{"id":392,"date":"2012-12-10T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T17:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2014-07-26T10:39:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T14:39:17","slug":"ride-around-torch-tour-elk-rapids-july-18-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Ride Around Torch Tour &#8211; Elk Rapids &#8211; July 20, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img style=\"float:right; margin-left: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/cccc.clubexpress.com\/clubs\/87045\/graphics\/rat_logo_final.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><br \/>\nThe  Ride Around Torch is an annual one-day 26, 63, or 100 mile bicycle tour  primarily along the scenic shores of Torch Lake, Michigan&#8217;s longest and  one of its most beautiful inland lakes with unusually clear, bright  turquoise hued  waters. Several villages and hamlets lie along the lake&#8217;s shore  including Alden, Eastport, Clam River and Torch River. You will enjoy a  recreational, social tour that is neither a race nor a test of strength  although the very hilly 100 mile route can be a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trimbleoutdoors.com\/ViewTrip\/1055185\" target=\"_blank\">26 mile<\/a> ride is an out and back<span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">around the <\/span>north  end of Elk Lake through Torch River to the food stop at Crystal Beach  Park. Same hills and flats of the other routes only less.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"float: right; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 220px; height: 107px; margin-top: 6px; margin-left: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/cccc.clubexpress.com\/clubs\/87045\/graphics\/P1010008-001.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Our signature <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trimbleoutdoors.com\/ViewTrip\/1064627\" target=\"_blank\">63 mile<\/a> ride circles Torch Lake passing through Eastport, Clam River, Alden and  Torch River with hills, flats, scenic views and multiple food stops.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trimbleoutdoors.com\/ViewTrip\/1064716\" target=\"_blank\">100 mile<\/a> ride is a challenging century with the rolling shoreline of Torch Lake,  extreme hills and then some. Racing clusters are not recommended. <\/p>\n<p>&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cccc.clubexpress.com\/content.aspx?page_id=22&#038;club_id=87045&#038;module_id=148340\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Visit Ride Around Torch Tour Website &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The  Ride Around Torch is an annual one-day 26, 63, or 100 mile bicycle tour  primarily along the scenic shores of Torch Lake, Michigan&#8217;s longest and  one of its most beautiful inland lakes with unusually clear, bright  turquoise hued  waters. Several villages and hamlets lie along the lake&#8217;s shore  [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}