Sunday September 14, 2025
Delaware Valley Volunteer Fire Company 75 Headquarters Rd. Erwinna, PA 18920
Start Windows begin at 8:00AM
WE ARE NO LONGER FOOLS!
THE FOOLS CLASSIC HAS BEEN RELAUNCHED AS “BUCKS GRAVEL”
Stay Tuned as we Revise this Website and get Registration Open
- New Name
- New Autumn Date
- New Start/Finish Venue
- Most of the Same Great Roads!
Registration will open soon on
This is the relaunch of Kermesse Sport’s (& Bucks County’s) original Mixed Surface Ride, and is one of the oldest gravel rides in the US.
Despite being founded long prior to the Revolutionary War, Bucks County doesn’t have much in terms of cobblestone roads, but due to its rural nature, there are many unpaved roads of dirt and gravel. Glaciers carved out what is now the Delaware River, yielding some steep hills leading out of the river valley.
While the route varies year-to-year, the concept is constant; ride a circuit of roads less traveled past picturesque farms, pre-revolutionary stone houses, and take in as many of the local unsealed roads as practical. The course is always very challenging and has quite a few technical sections.
The unpaved sections are all public roads or trails. They are suited for road bikes with road tires, though the organizers recommend that you leave the lightweight stuff at home, and highly suggest that tires 28mm or wider will make your ride more enjoyable.
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together all the food and especially Julie for taking her time to sag the
ride today-thanks.
I’d also like to thank Brian I for including Lodi Road, as part of the
route, a dirt road climb that almost made me cry out for my mommy!
What a great ride!
Ed Shuhart
4/6/08
Michael Sobel
4/7/08
gently and not via a Lodi-Road-retaliatory throw through your window!)
Kurt Shrammel
4/9/08
