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The Quick & The Dead Gravel Road Race

The Quick The Dead

September 27 2025
Meyersdale PA
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Distances: 50, 65 miles
Difficulty: Difficult terrain with longer, steeper hills
Limited to: 1,000 or less Participants

The Quick & The Dead - A Mt. Davis Gravel Grinder is a Gravel Road Bicycle Race from Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. It will take you up & over the highest point in the State, Mt. Davis. Choose either the 65-mile- course with over 45 miles of gravel and over 7'500 accumulative vertical feet or the 36 mile Shorter Course.  Come challenge yourself. The name says it all. Will you be one of the Quick or one of the Dead?

This is a Nonprofit event with all of the proceeds going to the Local Volunteer Fire Departments of Somerset County that support the local Townships and Borough's along the course. The venue will be held at the Somerset County Fairgrounds in Meyersdale PA. Food & Entertainment will follow the race event. 

All fundraising is being done on behalf of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA) - Mt. Davis Gravel Grinder Fund. CFA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. CFA registration and financial information are available from PA Dept. of State by calling 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. The proceeds from this charitable event will be distributed to volunteer fire departments that serve Somerset County. 

The Quick The Dead

 
Start Located At: 7842 Mt. Davis Road, Meyersdale, PA 15552
 
 
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What you’ll get with your entry:

Race t-shirt (First 100 by August 1st).
Post-race Dinner & Refreshments (non-racers must purchase a dinner ticket)
Two (2) Gallon-size Ziploc Drop Bags to send out to the aid stations
Three (3) stocked aid stations on the course with Hammer Nutrition to refuel and finish out the day (With First Aid)
A well-marked course with Course Marshall's at paved intersections (With First Aid kits)
Ceramic Campfire Coffee Mug
Awards (Purse contingent on class sizes)
Post-race party

Prize / Race Categories

Cash top 3 (Women/Men (U40, 40+, 50+, 60+)
 Clydesdale, Tandem
 

 
Facilities
Parking
Changing Rooms
Toilets
Registration On the Day
Pre-Packet Pickups
 
Support for Participants
Route Signposted
First Aid
Emergency Contact No
SAG Wagon
Outriders
Marshalls
Escort / Police Escort
Roving Mechanical Support
 
Community
Volunteers
Bike Festival
After Party
Fundraising
 
Features
Course Timing
KOM/QOM Competition
Category / Race Prizes
Results Within 24 Hours
Photos
Downloadable GPS files
Post Ride Shower
Finish Line Chute
 
Nutrition
Feed / Aid Stations
Post Event Meal(s) Provided As Part of Entry
Number of Aid Stations: 2
 
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