Information about Gone Riding
Our Story
About Gone Riding
Gone Riding, Inc. was founded in 1993. Our goal was to bring a high standard of organization and promotion to the sport of cycling in Florida, we have since expanded that goal to include all of the South Eastern States. We primarily specialize in off road or mountain bike cross country and endurance events but we also organize and promote bicycle road racing, duathlon and triathlon events. We have been NORBA (National Off Road Bicycle Association, now USA Cycling sanctioned since our first race in 1993 and have had the honor of hosting the Nation’s first AMBC (American Mountain Bike Challenge) in Ocala, Florida in 1996 as well as the AMBC National Finals in 1997. Gone Riding is also proud of its trail advocacy efforts we are a proud member of the International Mountain Bike Association IMBA and have annual contributions of nearly $5000 per year to local bicycle clubs and associations, including SORBA (the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association).
As of 2024 we will have promoted over eight hundred and fifty events, which include many series and special events. We are fortunate in Florida and in the South East to have the opportunity to race and ride year round and because of this we have been able to promote races and series events starting in January and ending in December. These events include the Coconut Cup South Florida Championship series, the 12 hours of Santos, the Florida State Championship series, the Georgia State Championship series, the Florida Endurance series and the Florida Gravel Grinder series. (See our events page for a complete list). Our goals are to continue to grow the sport of cycling in our region and to continue to improve and maintain our high standards of cycling organization and promotion. We would like to thank all of the riders, racers, enthusiasts, families, support people, bike shops, volunteers, land owners, park management teams, our sanctioning body, our web provider and last but not least sponsors for allowing us to continue on this fulfilling and successful journey.
Gone Riding Waiver
Generic waiver for Gone Riding events that are non sanctioned
Expert payout schedule
Cash payout schedule for most XC Cat 1 events, based on number of racers that start event.
Point System
Points system for most Gone Riding race series, this includes FSC, CC, FLE, GSC and FGG events.
Email Us
info@goneriding.com
Frequentuly Asked Questions
FAQ's
We do our best to race rain or shine, we sometimes adjust the course and laps depending but it is very rare to postpone or cancel due to weather. Lightning for example could cause delays but it would have to be something extreme to cause a cancelation. Keep an eye on the event page and or subscribe to our texting service for the most up to date information.
Gone Riding always allows onsite day of registration up until the start of each race. Normal Day of registration and or Check In is the day before an event from noon to 5pm and the day of the event from 7:30am to the start of each event.
Enter online (click on the “register” icon on the “events” page of our website) or register at the event (be aware a higher fee may apply)
At all Gone Riding events no qualifying is required, even in series events.
It depends on if the event is sactioned or not, if sanctioned then the rider may be subject to purchase an annual license or a temporary one day licence, fees vary amoung organizations. If it is not a sanctioned event, membership is not normally required.
Normally in cross country events the classes are broken down into age, gender and skill levels, the three main skill levels are base, sport and expert. Simply take your age, gender and skill level into account and there should be a class just right for you. At some events a novice class is offered which is an entry level class below the base class and is a non points paying class.
Each course has it’s own character and levels of difficulty but in general we try to lay out our race courses with a wide variety of riders in mind and in some cases we will implement different layouts, for instance one for the base riders (white wave) and one for the advanced riders (yellow wave).
Cross Country or XC:
Normally base level riders will do between 9 and 12 miles or about one hour, sport level riders will do between 15 and 18 miles or about one hour fifteen minutes to one hour thirty minutes, while experts do between 20 miles and 30 miles or about one hour thirty minutes to two hours thirty minutes or more.
Endurance or Gravel:
Normally two distances are offered Sprint (25-30 miles) & Marathon (50-60 miles).
Most information can be found on the race flier, when the fliers are available they will be posted on the “events” page of our website, if your answers are still not being addressed don’t hesitate to email us info@goneriding.com
We don’t offer refunds however if Gone Riding can determine if the situation was an emergency or unavoidable and Gone Riding is notified (either in person, by phone or by email) before an event starts we may offer a credit towards another Gone Riding event in the same calendar year.
If a course map is available it will be posted on the event page in the information section.
Event schedules are normally included in a series or event flier but there are often summaries on the event page in the information section.
Click here for the USA Cycling Junior Membership.
$25 OFF USA Cycling annual license discount
Gone Riding discount code: GR2024 $25 off Membership
(good on Junior, Junior+, Race, Race+, Collegiate, Collegiate+ licenses)
EXP 12/31/24.
Click here for the USAC Race Membership
$25 OFF USA Cycling annual license discount
Gone Riding discount code: GR2024 $25 off Membership
(good on Junior, Junior+, Race, Race+, Collegiate, Collegiate+ licenses)
EXP 12/31/24.
Point System
| Place | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 30 |
| 2nd | 29 |
| 3rd | 28 |
| 4th | 27 |
| 5th | 26 |
| 6th | 25 |
| 7th | 24 |
| 8th | 23 |
| 9th | 22 |
| 10th | 21 |
| Place | Points |
|---|---|
| 11th | 20 |
| 12th | 19 |
| 13th | 18 |
| 14th | 17 |
| 15th | 16 |
| 16th | 15 |
| 17th | 14 |
| 18th | 13 |
| 19th | 12 |
| 20th | 11 |
| Place | Points |
|---|---|
| 21st | 10 |
| 22nd | 9 |
| 23rd | 8 |
| 24th | 7 |
| 25th | 6 |
| 26th | 5 |
| 27th | 4 |
| 28th | 3 |
| 29th | 2 |
| 30th | 1 |
all finishers after 30= 1
