dbhouston 

https://www.tulsatough.com/the-classico

Tulsa Tough is already a great cycling weekend in Tulsa. It is best known for three days/nights of crit racing in and around downtown, but it also includes very well organized and attended fondos on Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9. But it will be even better this year with the introduction of the Classico rides on Sunday. Distances can be either the Piccolo (30-ish miles) or the Medio (usually a metric + kind of distance). Frames and components up to 1995, with modern saddles and pedals allowed for the less hardy among us.

Hope to see some C&Vers here in the heartland this summer!

The Saint Francis Tulsa Tough is proud to announce The Classico, an Eroica-inspired Gran Fondo ride and celebration of classic bicycles.

SFTT is a uniquely American spectacle of not just bicycle racing, but bicycle culture. The Classico is our way of celebrating that culture's history by spotlighting the classic, predominately steel, bicycles that carried racers through the formative years of our sport. The Classico is about the art of the machine: the lug, the fillet braze, the pantograph. It is a meditation of the minutia; it is road cycling as ceremony: the delicate touch of the perfect gear change, the hypnotic hum of tires on tarmac, sweating on your own reflection in a polished quill stem. Above all, The Classico is about bringing together the people who love these bikes and keeping them on the road.

The Classico will be held as part of the Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Gran Fondo series on Sunday, June 9th, 2024. Choose between the Medio and the Piccolo routes, and enjoy the ride from the front of the pack as you lead out Sunday's peloton. Those registered for The Classico will receive various perks, including a custom Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Classico jersey inspired by the Tulsa flag. Registration for The Classico will open on February 1, 2024 at 12:00 PM CDT.
Riders of The Classico will receive extra "Classico-only" perks, including:
— The Concourse: A finish-line bike valet and gallery. Hang up your bike after the ride and see other riders' vintage rigs
— The Photomaton: A classic-inspired photo booth with a backdrop for personalized images of you and your bike
— The Classico Jersey: A limited-edition, vintage-inspired jersey made for the 2024 Classico ride
— The Classico Museum: A separate photo-based webpage on the tulsatough.com website to showcase your vintage bike and its components; the full photo gallery will consist of rider-submitted images of vintage bike builds as well as a list of relevant components

shoota 

Wow look at those perks! Consider me signed up! (My friends wrote and designed all of that )

Classtime 

I don’t think I’ve ever been to Ooohhhhklahoma…
🤔
very cool that ride organizations see the value in the “underbiking” demographic.

notgr

As one of said friends, I will definitely be there! I also want to add that all of the Tulsa Tough crew are excited for this category and want to make it something special. The event/organization's executive director has been talking about riding it on his Alpineer (made in Tulsa), which would be only the second time he's ridden his own event in 18 years.

Also, for anyone in the Tulsa area, starting in March I'm going to start trying to organize a weekly vintage group ride in the lead-up to this.

strathconaman

Already booked that weekend for another race. Everyone else should go so they will do it again next year.

Manny66 

Sounds like a great Event.

dbhouston 

I've decided to go with this minty Raleigh Competition, though I'll admit up front I'll swap in some less manly chainrings. Tulsa Tough is usually about as hilly as they can manage around here. Poor bike was hardly used in its first fifty years, and I'm ashamed to admit I hardly ride it, either, as it looks nice in my living room. But now I'll have some motivation to roll it out more often before June.

shoota 

Looks great! I can't wait to see it in person. I'm going with the Tomassini Super Prestige, also in black

sd5782 

My brother lived in Tulsa around 1974-1976. I remember him speaking of a 24 hour cycling event. I think he said he did a bit over 300 miles. I will have to get back with him. I also seem to remember him doing it on an orange Schwinn Super Sport.
Edit; confirmed he rode a Super Sport a bit over 300 miles in a 24 hour endurance ride on a closed course.