52nd Annual · September 12, 2026 · Findlay, Ohio
Thank you for riding.
The 52nd Hancock Horizontal Hundred is in the books. Ninety-nine riders, 6,197 miles, and a hog on the smoker behind the VFW. Whatever distance you picked, you showed up on a grey September morning and rode it.
How it went
One morning, six thousand miles.
99
riders on the road
6,197
miles ridden in one morning
7
rest stops, all stocked
52nd
running since 1974
Who rode what
100 miles
41 riders
62 miles
21 riders
30 miles
16 riders
15 miles
21 riders
Forty-one people rode a hundred miles. Twenty-one rode the free community ride, several of them on a bike they had not been on in years. Both of those matter the same amount to us.
Thank you
It takes a lot of people to close a county road.
Everyone who rode
Ninety-nine of you rolled out at 8am. Some of you had never ridden thirty miles before Saturday. A few of you have been doing this since the seventies. You are the reason there is a fifty-second one of these.
The volunteers
Rest stop crews who were out on county roads before sunrise, the people who marked every turn the day before, the registration table that got a hundred riders through the door in ninety minutes, and the SAG drivers who spent their Saturday watching for anyone in trouble. None of it happens without you.
Findlay VFW Post 3762
They gave us the whole building — registration, breakfast, the finish, the after-party — and they cooked a whole hog. Fifty-two years in, this is home.
Further Bikes
Levi was on-site before the ride turning wrenches for anyone who needed it, and ran the Monday prep rides all summer.
Logan’s Irish Pub · Ralphie’s · LaRiche · The Bourbon Affair
Every raffle prize this year was donated by a Findlay business. Go spend a dollar with them — that is how this works.
The day
Fifty-two years of the same idea.
Got photos from Saturday? Tag us on Facebook — we would rather fill this page with yours.
The routes
Ride them any Saturday you like.
These stay up year round. The rest stops and the SAG are gone until next September, so carry what you need — but the roads are the roads, and they are good ones.
All four routes start and finish at the Findlay VFW and run north and south on quiet Hancock County roads. Pick a distance below to see the map, or open any route for the turn-by-turn and the GPX download for your head unit. Printed cue sheets are at registration on ride day — you do not need a computer to ride this.
15miles
Community Ride
Distance
15.2 mi
Climbing
+235 ft
Free, guided and flat. We ride it together and nobody gets dropped. One loop out of the VFW and back — gentle enough for a family, and a real ride if you have not been on a bike in a while.
Route + GPX download →30miles
Half Metric
Distance
32.1 mi
Climbing
+367 ft
The gentlest step up from the community ride. Long enough to feel like a proper morning out, short enough that you are back at the VFW with the day still ahead of you.
Route + GPX download →62miles
Metric Century
Distance
64.0 mi
Climbing
+886 ft
The flagship. Big enough to be a real ride, short enough that you make the after-party comfortably.
Route + GPX download →100miles
Full Century
Distance
102.8 mi
Climbing
+1341 ft
The original. Findlay put this on the map in 1974 and the roads have not gotten any less flat since.
Route + GPX download →See the map
Map takes a second to load. Interactive — drag to pan, and use the elevation profile underneath to see where the road tips up.
These are the 2026 courses, exactly as they were ridden. On ride day every turn was painted on the road so nobody had to stare at a phone. That paint has faded by now, so if you are riding one of these on your own, load the GPX and take a look at the turns before you roll out.
No RideWithGPS? Use Google Maps. All four courses are on one Google map, drawn on the exact roads — no re-routing, no guessing. Open the routes in Google Maps. Tap the layers icon and turn on just the route you are riding. Save it once on your phone and it is waiting under Saved → Maps on ride morning, with your location moving along the line.
What we're working on
2027 starts now.
We spent this year proving the ride still works. Next year we want to make it better, and a few things are already on the workbench. Nothing here is a promise yet — but this is where our heads are:
- →Putting a clock on it. We are looking hard at timing — real finish times, age groups, and a results page that stays up so you can come back and beat yourself next year.
- →A record that follows you. Your distances, your years, your miles with us — in one place with your name on it.
- →A bike on the raffle table. It did not happen this year. We would very much like it to happen next year.
- →More than one Saturday. A 5K in November, and we are talking with partners about programming for kids and for riders well past their racing years.
- →An earlier start on everything. Routes, sponsors and registration all opening sooner, so nobody finds out about this ride the week it happens.
Be first to know
Get the 2027 date before anyone else.
One list. We email when there is something real to say — the date, when registration opens, and what we managed to build over the winter. Nothing else.