Local Routes
This road, named after an arithmetic operation, is the most common path to leave campus heading west on group rides.
What is Division Road?
This mechanism adjusts your gear ratio by moving your chain across a range of sprockets, making it easier to maintain your preferred cadence on a variety of different terrain.
What is a derailleur?
This Danish cyclist is the latest to have won all three grand tours in one career.
Who is Jonas Vingegaard?
This multilingual European country is home to many of cycling's famous cobbled classics.
What is Belgium?
This Indiana town, named after one of the world's most important religious destinations, is conspicuously missing a large black cube.
What is Mecca, Indiana?
Featuring a sharp 90 degree turn at the bottom, this steep downhill was featured in the 2024 Purdue home road race, and in reverse in the 2026 home road race.
What is Big Boiler?
Containing both the sprockets and ratcheting mechanism, this component is found attached to the rear wheel of many bicycles.
What is a freewheel?
This Belgian cyclist is the only person to have ever won the Tour de France 5 times, and all five monuments
This mountain range contains famous climbs like the Col du Tourmalet, Col d'Aubisque and Col d'Aspin, and spans three countries.
What are the Pyrenees?
Costing approximately $150 billion to construct, this building is one of the most expensive structures ever built, yet doesn't even have a parking lot.
What is the International Space Station?
At 125 miles, the longest road route listed on the Purdue Cycling Club website passes through these two Indiana cities.
What are Kokomo and Logansport?
This part transfers pressure to the brake pads, and can fall out during maintenance if the mechanic doesn't take care.
What is a piston?
This Slovenian cyclist has won stages in all three grand tours, Milan - San Remo, and has been a UCI Gravel World Champion.
Who is Matej Mohorič?
This mountain range, home to the highest paved road in Europe, shares its name with a mountain range in the United States.
What is the Sierra Nevada?
Before its demolition this Purdue landmark served as a beacon, helping students and travelers find their way back to campus from miles away.
What is the smokestack?
Home to a university ranked among the world's top 10 for computer science, this city has been the destination of multiple long rides starting from Purdue.
This adjustment corrects a bicycle wheel whose rim is true but off-center. The same word can also mean to serve food.
What is dishing?
This active professional cyclist has won exactly five grand tours throughout his professional cycling career.
Who is Primož Roglič?
Ascending more than 13,000 feet from sea level, this volcanic mountain is the longest continuous cycling climb on the planet and is also home to several astronomical observatories.
What is Mauna Kea?
First invented over 200 years ago, this pedal-less bicycle design was reinvented by Specialized, which now offers a $1,000 carbon-fiber version of this bicycle.
What is a Specialized Hotwalk or balance bicycle?
This steady hill located within West Lafayette featured a successful everesting attempt in 2022.
What is Happy Hollow Road?
Only compatible with a single chainring and sprocket and a frame with a split in its rear triangle, this component is essential to the drivetrain of many bikes.
What is a belt?
After winning the MTB Olympic Gold Medal, this French cyclist went on to return to road cycling and won both Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France the following year.
Who is Pauline Ferrand-Prevot?
Home to the infamous Death Road over 15,000 feet above sea level, this South American country is a popular destination for adventurous cyclists.
What is Bolivia?
If you were to ride your bike on SR 26 due east from Lafayette, and keep going due east until you crossed the Atlantic Ocean, you would hit this country first.