Essex Centurion – Solo Challenge – Sept 2025

June 14 to September 14, 2025 – Solo Cycling Challenge

Bike Canada’s Southernmost Imperial Century Ride!

Take on a unique cycling challenge around the region of Windsor-Essex. The Essex Centurion is more than just a challenge — it’s a ride that takes you around the region, through its vibrant communities and onto the backroads and paths attached to sections of the Windsor Loop and Great Lakes Waterfront & Trans Canada Trails.

COST:
FREE — as always!

WHEN:
Challenge yourself anytime between June 14 and September 14, 2025.

HOW TO RIDE?
Complete the classic EC Way 100 (or another approved route) — in one epic day or over multiple days.

WHO?
Anyone ready to test their limits. Whether you aim to finish the ride once or strive to become an Essex Centurion Champion, this challenge invites cyclists of all types and abilities. Since 2020, Essex Centurions have tallied over 146,000 kilometres doing the challenge.

What’s It Take to Become an Essex Centurion Champion?
Everyone who completes the Essex Centurion is a champion in our eyes. But the rider who goes above and beyond—tackling the challenge again and again, racking up the most points—earns the title Champion of Champions. Only the most determined make it to this level, pushing themselves to log thousands of kilometres by completing the Centurion multiple times over the summer. It’s about endurance, repetition, and raw solo grit.

Past EC Centurion Champions of Champions

• 2020 – Jim Toews – +2,400 km
• 2021 – Charles Morgan – +6,900 km
• 2022 – Ron Uprichard – +5,600 km
• 2023 – Robert Thibert – +4,000 km
• 2024 – Lloyd Strong – +4,000 km
• 2025 – You?