{"id":4818,"date":"2024-08-02T06:24:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabacycling.com\/bicycling\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2024-08-02T06:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:24:45","slug":"cyclenc-comes-to-murphy-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabacycling.com\/bicycling\/news\/cyclenc-comes-to-murphy-this-weekend","title":{"rendered":"CycleNC comes to Murphy this Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Twenty-five years ago the 563-mile Mountains to Coast Bicycle tour kicked off in Cherokee County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That original tour in 1999 was held over two weeks and stretched from Murphy to Manteo with over 500 riders. This weekend, cycling enthusiasts will celebrate the anniversary with the Cycle NC ride event in the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Ridge Public Radio Senior Regional Reporter, Lily Knoepp, writes more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpr.org\/bpr-news\/2024-08-01\/murphy-bicycle-ride-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-mountains-to-coast-ride\">CycleNC Event Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five years ago the 563-mile Mountains to Coast Bicycle tour kicked off in Cherokee County. That original tour in 1999 was held over two weeks and stretched from Murphy to Manteo with over 500 riders. This weekend, cycling enthusiasts will &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sabacycling.com\/bicycling\/news\/cyclenc-comes-to-murphy-this-weekend\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CycleNC comes to Murphy this Weekend<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CycleNC comes to Murphy this Weekend - The Southern Appalachian Bicycle Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twenty-five years ago the 563-mile Mountains to Coast Bicycle tour kicked off in Cherokee County.That original tour in 1999 was held over two weeks and stretched from Murphy to Manteo with over 500 riders.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sabacycling.com\/bicycling\/news\/cyclenc-comes-to-murphy-this-weekend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CycleNC comes to Murphy this Weekend - 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