Thousands of cyclists are preparing to hit the pavement for this year’s Apple Cider Century, an annual bicycle tour of the orchards, forests and wine country in and around Three Oaks, Michigan.

On Sunday, September 25, cyclists from 29 states across the country (Canada, too) will participate in a 15, 25, 37, 50, 62, 75 or 100-mile ride around Michigan’s Berrien County and Indiana’s La Porte County.

Tour Director Bryan Volstorf started the Apple Cider Century in 1974 when 226 riders took to the winding country roads of Southwest Michigan. Since then, it has become the Midwest’s largest one-...

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