Downtown Development Authority of Springfield

The Springfield DDA welcomes you to Downtown Springfield to begin a scenic bike ride through Effingham County. Starting at 8:30 am this year, the Ride will begin and end in Springfield, at Ulmer Ball Park on Jefferson Street and Pine Street. We've worked hard over the years to help improve downtown Springfield and proceeds from this annual ride have helped to fund facade grants and beautification projects that have made a huge difference. SWAG bags for all participants will include information from our sponsors, and additional info about stores, restaurants, and events coming up in downtown. We will be raffling off awesome door prizes for our riders as well. We hope that this will give you a sample of downtown and that you will come back for a visit!

This year we are partnering with Effingham Heros to bring a fun filled day of activities to Ulmer Park. After your ride is complete you can stay in the park to enjoy the event activities and food trucks. Bringing anyone with you? They can watch the Effingham Hero's Parade from Laurel Street at 10am. This will be a full day of activities and thankfulness to our local Hero's and first responders.

Lunch vouchers provided to all registered riders!

If you’re coming back to our ride again this year- THANK YOU for your continued support! If there is anything we can do to make this ride better, please let us know! All input and suggestions are welcome!

Event details and schedule

Day of Registtation will start at 7:45. Please bring cash or check only.

There will be rest stops along the route with restrooms, drinks, and snacks. Water and snacks will be available at registration as well for before and after the race. SAG will be patrolling the route - Special Thanks to the Effingham Fire Department for providing amazing route support over the years and for coming back to do it again this year. Laminated pocket size route cards will be given to each rider with both a map and a turn by turn direction sheet. We will be providing lunch after the race until 1:00pm.

Each rest station will have a window of operation. The posted times for each rest statio and the location of each stop will be posted on our website and available at registration.