Making Miles MatterStarted in Findlay

Started in Findlay · est. 2024

Make miles. Make them matter.

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.

Focus
Routes, sponsors, rest stops
Base
Findlay first, not only Findlay

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

Upcoming events

Hancock Horizontal Hundred

Flagship

Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Findlay, Ohio

Our flagship ride. Routes for every fitness level, fully supported, finished with a meal. The big one.

Findlay Fall Festival Ride

Flagship

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.

Spring Skills Clinic

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

Five things that keep us busy

Rides

Group rides every week, from beginner-friendly loops to long-format centuries. Nobody gets dropped on the no-drop rides. We mean it.

Hikes & Trips

Local hikes most months, and a few bigger trips a year — gravel weekends, point-to-point adventures, and the occasional out-of-state pilgrimage.

Training

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.

Projects

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.

Community

Hosting, signing up, showing up. We back other community events because the work is easier when nobody's doing it alone.

Join in

Membership pays for the things that don't pay for themselves.

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

Sponsor an event

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.

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The roots

Built on a long ride

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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