Century Ride of the Centuries

Pendleton Century Farms...

Behind the beauty of the waving fields of grain that cover eastern Oregon are the stories of hardy early farmers. They saw the potential for farming in this wide-open landscape. We celebrate those who founded the farms, and who still farm the same land through their descendents 100 years later, by designating their legacy as Century Farms.

The Rides...

Century Ride of the Centuries will take you past a number of these beautiful farms and ranches rising from Pendleton into the Blue Mountain foothills. You'll travel through the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation where residents with even deeper roots live on lands occupied by their ancestors for thousands of years. You'll have a choice of rides, full century, metric century or half-metric century.

Our signature sponsor, Wildhorse Resort & Casino, will provide the starting point for rides on all three days. At Wildhorse we’ll also spend time at the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, the museum of the three native tribes who own and operate Wildhorse.  There we’ll learn about the tribes’ culture and history.

Wanted for 2011! Martine, a Seductive imposter

Her friends call her “Martini”. Her close friends call her “Dirty Martine”.

Riders beware!  Martine is an exotic dancer who frequently poses as a masseuse at cycling events. Although not a licensed masseuse, gossip has it that she is turned on by massage oil and has a cycling-socks fetish. It is rumored that she has been known to rub a few body parts the wrong way and, in the bewildered aftermath, filched a few wallets, lifted a cyclometer or two, and sped away with cycling socks too numerous to count!  If you notice an erotic, exotic hard body lurking near the masseuse tepee or anywhere else cyclists gather, report her IMMEDIATELY to the nearest CROC volunteer!