VT-BUDs

Updating the information from last year, the four best ride calendars that I have found are:

Tandem Club of America
http://www.bkspeck.com/tca/rides.cfm
TandemLink.com
http://www.thetandemlink.com/RallyInfo.html
Tailwind Tandem Club
http://www.tailwindtandemclub.com/links.htm
T-Bone (Tandem Bicyclists of New England)
http://www.tbones.net/Rides/rides.htm

Several nearby rides this year will be:

Tandems East Tandem Expo
This is not a ride, but a show and mini-conference, attended by some of the big names in modern tandems. Test rides will be available.
3/29 & 30, Centerton, NJ (~7 hrs from Burlington)
http://www.tandemseast.com/events/expo.html

St. Michael's Weekend
4/18-4/20, Chesapeake Bay, MD (~9.5 hrs from Burlington)
http://www.bikepptc.org/node/1198

Canadian Tandem Rally 2008
May 23-26, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada
(~4.5 hours from Burlington, VT)
http://www.mbstandems.com or
http://www3.sympatico.ca/vandevelde/rally/index.html

MATES 2008
6/13-6/15, Flemington, NJ (~6.5 hrs from Burlington)
$210 per team, 4/1 registration deadline
http://www.easterntandemrally.org

Tandems East Tandem Weekend
6/27-29, Pennsville, NJ (~7.5 hrs from Burlington)
http://www.tandemseast.com/events/weekend.html
$495 per couple, 45 & 60 mile rides

Eastern Tandem Rally
8/1-3, Durham, NH (~3.5 hrs from Burlington)
http://www.easterntandemrally.org

Southern Tier Tandem Rally
8/22-24 ($30-$65 per team, 7/1)
Elmira, New York (~6 hrs from Burlington)
http://www.gtgtandems.com/sttr.html

2008 Weekend in Lancaster
9/26-28, Lancaster, PA (~8 hrs from Burlington)
http://www.baltobikeclub.org/index.pl/bbc_events

There are also three off-road tandem events in the region

Eastern Off-Road Tandem Rally
4/4-4/6, Batsto, NJ
http://www.dscb.org/etr/etor08.asp

Fall Alleghany Rally for Tandems
Salamance, NY
10/3-10/5, Salamanca, NY
http://homepage.mac.com/bmanagan/fart
This one looks like great fun, if you have an off-road tandem.

Tandems Off-Road at Minnewaska-Mohonk
10/31-11/2, Gardiner, NY
http://www.dscb.org/etr/dogs_or.asp