highway with good pavement and very wide (6’-8’) shoulders. Open the map. View on Strava.
Start Times: THE FIRST RIDER WILL START EXACTLY AT 10:01am! The Good Ol' Digital Master Clock at the start line will be synchronized with "cell phone time" and is our official race clock.
I will email all registrants their start time by midnight, Friday, 14Aug and I will post the master start list and Race-Day Technical Guide here. I will also email the link to everyone.
Your bib number will be your start time (in minutes) after 10am; e.g., if you are bib number 50 you start at 10:50am (10am + 50 minutes) and if you are bib number 80 you start at 11:20am (10am + 80 minutes). In this past, the last riders started about noon. For guidance only, here is the 2022 Start List and 2022 Race-Day Technical Guide. They won't change much! If you want to see what times you need to aim for, check out previous year NYSBRA State Championship Results here (enter “New York State Time Trial” in the search box)
Registration: Please pre-register on-line because pre-registration is much easier for everyone and you will know your exact start time ahead of time. All riders must sign the standard USAC Waiver during on-line registration. Please make sure your USAC license is "valid" and not "pending." You may purchase a one-day license for $15 during checkout on BikeReg but you will not be eligible for championship medals.
Day of registration will be accepted for $75. You will start when we can slip you in, as close to your category as possible.
Helmets: are required for everyone on a bike (helmets are not required on trainers), please. Sleeveless jerseys or sleeveless tri-suits are legal.
Junior Equipment: Juniors 9-14 must ride mass-start legal bikes (i.e., no aerobars, no cow horns) and wheels with at least 16-spokes and no wheel covers as per USAC rule 1I5. USAC's rationale for this rule is to limit how much money parents have to spend until their little speed demon reaches racing age 15. Pointy helmets, skinsuits, and colorful booties are just fine.
Paracycling / Adaptive Cycling: We welcome all para and adaptive athletes to compete in the NYSBRA Championships! Due to the diversity of athletes and their equipment, I will consult with the registered riders during the week before the event to determine the NYSBRA Championship categories offered on race day. For example, in 2019 the participants agreed to sub-divide this category and award champions for "Para Open Women" and "Para Open Men." Please contact me with any questions and/or suggestions. I'm flexible!
Eddy Merckx Equipment: Yes, this is a NYSBRA Championship Category! You may not be able to ride like him so the idea is to at least ride what he rode. However, since most of you probably don’t own steel frames, rat traps, and 32-spoke wheels, we’ll let you ride the same equipment that the juniors 9-14 can ride (see above). Don't let the little ones show you up! This means a mass-start legal bike (i.e., no aerobars, no cow horns) and wheels with at least 16-spokes and no wheel covers. We encourage standard road helmets, road jerseys, shorts with a real leather pad, and anything made of wool. We will allow but heckle you if you use a pointy helmet, skinsuit, and booties unless of course you just finished a previous event and didn’t have time to change because doing two events in a row is exactly what Eddy would do. He would also win both of them, so what are you afraid of? NOTE: I may split this field into more than one champ category if registration justifies it; e.g., into "Eddy
Merckz Men" and "Eddy Merckx Women."
Team Time Trial (TTT): This is not a championship event because the NYSBRA TTT Champs is 17July on Grand Island, near Buffalo. However, team TTs are a lot of fun! Focus on just the TTT or ride a second time with your friends! There are no prizes but we'll have podiums for up to nine categories based on team size (2, 3, and 4-rider teams) as well as gender mix (all men, all women, or mixed).
TTT start times will be planned to maximize time between events for anyone riding earlier in the day. No additional "second race" discount for TTT (it is already super cheap; although the early discounts apply and the max you'll pay is only $20!). All riders need to wear a bib number. Please call out your team name to the officials at the finish line to assist with scoring!
o 4 riders, time taken on 3rd rider
o 3 riders, time taken on 2nd rider
o 2 riders, time taken on 1st rider.
Awards: Podium ceremonies will take place approximately once an hour starting about 11am . I do them as soon as possible after results are final so you can get on the road home, so listen to the bullhorn in the parking lot! There will be two ceremonies for each field; the first ceremony is for the top three finishers overall, and then we'll have a NYS podium ceremony for the top 3 NY resident riders with annual licenses. For most fields all three riders on the two podiums will be the same. There are no prizes for the first podium but the latter ceremony will award Gold-Silver-Bronze NYSBRA Championship medals and have a photo opportunity to recognize our new State Champion standing on the top step wearing the NYSBRA championship jersey! Due to lack of funding from USA Cycling, NYSBRA can no longer provide championship jerseys for free. Instead, champions will receive an link to the Vie13 website to purchase their own jersey for ~$60 during the week immediately after the race. Jerseys
will then drop-ship directly to the champions within about 30 days.
Contact: Race Director- Jeff Poulin, [email protected]
If you've read this far, it is time to tell you that this is the last race that I am putting on. It has been fun, and I try to put on a good show for you all, but it is time to let it go. Thank you for supporting my events! Good luck on your ride!
Hotels and Directions: Recommended hotels are the Hampton Inn and Best Western Inn (formerly a Holiday Inn Express), both located at the Rt. 17c Owego exit about 7 miles east of the venue in Tioga Center (just follow Rt. 17c to the venue!).
West of Tioga Center: Take Route 17/I-86 east to Nichols exit. Go right at bottom of ramp, then right to go under Rt 17c, then right onto Rt 17c, and proceed 3 miles to Tioga Center.
East of Tioga Center: Take Route 17/I-86 west to Rt. 17c Owego exit. Follow signs to Rt. 17c west through downtown Owego and proceed ~7miles west to Tioga Center.
This event is sponsored by the New York Bicycle Racing Association (nysbra).
Finger Lakes Duathlon Watkins Glen
The Formula 1 Duathlon is staged on one of the most historic and well-known race tracks in the country. Watkins Glen International hosts the only NASCAR event in New York State and has its roots in Formula 1 racing. Our Formula 1 race at The Glen is a run-bike-run-bike-run duathlon taking place on Porsche Clash weekend. We take the track following the event with Pit Row serving as transition. Added to the event in 2017 is the Classic Du - run-bike-run duathlon on the same legendary course.
Come early to watch the Porsche event on the track before we race which is included in your registration!
Join us for our second annual fast-paced indoor triathlon at the Y!
This sprint-style event is great for first-timers and seasoned athletes alike. Participants will swim in our 25-yard pool, bike on a spin bike, and run on a treadmill — each for a set amount of time. Distances in each discipline will be recorded to determine your overall results.
The format will be as follows
10-minute swim
10-minute transition from swim to bike
20-minute bike
5-minute transition from bike to treadmill
10-minute treadmill
Athletes as young as 8 are welcome. Anyone under 16 must have a guardian on-site (guardians are welcome to participate too). All participants under 12 must complete and pass the YMCA swim test at least one week prior to the event (by Sunday, November 1) and should be able to continuously swim for 10 minutes. Heats will be assigned and sent out as the event approaches.
The event will tentatively take place on Sunday, November 8 and the first heat will start at 9am. Check in will start earlier. (This date is subject to change until early September)
All proceeds benefit the YMCA Annual Campaign, helping provide financial assistance so that everyone in our community can access Y programs year-round.