Bike ride and breakfast
22nd annual “Where the hell is Maybell?” ride begins Saturday
The 22nd annual “Where the Hell is Maybell?” bike ride departs from Northwest Storage at 7 a.m. and from Western Knolls at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. The ride is free. A $5 breakfast of pancakes, bacon, eggs and orange juice will be served at the Maybell Park. Enlarge photo
May 14, 2008
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Craig — Craig Parks and Recreation Department’s Recreation facilitator Pam Maneotis has seen it before.
For approximately 20 years, Maneotis has orchestrated the “Where the hell is Maybell?” bike ride, and in those 20 years or so, she said not much has changed.
“It’s the same bike ride every year from Craig to Maybell,” Maneotis said. “The mileage hasn’t changed at all. The only thing that’s changed, maybe, is participation has grown.”
More than 200 riders are expected this year, according to Maneotis, who will trek the 30 miles from Craig to Maybell on Saturday morning.
The ride departs Craig from two locations: Northwest Storage at 7 a.m. and Western Knolls at 7:30 a.m.
There is no entry fee for participants.
Maneotis said the ride is “pretty wide open,” and the opportunity to catch a glimpse of wildlife is in abundance.
“Yeah, you can see some deer, elk and maybe some antelope,” she said. “It’s definitely a family-type event. It’s a good way for everybody to finally get outside.”
The 30-mile trek isn’t a race, but Maneotis said riders shouldn’t pick the event as a first-time biking experience.
“You don’t necessarily need to have training” for the event, she said. “It’s going to take a couple of hours, though. I wouldn’t, I guess, pick it as your first bike ride of the year.”
The ride finishes in Maybell, and upon arriving, participants can purchase breakfast prepared by the Moffat County Young Life for $5.
Proceeds from the breakfast go to Young Life’s summer camping trip.
T-shirts for the event also will be available for $15.
For participants who require a ride back to Craig, a bus will return riders — and their bikes — shortly after the ride is complete.
Seating on the bus is limited, so Maneotis suggests calling in advance to reserve a seat.
Spring season is upon us, and weather permitting, Maneotis said the event always is an enjoyable way for residents to get a taste of the outdoors.
“We mostly use this ride as a season-opener to the biking season,” Maneotis said. “Everybody enjoys it. The most exciting thing each year is to see how many people show up.”
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14 May 2008 at 9:21 a.m.
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taxslave (Anonymous) says…
Do any of you remember what started the saying “Where the hell is Maybell”? It came about almost 24 yrs. ago. Remember?
14 May 2008 at 11:47 a.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
refresh our memories tax, wasn't there some tourists involved?
14 May 2008 at 12:36 p.m.
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grannyrett (Anonymous) says…
If I remember right, it was Dr. Told who started it.
14 May 2008 at 12:57 p.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
ugh. if I remember correctly I had a nephew ride in that several times crazy man crazy
14 May 2008 at 1:05 p.m.
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grannyrett (Anonymous) says…
50-Yes you did. He rode it twice. It seems that when Dr. Told started it, he was telling someone from out of town about it, trying to get some interest going, and they said, “Where the hell's Maybell?” That's how it got its name.
14 May 2008 at 1:25 p.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
its starting to come back to me now. Geez taxslave I have a son that old wasn't it longer ago than that?
14 May 2008 at 3:38 p.m.
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lonelyone (Anonymous) says…
remember when some people wanted to change the name because “where the hell's maybell” just didn't sound nice. I think they wanted to do where the heck is maybell or just where's maybell.
I kind of remember when this whole thing started but not the year.
14 May 2008 at 4:32 p.m.
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bigrred1576 (Anonymous) says…
I have done this ride twice, both times from Western Knolls. Only the hard core riders start at the bottom of the hill, but there was also the riding club from Steamboat (on a training ride) that had ridden from Steamboat and were going to Dinosaur and back.
Its a fun time for most., and many chose to ride back to Craig. There are lots of families that ride together.
Thanks Dr. Told and the others who started this, and keep it going.
15 May 2008 at 6 a.m.
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taxslave (Anonymous) says…
It was the winter of '83 or '84, Denver news reporting on the weather, 63 degrees below zero in Maybell, Colorado…..he says, “where the hell is Maybell”?, and the saying stuck. They made t-shirts.
Craig was 40 below for two weeks that winter, never above 0 at high noon and the air glittered. It was beautiful.
15 May 2008 at 8:27 a.m.
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Rainbow (Anonymous) says…
It was a little later than 84 - I had my first kid in 83 and rode the first (and several after that) so I know it wasn't that year. I think it started iin 87 or so….
15 May 2008 at 9:24 a.m.
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taxslave (Anonymous) says…
The bike ride to Maybell started later.
15 May 2008 at 9:37 a.m.
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50cal (Anonymous) says…
winter of 82-83 was the cold one wasn't it? your right taxslave that was where it came. as always lifting the fog of time.
16 May 2008 at 1:25 p.m.
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calvinhobbs (Anonymous) says…
The lowest temperature in Colorado, -61°, was recorded on February 1, 1985 at Maybell.
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography… scroll down to the bottom