Join us in early June, 2025 as we once again cycle through the mid-Mississippi valley!
Ride the Fault Line-2025
Planning is well underway for the next Ride the Fault Line adventure! WE invite YOU to bring some friends and JOIN US for what our participants say is the best cycling tour in the Midwest! Keep an eye on this web page and visit our blog later this fall to find out more!
Ride the Fault Line is more than a bicycle tour - more than just cycling!
Visit parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee in just 7 days! Unique Midwestern bicycle tour adventure through portions of four mid-Mississippi valley states along the New Madrid earthquake fault line.
Experienced, professional staff, not volunteers, support you with consistently highly rated service. RTFL is the best bike ride value in the Midwest!
Detailed route markings, downloadable courses and color maps of the route, campsites, and communities will keep you oriented.
Enjoy camping outdoors, indoors, or select a motel from our list. RV parking available at all three overnight stops.
Nature lovers-have lunch at lakeside restaurants at Reelfoot Lake Wildlife Refuge and scan the trees for nesting bald eagles. Paddle a canoe or kayak through groves of century old cypress trees!
History buffs-learn about the great New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812; visit strategically important early Civil War sites; tour a former home and studio of noted author Ernest Hemingway!
Start your tour on a truly HIGH note-visit a hot air balloon festival our first night. Sample wines on the banks of the Mississippi as river traffic passses by. Finish the week on a high note at the "Rhythm on the Rails" outdoor evening concert!
Listen to reviews from previous participants
Customize your tour to fit your personal riding style with layover days and optional routes from which to choose.
Riding with a club, team, or group?
Save even more! Check our CLUBS/GROUPS page.
The RTFL Experience
"Rest stops well-supplied with a good assortment of snacks, even using whole-wheat bread instead of white for the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."
"The road markings were the best I've ever seen, maps of the nightly stops were extremely helpful."
"The ride had an extremely good "vibe"-staff being very friendly and efficient, with nothing to get stressed about."
"The attention to detail the organizers were able to do was incredible. Very impressed."
