Hundreds of cyclists participated in the 26th annual Gran Fondo from Jacksonville to Cheaha State Park. Read the full story
Some call it the toughest ride in the South. Bicyclists from around the world have converged on Calhoun County for the Cheaha Challenge, a grueling 124-mile ride over Alabama's tallest Appalachian peaks. Four reporters from The Star will follow the action from start to finish. Read the full story
Of the 15 local qualifiers, Anniston's Jessica Johnson, Darin Sims and Brad Cox have confirm to The Star their intent to make the trip to France. Read the full story
The annual Cheaha Challenge in 2018 again will be the only United States qualifier for an international cycling championship for the second year in a row, ride organizers announced Monday. Read the full story
Some call it the toughest ride in the South. Bicyclists from around the world have converged on Calhoun County for the Cheaha Challenge, a grueling 124-mile ride over Alabama's tallest Appalachian peaks. Four reporters from The Star will follow the action from start to finish.
Of the 15 local qualifiers, Anniston's Jessica Johnson, Darin Sims and Brad Cox have confirm to The Star their intent to make the trip to France.
The annual Cheaha Challenge in 2018 again will be the only United States qualifier for an international cycling championship for the second year in a row, ride organizers announced Monday.
The 25th annual Cheaha Challenge saw record participation from 26 states and 9 countries.
Some call it the toughest ride in the South. Bicyclists from around the world have converged on Calhoun County for the Cheaha Challenge, a grueling 124-mile ride over Alabama's tallest Appalachian peaks. Six reporters from The Star will follow the action from start to finish.
The Cheaha Challenge Gran Fondo kicks off today with a huge twist.
The ranking is three spots higher than what the Calhoun County cycling event earned last year. The improved ranking should help further promote the longtime annual event to a wider audience and encourage its growth, a Cheaha Challenge organizer says.
The Cheaha Challenge is pedaling along just fine, thank you.
Cheahospitality.
The four-year-old Alabama Backroads Century Ride Series includes the Cheaha Challenge on its 13-ride schedule and had a presence at Sunday’s ride, handing out calendars, medals and champion’s jerseys for 100-mile and 124-mile “ultra” course finishers.
Top finisher Kat Sweatt is the first woman to come in first in the South's toughest century bicycle ride. In the 124-mile Ultra ride, Birmigham's Mark Fisher managed to finish first even after stopping to help a competitor fix a flat.
A new report by the American Society of Civil Engineers on U.S. roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure forecasts that the nation needs to spend $1.4 trillion over the next 10 years, and about five times that much from now until 2040.
Veteran cyclist Tom Nelson has a jarring way of quantifying the challenge of the Cheaha Challenge for novices.
The Cheaha Challenge has long been called “the toughest ride in the South” but organizers of the Six Gap Century call their ride “the toughest in the Southeast.”
She gave the finishers their shirts. The rest went into a burning metal brazier she’d carted up Chimney Peak.
