Hancock Horizontal Hundred
FlagshipSaturday, September 12, 2026 · Findlay, Ohio
Our flagship ride. Routes for every fitness level, fully supported, finished with a meal. The big one.
Started in Findlay · est. 2024
Rides, hikes, and small projects that put real miles toward trails, youth cycling, and people who need a hand. Started in Findlay. Open to anywhere people show up for each other.
Now building
HHH 2026
September 12 in Findlay, Ohio. Four ride distances, practical volunteer work, and a nonprofit home for the miles around it.
What we do
Get more people outside — on bikes, on foot, and on small projects that leave a place better than we found it. We started in Findlay. We're built for anywhere people are willing to show up for each other.
Small start. Big dreams. The events fund the work — trails, youth cycling, public infrastructure — and the work is what this is really about. Built on passion, work ethic, and the connections that make any of this possible.
Sept. 12
HHH 2026 ride date
4
HHH ride distances planned
2024
year MMM started
Findlay
launch community
What's next
Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Findlay, Ohio
Our flagship ride. Routes for every fitness level, fully supported, finished with a meal. The big one.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Downtown Findlay
A shorter, social ride built around the fall festival. Family-friendly route, optional longer add-on for the legs that need it.
Saturday, May 16, 2026 · Riverbend Recreation Area
Bring your bike, leave knowing how to corner, climb, and ride in a group without panic. Open to everyone, free for members.
More than rides
Group rides every week, from beginner-friendly loops to long-format centuries. Nobody gets dropped on the no-drop rides. We mean it.
Local hikes most months, and a few bigger trips a year — gravel weekends, point-to-point adventures, and the occasional out-of-state pilgrimage.
Skills clinics for new riders, group fitness rides, and one-on-one mentoring. If you can ride a bike around the block, we can get you to a century.
Small infrastructure work that makes a real difference: signage, trail maintenance, bike racks, lights for dark stretches, support for youth cycling. Less talk, more shovels.
Hosting, signing up, showing up. We back other community events because the work is easier when nobody's doing it alone.
Join in
Skills clinics, signage, lights on dark stretches of trail, the SAG van that picks you up if your day goes sideways. Members keep the lights on. Three tiers, with monthly or yearly options.
For businesses
Our riders are your customers — and your neighbors. They eat lunch downtown, fix bikes at the local shop, and tell their friends. Sponsoring HHH or FFF puts your name in front of hundreds of people on event day, and on the jersey for the rest of the year.
The roots
Making Miles Matter started small. A few people who like to ride, a few who like to hike, and a habit of saying yes when somebody asks for help. The simple idea: turn the miles we were already putting in into something that matters.
Our roots go back further than the paperwork. The Hancock Handle Bars cycling club ran group rides in this area for years, and a lot of what we do is built on that foundation — same patch of road, new name on the jersey.
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