The Mane Event Gravel Grinder
Wyoming’s Fall Gravel Cycling Event
Saturday, September 28th, 2024
Sheridan, Wyoming
The Courses
25 Mile
Start Time: 10:00AM
The 25-mile course is for beginners, families, and those that want to get out on the gravel and follow the creekbottoms near Wyarno – but it’s no slouch on scenery!
50 Mile
Start Time: 8:30AM
The Mane Event 50-mile ride starts at Wyarno with climbs mid-way through the course resulting in a pleasantly downhill ride for the last 14 miles.
80 Mile
Start Time: 7:30AM
Little brother to the 100-miler, the 80 is still a challenge! With plenty of gravel the 80-mile ride is an extension of the 50-mile.
Past Event Images
Why The Mane Event?
History
For 45 years, the Sheridan Sundowners Lions Club’s main fundraising event was a Thanksgiving Basketball Classic. COVID had other ideas and the local college canceled all sports except rodeo. We are thankful that they kept the rodeo in place, however, we had to pursue a new source of funding.
Jordan LeDuc, owner of the Sheridan Bicycle Company had an idea – why not put on a Gravel Bike Event in Sheridan Wyoming in September? In 2021, the Mane Event Gravel Grinder was born.
With the funds from this event, the Club will be able to continue with its projects to benefit Sheridan and the residents of our community.
Impact
The largest impact the Club has is through vision-related work. This includes purchasing exams and eye glasses for those who are unable to purchase them. Also, the Club conducts free vision screening for young children in the area. These screenings have been done in Sheridan, Big Horn, Ranchester, Clearmont, Arvada, Kaycee and on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana at the schools Wyola and Lodge Grass.
Along with the Story and Big Horn Lion’s Clubs, the Sheridan Sundowners club helps support a cabin at the Allen H. Stewart Lions Camp on Casper Mountain.
Funds also go to Leader Dogs for the Blind and Lions Club International.
101st Anniversary
The Sheridan Sundowners Lions Club represents a merger of two Lions Clubs in Sheridan, Wyoming and was chartered on May 26, 1921. In 1925 at the behest of Hellen Keller, Lions clubs became the ‘knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness,’ taking up the cause of supporting individuals with sight and hearing impairments in both local communities and abroad.
