Please note the 2021 event has gone virtual!
BABC is heeding the good advice of the Howard County Health Dept and her good friend “common sense” and is NOT holding an in-person event for the 2021 Polar Bear ride after Howard County (rather unsurprisingly) went “COVID RED” status on Dec 8.
Head to the FACEBOOK EVENT for any last-minute discussion and to share your ride photos
ABOUT THE RIDE
Some people would call you crazy if you told them you were going to go on a bike ride on January 1st. Others would call you a polar bear!
Come freeze on your bicycle with us!
This annual New Year’s Day bicycle ride is the highlight of mid-winter cycling in the north-central Indiana region since 1970! This is a rain, shine, snow, freeze event with route lengths varying with rider motivation.
All cyclists are encouraged to post pictures before and after their rides on social media! Make them public and include #BABCPolarBear
Please follow any other rules or safety guidelines we put in place day of the event in order for us to be able to have events in the future.
RIDE DAY SCHEDULE
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Polar Bear Ride will be a bit different… This year’s Polar Bear will be a self-supported virtual ride, so we want everyone to ride safe.
ROUTES
You can ride anywhere or anytime that is convenient to you on January 1, 2021. As per the latest state regulations, please DO plan to take a mask and hand sanitizer with you in case you plan or need to stop or happen to crash anywhere along your ride, and avoid the temptation to cluster or ride with anyone outside your household if you encounter each other on the road. There’s only a few months left of this mess… let’s work together and make socially responsible personal choices to get back on track!
RideWithGPS routes and GPS files for download
REGISTRATION & SWAG INFO
If you are local to Kokomo and interested in purchasing one of the fleece gaiters embroidered with the new Polar Bear Logo (with or without date embroidered on it for an additional $1 fee) for local pickup/delivery only - see photos in the Facebook event. Contact Daun at daun@breakaway.club to arrange.
Questions? email events@breakaway.club
EVENT SPONSORS
We’d like to thank our 2021 sponsor COVID-19 for BONKING the world and POTHOLING our events in 2021... Please contact president@breakaway.club if you’d like to be a sponsor for one or more of our local Kokomo Indiana cycling events in 2021.