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Contents 7 2015 Annual Report: Breakaway 12 The Future of the Movement:

Insider or Edgier?

16 Urban Wild 26 So You Want to Tackle the Ride Across Wisconsin this Year?

36 Meet the Badger 42 Vulture Vibes 48 Office Gold 54 May Bicycling Events 56 June Bicycling Events

(On the cover) Butterscotch poses for a formal portrait with Mary Lee Agnewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bicycle in the background.

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Paramount Records Ride The Bike Fed is partnering with Red, Bike and Green MKE to hold equity rides led by Ammar Nsoroma. The first ride this year on April 16th, National Record Store Day, visited the site of Paramount Records in Grafton. Paramount Records produced music from legendary blues artists like Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Charley Patton. With Ammarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help, we hope to have 12-15 fun equity rides this year. Watch our social media for updates and schedules. Photos by Richard Beauchamp.

Chris Aalid/Marketing Coordinator

Switching it up

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Zac Barnes/Central Region Director central@wisconsinbikefed.org

Dave Cieslewicz/Executive Director dave.cieslewicz@wisconsinbikefed.org

Eric Crouthamel/Valid Bike Shop Manager eric.crouthamel@wisconsinbikefed.org

Carolyn Dvorak/Southwest Region Director

You will read in this edition of our magazine that in order to train for the Ride Across Wisconsin (or any other challenging ride) you really need to switch it up. That is, don’t ride the same distance on the same terrain all the time. If you’re going to be ready for the epic 175 mile one day RAW (or it’s new two-day cousin) you need to go hard and back off in different intervals.

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Sarah Gaskell/Planning Manager sarah.gaskell@wisconsinbikefed.org

Tony Giron/Smart Trips Coordinator tony.giron@wisconsinbikefed.org

Matt Gissibl/Resident Dirt Tester matt.gissibl@wisconsinbikefed.org

Wendy Hanisch/ Director of Development and Events wendy@wisconsinbikefed.org

Tom Held/Share & Be Aware Comunications Coordinator tomh@wisconsinbikefed.org

Andrew Kaczmarek/Finance Director andrew.kaczmarek@wisconsinbikefed.org

Bryan La Bissoniere/Membership Coordinator bryan.labissoniere@wisconsinbikefed.org

Betsy Massnick/Membership Director betsy.massnick@wisconsinbikefed.org

Jake Newborn/Youth Education Program Manager jake.newborn@wisconsinbikefed.org

Mirtha Sosa/Milwaukee Bicycle Coordinator mirtha.sosa@wisconsinbikefed.org

Dave Schlabowske/Deputy Director dave.schlabowske@wisconsinbikefed.org

Jessica Wineberg/Program Director jessica@wisconsinbikefed.org

Board of Directors Ted Galloway, Chair, Bill Koch, Vice Chair, Clay Griessmeyer, Secretary Dan Goldberg, Assistant Secretary, Dave Jablonowski, Treasurer Mike Basarich Julian Kegel Melissa Vernon Brien Christopherson Bill Koch David Waters Peter Gray Beth Liebhardt Robbie Webber Cassandra Habel Janet Loewi Gigi Koenig Bill Hauda Gary Peterson Michael Johnson John Siegert

Magazine Staff Editor: Dave Schlabowske

Art Director: Chris Aalid

Advertising: Matt Gissibl/matt.gissibl@wisconsinbikefed.org The Wisconsin Bike Fed Magazine is a complimentary addition to Bike Fed Annual Memberships. Proudly printed on Appleton Uptopia Paper, milled in Wisconsin

Same goes for this month’s magazine. We switch it up with some of that good training advice, some politics, an interview with a nature photographer cyclist, a story on the Route of the Badger (no, it’s not about Barry Alvarez’ daily ride to work), and two pieces on community biking spaces (one bohemian cool and the other urban chic). And we keep you up to date on all the bike friendly events happening this early summer. By the time this magazine reaches you the 2016 Wisconsin Bike Summit may have come and gone… or maybe not. With long lead times for publication we’re never exactly sure when it will arrive at your doorstep. But if there’s still time please join us Saturday, May 21st in La Crosse. Details are on our website. One of the things we’re going to explore at the summit is the question of what kind of organization we want to be: Edgy or insider? Pushing the envelope or making compromises? Focused on state government or more invested at the local level? With the legislature gone home for the rest of the year now is a good time to have that discussion. But maybe, in the end, we’ll decide that advocacy is like training. Maybe it’s good to change it up from time to time. To have an edge when an edge is called for but to know when to smooth things out. To work locally but to keep an eye on opportunities in Madison. Whatever we decide we want our members to engage in the discussion. So, if you don’t make it to La Crosse please feel free to write me with your thoughts at dave.cieslewicz@wisconsinbikefed.org. But most of all, summer’s finally here. For those of you who endured the cold winter winds on your fat bike or some other human-powered ride, our helmets are off to you. For all of us now it’s really time to roll. As always, we hope you’ll find some inspiration and some information in these pages. Enjoy the read.

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2015 Annual Report:

BREAKAWAY

By Dave Cieslewicz, Wisconsin Bike Fed Executive Director

Membership is way up, finances are solid, rides are blossoming, and public education on safe cycling is going strong; in short, the Bike Fed is breaking away from the peloton. 2015 was a strong year for our organization, though not without its challenges. But we feel well positioned and ready to meet every challenge and break some records in the years ahead.

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Membership Growth

Membership In twenty-four months our organization went from 3,800 members to 5,800, a 52% increase. We accomplished this by emphasizing membership growth and trying new things such as including memberships and discounted prices for members for our larger ride events: the Ride Across Wisconsin, the Polish Moon Ride and the Santa Cycle Rampage. Our Tandem Membership program was also a big success; we launched “membership in a box” sold at participating bike shops, and we increased outreach to bike clubs. Our goal for 2016 is to reach 7,000 members by the end of the year.

Finances The Bike Fed grew revenue to over $1,500,000 from $1,300,000 last year. Growth was reported across our revenue streams: contract income, membership and events. Contract income from public education in safe cycling remains our largest revenue source. Events like the Saris Gala and our rides, a growing revenue segment, account for approximately 20 percent of our revenue. On the expense side, we have been able to grow our staff in order to reach more people across the state — ambassadors reach into every corner of Wisconsin. We have effectively and efficiently grown our programming and advocacy exposure with the needs of our local communities. Board The board of directors continued in year two of its three year transition from an 18 member all elected board to a 21 member board with 12 elected board members and nine members appointed by the board. Board President Peter Gray of Madison stepped WISCONSINBIKEFED.ORG

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down at the end of a great year of leadership and Ted Galloway of Neenah stepped up into the president’s role. Thanks to the 360 Bike Fed members who voted in the 2016 board elections and to the 14 members who volunteered to serve on our board. The top four vote getters were all incumbents: Melissa Vernon, 217 votes, Peter Gray 185 votes, Clay Griessmeyer 159 votes, and David Waters, 153 votes. The board continues to try to build diversity in terms of geographical representation, interests in cycling, background, gender and race. In addition, the board will be focussing on building a strong network of corporate and business partners. Staff 2015 was marked mostly by continuity. Our membership manager was promoted to Director of Membership. At the outset of 2015 we discontinued the Development Director position and the Executive Director took on those tasks on an interim basis. While the results were good with the organization finishing well in the black, the staff and board decided that in order to grow our fundraising base we needed to create a reconstituted Events & Development Director position for 2016.

Programs Advocacy It was a disappointing year at the state level with Wisconsin’s complete streets law being substantially weakened. However, the Bike Fed was able to defeat a bike tax proposal and we participated in a coalition that saved some of the funding for state trail building. However, at the local level the Bike Fed was proud to be a major part of Madison’s elevation to Platinum Bike Friendly Community

status, joining only four other cities in that category. And Wisconsin had more communities added to or moving up on that list than any other states. For the second year in a row, and with strong promotion from the Bike Fed, Wisconsin won the National Bike Challenge. Share & Be Aware With Ambassadors across the state, S&BA directly educated 69,297 people; reached over 2.5 million via broadcast, print, and social media; attended 271 events; and taught 179 classes. The program is data driven to reduce bike/walk crashes by educating all road users. The Driver’s Education and media components are especially effective at educating people driving. Again, this program exceeding all goals. Connect 53212 Connect 53212 encourages residents of zip code 53212 in central Milwaukee to walk, bike, and take transit to reduce drive-alone trips while bridging the divide between segregated neighborhoods. Under the program we reach out directly to the community through door to door contacts, mailings and community events. Through these efforts we gain a better understanding of barriers to biking, walking and mass transit use and work on efforts to address them. The project will continue in 2016. Biking for Health Study The Bike Fed partnered with the Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Milwaukee, 16th Street Community Health Centers, and Silver Spring Neighborhood House to conduct a medical study:

(Below left) Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett at the intersection mural kids created as part of our Safe Routes to School class. (Right) Cooper Elementary students do a crosswalk demo after they got curb extensions installed outside school.

Biking for Health; a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Fitness, Health, and Behavioral Impact of a Bicycling Intervention on Lower-Income Adults. The intervention consisted of giving bikes, helmets, and education along with weekly social rides. People in the intervention group continued to bike more after the program ended and experienced a decline in several self-described barriers. The Bike Fed is incorporating these findings into program plans. Safe Routes to School A generation ago about half of all school children biked or walked to school. Today, it’s only about 15%. The Safe Routes to School program educates fourth through sixth graders in the Milwaukee Public schools on safe cycling practices with a goal of getting more kids to get to school through active transportation. We exceeded our goals while visiting 35 sites and we reached over 1,100 youth with direct Bike Driver’s Ed Curriculum. We partnered with other community groups to create an intersection mural near Hopkins-Lloyd Community School in Milwaukee. After a crash involving a vehicle and three students at Clement Avenue School we brought City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public School officials together with parents. The result was installation of bump outs, slowing traffic directly in front of the school. Valid Bike Shop The Valid Bike Shop at Milwaukee’s North Division High School collects used bikes, repairs them and continually maintains a fleet of over 160 refurbished bikes for use in the Safe Routes to School Program. Mobile Repair Too many Milwaukee neighborhoods don’t have access to a bike shop. The mobile repair program offers a solution. The Bike Fed took over the Layton Boulevard West Neighborhood’s Mobile Bike Hub program in 2015.

And in the fall of 2015 we piloted a northside mobile unit. The pilot was successful and that unit will be established in the summer of 2016. Both programs will train several high school aged youth in bicycle repair with one from each site being hired as a summer assistant to each coordinator. Rides Our second annual family-friendly Polish Moon Ride through the streets of Milwaukee’s south side had 600 participants, more than double the first year. That ride raises funds for our mobile bicycle repair program. The inaugural Ride Across Wisconsin (RAW) was also a huge success with almost 500 riders logging 175 miles in an epic, fully-supported, journey across our state on one cool, damp late August Saturday. The Wisconsin Spring Classics series was brought back and seven rides were organized around the state for 2016, giving members an opportunity for early spring fun riding to destinations such as Belgium, Denmark, Holland and Paris to name a few. The rides are hosted by some of our favorite local bike shops and bicycle-friendly businesses..

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THE FUTURE OF THE MOVEMENT: INSIDER OR

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By Dave Cieslewicz, Wisconsin Bike Fed Executive Director

his wild political season tells us very clearly there is widespread unease — and even anger — at the “establishment.” Any successful movement captures the spirit of the times, and this is definitely not a time when usual ways of doing business are ascending. The movement for better biking can’t hold itself apart from those bigger waves. So, the Bike Fed team is going to spend time this year thinking about how we advocate and how far we should reach. We’ve already started the conversation with board members and staff. We invite you to join the conversation at the Wisconsin Bike Summit on May 21, in La Crosse. Our goal is to have this figured out by about August 1. We want to be ready for the fall elections, when every seat in the State Assembly and half the seats in the State Senate are on the ballot, along with Wisconsin’s eight U.S. Congressional seats and one U.S. Senate seat.

While the Bike Fed cannot endorse or give money to candidates, we can set a pro-cycling agenda, ask candidates where they stand on our issues and provide our members and the public at large with information to consider when they cast their votes. Here are the two big issues we need to address. State or Local? It’s no secret that Wisconsin state government is a tough place to work right now. This Legislature gutted our Complete Streets Law, cut funding for cycling infrastructure to the bone and threatened a bike tax. Breaking from that pack, more Wisconsin cities, towns and villages reached Bicycle Friendly Community status with the League of American Bicyclists, and others improved their ranking. Our local gains in Wisconsin surpassed all other states. It seems local leaders are less ideological and more practically minded than state officials. They’re on the front lines to fix the potholes and build the bike infrastructure that we care most about. So, should we pull back on our state efforts and put more resources into working with local governments or should we keep fighting the good fight and hoping for better days in Madison? Visionary or Practical? When you think about some of the most successful organizations and movements in our country, most of them started with what seemed like an impossible, even audacious vision. But they put their ideas on the table, wouldn’t let them die and eventually succeeded. The bicycling movement started that way. But in recent years, especially at the national level, the movement has become more insider and incremental. We noticed that at the National Bike Summit, where LAB lobbyists urged participants to thank their representatives in Congress for passing a weak national transportation act that solves no long-term problems, and to ask for support for a relatively minor bill that would allow a small tax break for bicycle purchases, under very limited circumstances. Those are the most basic choices. We can also consider hybrid approaches. We could lay out an ambitious, long-term vision for cycling at the state level, but also work on some smaller things that can be passed in the short-run. Small things might be a version of our vulnerable users bill, and declaring cycling to be the state exercise. Bigger efforts might be calling for 4 percent of the state transportation budget to be invested in biking and walking. That’s about what the statewide percentage is for those activities, but the current budget invests about 1.4 percent in them. Or, for another example, we could call for the WISCONSINBIKEFED.ORG

completion of the newly planned state bikeways network by 2025. Frankly, neither of those things is possible in the current environment, but they’ll never happen until someone starts pushing for them. We don’t have to abandon our work at the state level in order to work more with local governments and citizens. But a local emphasis would mean scaling back, not hiring lobbyists in Madison, and investing those resources into work at the local level. We’re already working on a pilot program for a Bike-Walk Cruise initiative to support local advocates, and we help local governments write bike and pedestrian plans. We could do more, while being mindful that any organization has to shepherd its resources. Doing more with local governments and citizens means doing less at the state level. Whatever your view, now is an excellent time to join the conversation. The legislature is gone and won’t return until January. We have time to have the broadest discussion we can, to carefully consider our options, and move forward with our wheels trued and our tires fully inflated. You should be part of this discussion. Please join us at the 2016 Wisconsin Bike Summit in La Crosse on Saturday, May 21st. And if you can’t make it, you can simply write me at dave.cieslewicz@wisconsinbikefed.org.

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A fox pads across a frozen Lake Michigan in front of the old lighthouse on the breakwater.

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We couldn't be happier to introduce you to Wisconsin Bike Fed member Mary Lee Agnew, a wonderful artist who uses her bicycle to help her find wild beauty in the heart of Wisconsin's largest urban area. WBF: What is your background in photography? MLA: I do not really have a background in photography. I have studied film and art history in college and have a degree in film; not photography. I have also spent most of my life drawing and painting, and also I have worked as an art model for over thirty years. So I have a strong background in art. Photography is an art so my background I think helps as far as my ability to compose shots and see the world through an artist’s eyes, I would say. WBF: Some photographers are gear junkies. Can you give me a short list of the equipment you use? MLA: I am definitely not a “gear junkie.”. I carry minimal equipment. I originally had a small point and shoot camera, and later had a very small digital, film camera that also shot still images. It was a very lightweight Sony. I then bought a Powershot camera, also very small. One year, I gave a man who I regularly saw by the lake shooting bird photos a copy of the calendar I made and the next time I saw him he handed me a Canon EOS camera with a 300mm lens. This is the biggest lens I have ever owned and I still shoot with that lens. I had to replace the camera as it finally gave out. I now have a Canon Rebel T5i, which is very lightweight and fits in a small bag and also my bike basket. I never use, or carry a tripod and to be honest I am not that technically knowledgeable and have no fancy software, or equipment, I do minimal editing on my images. I only recently bought an actual camera bag to carry my camera in. 18

Ever curious, Butterscotch sniffs the pedal of Mary Lee Agnew’s bicycle.

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From fox families and their adorably playful kits to avocets, snowy owls, wood ducks, mink and more, perhaps Mary Lee Agnew’s greatest gifts outside her artistic talent are patience, persistance and respect for nature. She has spent years and countless hours sitting quietly, camera in hand in order to make these beautiful images. Her openess to the natural beauty in the heart of the largest urban area in Wisconsin allows her to share what most of us never see around us.

WBF: Where can people see more of your work, or purchase your photographs? MLA: My photos can be viewed on my Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132279118@N03, also on the website Capture Wisconsin: http://www. capturewisconsin.com/users/maryagnew330. I am also having a gallery show of my work at the Schlitz Audubon Center, in Fox Point and gave a slide presentation before the show. My note cards are sold at Dragonfly Vintage Goods on Brady street in Milwaukee. My calendars are also sold at Dragonfly and at Beans & Barley Market and Cafe, and the Riverwest Co-op. People can also purchase my cards calendars or prints by contacting me directly through email at urbanwildlifecards@gmail.com. WBF: It seems you find adventure and beauty in your everyday world, just a short bike ride from your home in urban Milwaukee. Do you have any thoughts on how your photographs are at odds with much of the public’s perception about Milwaukee? MLA: I have a very strong ethic that beauty can be found almost anywhere, if we have the eyes to see it. I don’t travel far yet I see much beauty. Milwaukee is located on one of the world’s largest bodies of fresh water. Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River are both amazing and beautiful. We often take this beauty for granted. MilWISCONSINBIKEFED.ORG

Mary Lee Agnew is sort of the Jane Goodall of Milwaukee’s fox community.

waukee also has a wealth of green spaces and parks, and bike paths. When I bike daily down the Oak Leaf trail, I can almost forget I am in the middle of an urban area. I feel the same looking out at the Milwaukee River or out at Lake Michigan. There are always ways we can improve and preserve our parks, but we should try get out and enjoy them more! We don’t have to travel far to find beauty, it is right here! WBF: How does bicycling fit into your work and your life in general? MLA: I have ridden my bike to work for over 20 years, in all kinds of weather, and it has often been challenging, especially with some of our severe winters. For me, the rewards are worth the effort, such as biking through the beauty of freshly fallen snow, and seeing a fox or coyote or a deer cross my path; or struggling through a cold lake wind to look out and see a common loon diving through the water or calling out to his mate. Riding a bicycle has helped me see a snowy owl spread his huge and silent wings and soar across the lake, and a fox’s red coat glittering in the sun, and it is all right here in the heart of the city!

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TRAINING PLAN Y BY BOB HANISCH • RIDER PHOTOS BY DAVE SCHLABOWSKE

SO, YOU WANT TO TACKLE THE RIDE ACROSS WISCONSIN THIS YEAR? Of course you do. Who wouldn’t? • The epic oneday or two-day challenge is scheduled for the last weekend in August, timed perfectly for a training camp being held the last weekend in July!

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Not only will get great training on the actual RAW course at this camp, but the area is incredibly scenic and the accomodations are unique! Detail photos by Bob Hanisch .

P3 - Peak Performance Professionals will host the riding camp, with the support of Team Sports. We will be based out of Hazel Green, about 15 miles from the start of RAW. This will give “campers” a chance to ride the hills on the western end of the course. In the inaugural year, surveys said that people underestimated them a bit; and they have not gotten any smaller! Riders also indicated that they felt more time in the saddle would be good so the weekend will offer two full days of riding to help with that! Arrangements have been made for accommodations at the Ambrosia Inn or the Wisconsin House Stagecoach Inn in Hazel Green and a Saturday night gathering at Anton’s Saloon in New Diggings, where rest stop #1 is located! There are other places to stay within a few miles of camp if you want to investigate them, as space is limited in Hazel Green. Want to bring a significant other who won’t be riding? The tourist attractions of Galena are only 10 miles away. Riders will roll out Saturday morning at 8 a.m. for two loops, to get in an 80-mile ride in the “hill country.” On Sunday, the ride will start at 8 a.m. and cover 50 miles, heading east towards the second RAW rest stop area at the Holland Family Farm. For additional miles, an optional excursion to towns further east may be offered. Depending on the number of riders, we are planning on having groups based on an average speed range, with a ride leader for each group. (e.g. 12-14 mph, 14-16 mph, 16+mph). What else do you get? SAG support will be provided and rest stop areas for re-fueling. After the ride on Saturday, the group will get together for a

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Training Camp Thanks to Bob Hanisch and the team from P3-Peak Performance Professionals, for providing this guide to help people train for the Ride Across Wisconsin, Aug. 27. P3 brings together highly experienced fitness and wellness

professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines to offer group and individual endurance and fitness training. The P3 team is led by Hanisch, former head coach for USA Triathlon, an exercise physiologist and expert level certified Continued on pg. 30

course talk, how to plan for ride day, nutrition and training tips.

COST: $75 if registered for RAW, $125 if not yet registered LIMITED TO 30 RIDERS

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coach from USA Cycling and USA Triathlon. Bob is also a certified diabetes educator and national expert on exercising with diabetes.. To help you follow this plan and track your fitness, you can download a training plan spreadsheet at RideAcrossWisconsin.com. Bob will partner with Tom Schuler, former 7-Eleven team member and Bicycle Hall of Famer, to provide a weekend training camp on the RAW course in Hazel Green on July 30 – 31st. See the training camp article in this issue of the magazine for more information about the camp. Bob is also married to Wendy Hanisch, the Bike Fed’s Director of Development and Events. Wendy has taken the reigns for RAW planning this year, which has increased Bob’s interest in volunteering his services. Not everyone has access to the same technology, so we refer to training “intensity” in terms of what you have available for measurement – watts, heart rate zones, or rating of perceived exertion (RPE). When referring to zones we will look at zones one through five, with one being the easiest. See below for more information on intensity.

DAILY TRAINING OBJECTIVES MONDAY

Recovery Day Recover from heavy of training over the weekend FRIDAY

Recovery Day Get ready for the weekend

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Flat Ride on own or group, 20 to 30 miles (1.5 hrs)

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Group Ride on rolling hills. 30 to 50 miles (3 hrs)

Group Ride on relatively flat course. 60-plus miles (4 hrs)

Training for RAW involves different levels of work or stress, which can be measured by duration and intensity. It is important to vary intensity levels maximize the benefits of training. The sample training week will involve longer rides at lower levels of intensity (important for endurance) and varied hill rides at higher levels to improve technique and increase fitness. Riding the same pace on the same terrain for

spectrum of disciplines. This team is led by Bob Hanisch, former Head Coach for USA Triathlon and a man who has devoted nearly three decades to helping athletes of every level reach their performance and fitness goals. In addition, Bob is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Mount Mary University, and teaches both Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition in the Graduate Dietetics Program.

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Zone 4 hills, Zone 1-2 Recovery, Hill repeats Warm up. Complete hill repeats. Cool down. 20 miles: 5 warm-ups, 10 hills, including both up and down, 5 cool down (1.5 hrs)

similar duration/distances each time will not get you to the level of fitness needed to have your most successful ride at RAW. In addition, not everyone has the same amount of time to train, so going at a higher intensity for shorter rides and lower intensity for longer rides works both aerobic and anaerobic systems to provide the greatest benefit. After the inaugural year of RAW, many people determined the two main

and multisport teams. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Schuler represented the United States at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and was one of the original seven members of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team.

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Hazel Green is the Point of Beginning for the ultimate small town experience! This community of 1,200 people was the first permanent settlement in Wisconsin, in 1825. Residents engaged in zinc and lead mining. In 1831, Lucius Lyon began surveying just south of the present day Hazel Green in

elements of a successful ride in RAW: Time in the saddle and specific hill training. The 16-week training program available on the RAW and P3 websites will provide more details, but ideally riders for the one-day should have at least two centuries (100-mile rides) under their belt before RAW and twoday people should have one. It is also important to ride hills with more than a seven percent. Even if there is only one

such hill in your area, you can use it. If it is short, add more repeats. Recovery rides and rest days are also critical elements in the training plan. These are the most overlooked element in many training plans. The guide will include two recovery days to prepare you for the training ahead, and one easy, long ride in zone two. Nutrition and hydration are also critical, especially since the bulk of your training will be

during the warmer weather. As a general rule of thumb, riders should take in 20 to 50 grams of carbohydrates every hour and one to two bottles of water every hour. This could vary greatly for each person, so it is important to experiment during training to see what works best for you. Some athletes are now changing their everyday diet and becoming more “metabolically efficient” so they take in fewer carbs per

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southwestern Wisconsin. This is the place from which all land that was to become Wisconsin would be measured. Today, every property deed in the state includes a description, which is based on the Point of Beginning (POB). The Wisconsin House Stagecoach Inn has been serving the community since the 1800s, along along the stagecoach route leading to the Mississippi River. Across the street is the Empire House, which served as a Town Hall, where the first town meeting was held. Next door to that is the Opera House, which is still used today for professional puppet shows. WISCONSINBIKEFED.ORG

hour. Additional information on this will be on the P3 website, if you’re interested in learning more. You’ve also got to consider the electrolyte intake or supplement for longer rides, especially during hotter temps. On the previous page is a sample week for training. Again, flexibility is the key. The training program will use hours of training instead of miles. However, it is important that you look at the miles completed in those hours. Obviously, the event comes down to completing 175 miles over one or two days. See the example of hours and miles. If you complete the hours but fall short of the miles, you will have to spend more time riding then the plan might suggest. It bears repeating that it would be good for one-day riders to get in at least one 100+ mile ride and two-day people to get in at least two. This is an explanation and sampling of the training plan which you will be able to download for free from Bike Fed or P3 websites after registering. The training program will also guide riders to develop and execute a plan for nutrition to fuel for RAW. Training will include practice in eating and hydrating while working. You want to be sure of your nutrition plan before RAW so you know you’ll be well hydrated and fueled during the ride.

(above) Bob Hanisch (2nd right) rides with three other P3 Coaches: Heather Haviland (L), Ryan Schmeling (2nd), and Lisa Christensen (R).

The Ambrosia Inn was first created by a man from Hollywood, who wanted to create a hideaway for celebrities. It has seen many of them in the past, and in recent history has been a retreat for some of the Chicago Bears, Tiger Woods and Oprah Winfrey to name a few. Anton’s Saloon is located in the town of New Diggings, the first rest stop in RAW. The building is a renovated 1800s barn (actually moved from Hazel Green to its current location) and features a poolroom in the back and a beautiful outdoor beer garden. It was established after the miners from Galena were looking for a new place to mine and uncovered valuable mineral deposits in the area.

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Meet the Badger 400-Mile Trail Network Takes Hold in Southeast Wisconsin Story by John Siegert â&#x20AC;˘ Photos by Dave Shlabowske

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n October 2014, Rails-toTrails Conservancy (RTC) President Keith Laughlin flew in from Washington, D.C., to make a big announcement at that year’s Wisconsin Bike Summit in Madison. In collaboration with the local trail community, RTC was embarking on a massive effort, code-named the “Route of the Badger,” to create a world-class trail system in the seven counties surrounding Milwaukee. Leading up to that announcement were a combination of demographics and a pattern of investment in bicycle in-

frastructure that had kept Wisconsin near the top of the Bicycle Friendly State rankings for the previous five years. What the team at RTC had discovered was a set of circumstances in Southeastern Wisconsin that was rare in the U.S. and worthy of their focused attention. This is the story of how those conditions led RTC to invest in Wisconsin and to test a big idea: that minor enhancements can unite existing trails into major active-transportation networks with enormous benefits. What’s in a Name? “It’s not a route, but a network,” says Eric Oberg, RTC’s Midwest Director of Trail Development. “That’s the point of the project—to demonstrate the outsized returns that small investments in trail network connectivity can have for communities throughout the region.” According to Oberg, RTC began to take a closer look at metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the U.S. several years ago to determine how many had achieved 90 percent of the population living within 3 miles of a trail. (Research shows that nearly

Even before the extension of the Milwaukee County Oak Leaf Trail north of Downtown was officially open, peole were using it. This shows the high demand for trails in Southeastern Wisconsin and is good support for the potential use a larger connected network of trails as proposed in the Route of the Badger might get.

half of all trips in urban areas have a distance of 3 miles or less.) Seven MSAs met the criteria, including two within what is now the Badger project footprint—Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, and Racine—together home to 340 miles of open, well-maintained rail-trails. Oberg credits Laughlin with posing the original thesis that by connecting the completed trails and greenways into a “whole network,” you could create benefits much greater than the sum of their parts—related to health, economic development and tourism, bikeability and walkability, and conservation. “Milwaukee and Racine have amazing trail assets already, but they’re not all connected,” says Oberg. “Keith asked, ‘What if you leverage an already big investment in trail infrastructure? What if you made small, smart investments to connect those resources?’ It was thought that the benefits of trails would be exponentially higher if they’re working together.” Wisconsin’s Railroad to Rail-Trail Past The rise of the U.S. railroad industry coincided with Wisconsin’s statehood in 1848 and, therefore, has had a central role in its history. By 1857, railroad tracks stretched from Milwaukee to the Mississippi River, and soon thereafter, the rail line, known as “The Milwaukee Road,” had made it south to Chicago and west to St. Paul, Minnesota—eventually extending across the entire northern tier of the U.S. The Milwaukee Road ceased operations in 1985, and pieces of the former rail line were slowly converted into railtrails. Wisconsin’s history also claims another important place in the rail-trail movement—being home to the 32-mile Elroy-Sparta State Trail, which opened in 1965 and is widely acknowledged to be the country’s oldest rail-trail. Through the Badger project, RTC is hopeful that Wisconsin will again serve as a leader in the movement by demonstrating the transformative power of connected trail networks. Route(s) of the Badger When complete, the 400- to 500-mile network is expected to stretch west from Milwaukee to Madison and possibly Minneapolis, Minnesota — and south from Sheboygan to Kenosha — and even Chicago — traversing urban, suburban and rural communities. The well-used 13-mile Hank Aaron State Trail, which runs through the heart of Milwaukee, could unite in Waukesha to the 51.6-mile Glacial Drumlin State

Trail (via the New Berlin Recreation Trail), which extends to Greater Madison, creating a long-distance connection of 70-miles-plus. This route connects to the 116.7-mile Oak Leaf Trail, which forms two connected loops throughout Milwaukee County. RTC is also exploring how to fill gaps in trails between Racine and Union Grove and Burlington to the west, and then Waterford and Milwaukee to the north— to create a 75-mile destination bicycling loop throughout most of Racine County. Via the Sheboygan Interurban and Ozaukee Interurban rail-trails, the project route already connects Sheboygan to Milwaukee; completing gaps in the trails running south along Lake Michigan in areas such as Kenosha and Racine could expand the Badger’s reach as far south as Chicago—a north-south distance of almost a hundred miles. To Oberg, the potential connection to Chicago is particularly inspiring, as the area is home to another one of the earliest rail-trails in America: the Illinois Prairie Path. In 1963, naturalist May Theilgaard Watts wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune imploring the transformation of the unused Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway into a trail. The letter generated an influx of public support, and by 1967, the first trail signs had been posted. Five decades later, the Route of the Badger will unite the two birthplaces of the rail-trail movement — Wisconsin and Illinois — while shifting the trail-building paradigm from single trails to connected systems. Building the Badger According to John Siegert, RTC’s project manager for the Route of the Badger, the current focus of the project is on gathering available GIS mapping data in order to best identify the gaps in the network. This will help determine which gaps would add the highest value if filled. WISCONSINBIKEFED.ORG

Closing the gaps between the existing trails could create a destination trail network that would attract people from around the United States and world.

Working with partners at the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC), Wisconsin Bike Fed and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), among others, will help Siegert and RTC develop gap-filling strategies that will make the most of local resources. RTC is also developing relationships with stakeholder groups throughout the region, including local units of government, trail managers, biking groups, friends groups, nonprofits and the general public, to build momentum for the Badger. “RTC is facilitating collaboration among all the different parties, agencies and organizations within the project footprint to make sure we look at the Badger as the interconnected network it could be, rather than the collection of segments that make up the current system,” says Siegert. Impact of the Badger If project partners have their way, the immense impact of the Route of the Badger will be realized in a variety of benefits resulting from the region’s improved connectivity, including: more bikeable and walkable communities; improved public health; the sparking of economic development and local investment near the trails; and enhanced competitiveness of the region with regard to quality of life and attracting a young, educated workforce. But a huge vision shared by everyone involved is to increase the popularity that Wisconsin already enjoys as a major bicycling destination—particularly given its close proximity to Chicago—thereby bringing in large amounts of tourists who will spend money at local businesses, as well as inspiring exploration and active transportation among the local populace. According to Wisconsin Bike Fed, the state’s biking industry provides 13,200 jobs and generates a $1.5 billion annual economic impact—an impressive number considering the estimated $240 million dollars invested in bicycling projects since the creation of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in 1967. Out-of-state tourism generates $535 million annually, some of that from the 15,500 visiting bicyclists each year who visit the legendary trail system. Creators of the Route of the Badger anticipate that the project will one day generate similar benefits for communities in the southeast. “Everyone who lives there will reap the benefits of outside tourism dollars—and they’ll have a worldclass destination trail network at their front door and reap those benefits too,” says Oberg. “The project will be a game-changer for Southeast Wisconsin and for America.”

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Vulture Space is not a bike shop. It’s a bicycle workshop. We don’t fix your bike for you. Instead, we put the tools in your hands and show you how to use them. Story by Evan Pack, Photos by Richard Beauchamp

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e don’t fix your bike for you. Instead, we put the tools in your hands and show you how to use them.

We want you to feel empowered. Vulture Space is a community effort to get everyone in Milwaukee on bicycles, and we’re striving toward this goal by educating, providing low cost bikes, and building a stronger bicycling community. The shop opened in May of 2012 at its current location, 651 N Plankinton Ave.,in the heart of Milwaukee’s downtown. This location is important. First, we’re trying to bring an offbeat business model and lifestyle into the mainstream, and there’s no better area in Milwaukee than downtown with its relatively high pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Another important reason for making downtown home is the diversity. Neighborhoods, especially in Milwaukee, tend to be homogenized according to income levels and race. Downtown, however, mixes homeless shelters, hotels, at least half a dozen universities, high income housing (condos), and countless offices attracting nine-to-fivers who come from near and far. Many of the county bus routes converge downtown, and it’s a crossroads for cyclists. The majority of people who stop into Vulture Space are scared of their bikes because they haven’t been taught how to maintain or fix these machines. That creates a lot of excitement in our environment,

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because it’s hands-on. Customers gain necessary skills. Fact: people are more likely to ride a bike if they know how to change a flat tire. The reality is that the fear of being stranded miles from home with a puncture is reason enough for many not to ride. In response, Vulture Space provides one-on-one assistance to teach practical skills: changing a tire, patching a tube, cleaning the drive chain, truing a wheel and much more. Tune-ups at bike shops can be expensive, with basic services starting around $60. Add in replacement parts and the cost can soar beyond $100. Often, the cost of fixing a bicycle outweighs its replacement value! This financial barrier prevents too many people from riding their bikes. Vulture Space encourages people to learn maintenance and repair skills and put them to practice, all at no cost. To combat the relatively high costs of new items, not to mention keeping usables out of the landfill, the shop has bins of used parts for sale, giving the options of paying $1

for a used replacement brake pad or $5 for a new set, $2 used tubes (guaranteed to hold air) or $5 for new ones. Bikes are also available to be purchased, some that have been totally overhauled and roll like new. But most are in “as-is” condition and need various amounts of love. We prefer people choose one of the latter because they can learn basic tune-up skills and leave with more than just a bike. They’ll carry with them newfound mechanical skills and a feeling of empowerment. The use of our services are FREE! We exist through donations of MONEY, BIKES, and TIME (volunteers). Outside the workshop, Vulture Space sets up mobile bike maintenance stations and plans annual bicycle events like Art for Bike’s Sake, Sew to be Seen, Bike Prom, Bike! Bingo, and various overnight bike camping trips. These events remain free and inclusive to everyone, which aids in strengthening the bicycling community in Milwaukee. Vulture Space has evolved into more than a workWISCONSINBIKEFED.ORG

(Previous spread) Evan Pack wrenches on a nice, vintage chome, lugged-steel bicycle. (this spread) Vulture Space’s welcoming, inclusive attitude and low-cost/ no-cost pricing policies on the treasure trove of parts and bikes has made the shop an unofficial club house for vintage bike collectors in Milwaukee. Their pride in the custom builds comes out in the portraits and detail shots to the left.

shop; it has become a meeting place and a hangout for those who share the bicycle as a common bond. Basic cordialities like introductions, sharing tools, food and drinks, and open invitations to upcoming cycling events are all embraced. Vulture Space strives to be one of those rare destinations where people don’t feel obligated to spend money. Vulture has its amazing volunteers to thank for making it what it has become. These special humans have prioritized their lives to help get Milwaukee on bikes. They are the most important individuals in my life and make up the diverse and close-knit “vulture family”. Each one has a unique strength that’s put to use in a positive way. If you haven’t dedicated your time to something larger than yourself, consider volunteering in an environment where you can make such an impact. Let’s conclude this piece with a plea and a pledge. Our plea is for you to dig up old bikes and look through your excess parts and drop off whatever you know is not getting the use it should. Vulture Space exists through such donations and cannot function without the generosity of the Milwaukee community. Last, make this promise (read aloud), “I’m going to ride my bike EVERY EVERY EVERY day!” Thanks to Evan and the generous crew of volunteers and regulars at Vulture Space for helping make this story possible. The Bike Fed plans on doing a series of stories on similar “destination bike shops.” Because of the diverse nature of these shops, it is hard to define what a destination bike shop is, but most of us intuitively know one when we enter it. Some have collections of vintage bikes on display, others sell coffee and showcase art, some owners make custom frames. Whatever the unique quality, you know a destination shop when you walk in the door because you feel good just being there. Along with Evan’s words of manifesto below, the portraits of the custom bike collectors at Vulture Space should give you a feel for the velo-love that the shop exudes. Vulture Space has gravity that attracts an incredibly diverse customer and volunteer base. Stop in the next time you are in the area. And feel free to email me suggestions of other destination bike shops around Wisconsin. I’d love to visit them and share their story in future issues. — Dave “I love the smell of Triflow in the morning” Schlabowske, daves@wisconsinbikefed.org

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Schlitz Park sponsors a weekday Tour of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dairyland race around their complex and even sets up bleacher seating for tenants and hosts a race party at the Brown Bottle restaurant.

OFFICE GOLD Story and Photos by Dave Schlabowske

More than 4,200 employees work in Schlitz Park in Downtown Milwaukee, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first gold level Bicycle Friendly Business Park.

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ocated along the scenic Milwaukee River and next to the now tony Brewers Hill Neighborhood, Schlitz Park has used cycling to help attract major tenants including ManpowerGroup, US Bank, UMB Fund Services, HSA Bank, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee Bucks and others that provide financial services, health care, employment, education, technology and other important services. These major Milwaukee employers have to compete with Seattle, Austin and other magnet cities to attract and retain a talented workforce. Being located in a vibrant urban center that is accessible by bicycle, close to the arts, and trending attractions like high-end food trucks are all part of the modern day HR toolkit for these employers trying to hire the millennial generation. Margit Schatzman considers an encounter with lion hunters one of the more unusual benefits of working in the country’s only corporate office park with a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Business ranking from the League of American Bicyclists. The president of Educational Credential Evaluators helped set herself up for that rare urban commuting adventure – coming upon well-armed police hunting for a loose lion last summer - by pushing the owners of Milwaukee’s Schlitz Park to add bike racks

Margit Schatzman (above) and Nicole Watson (right) of both commute by bike to the Educational Credential Evaluators offices in Schlitz Park.

and other amenities that serve her and hundreds of other workers who pedal to work. She didn’t unleash the lion, but catalyzed a transformation that helped make the complex along the Milwaukee River more appealing to an evolving workforce. Schatzman asked the Schlitz Park owners install more bike racks within the complex before she signed a lease for office space to house her non-profit’s 90 employees, roughly five years ago. They already had bike racks, but she wanted more in a specific location. “I wanted to ensure the comfort and safety of all my employees,” she said. “I think it’s the right thing to do, and it’s practical.” Spurred by Schatzman’s request, Schlitz Park management went far beyond that single bike rack. Since 2011, the property owners have installed high-quality racks to accommodate nearly 100 bicycles in 14 locations, spread throughout the 46-acre site. Covered parking protects bikes in winter. Two fitness centers provide showers and changing options. Going beyond those bike-friendly basics, co-developer Gary Grunau also provided free bike rentals for Schlitz Park tenant employees and monthly tune-ups by the mechanics at DreamBikes. Schlitz Park became one of the first locations for a Bublr Bikes station when the city’s bike-sharing system launched in 2014. Every June, the office park hosts a criterium in the Tour of America’s Dairyland, giving workers a glimpse of fast-paced cycling out their office windows. WISCONSINBIKEFED.ORG

“In 2010, I said I wanted this to be one of the top biking destinations anywhere around here,” Grunau said. “The payoff wasn’t immediate, but it came through employee satisfaction and company satisfaction.” Grunau likes to ride bicycles, but his motivation to create a bike-friendly office park based more on business goals. About the time Schatzman and Educational Credential Evaluators were moving in, a number of long-term Schlitz Park tenants were moving out. The transition also came at a time when housing began to boom again in downtown condominiums and apartment complexes near the office park. “In 2010, we sat down and figured out what the young professional or the young talent of today wants,” Grunau said. “A lot of that centers around biking, and no one else in the downtown area was doing that. We did things that the employees wanted.” Grunau and his partners bought the former Schlitz Brewery property in 1982, so their efforts to accommodate cycling workers may have been a bit delayed. But they hit the mark in a shifting market.

Jonathan Greene, a code writer who develops computer applications for call centers, chose to work at ShorTel Inc. because his other job prospects didn’t match the cycling amenities offered at the Schlitz Park office. Greene, 33, has always lived within five or six miles of his school or job, and represents the type of employee attracted by bike racks, showers and an easy-to-reach location. He took the features of Schlitz Park as a sign that “my company cares about our well-being, and they want us to be healthy too.” He benefits physically and mentally. He believes his employer benefits too. “I come to work refreshed,” said Greene, who bikes to work from Wauwatosa. “I’m happier. I have more energy. If you work for a team with more energy, with people who are in a good mood, I think the company culture is improved. “It makes them more in touch with what my generation wants. If you get people healthier, it can lower your health care costs too.” As a manager, Schatzman appreciates the mental health

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benefits that bicycling to work provides - for herself and her workers. The support structures throughout Schlitz Park also help her workers be good citizens and partners in the world. Those bike racks help make it easier for Schatzman to commute to her home in Shorewood, and to experience her natural environment more directly than if she drove a car every day. “I take great joy in my environment, and the closer I can be to my environment, the better,” she said. “A lion adventure makes it all the more exciting.” Those kinds of returns — the ones generated by an investment in bike racks and showers - might escape

the columns of a profit statement, but Schatzman, Greene, and Grunau all assure that they’re real. “If you get happy employees, you get happy companies,” Grunau said. And happy companies are gold-level tenants.

Caption: (top) Gary Grunau talks with Russell Jobs and Kevin Ward of DreamBikes, who come to Schitz Park every month to pick up tennant bicycles for free basic tune-ups. (two below) Commuting to Schlitz Park is pleasant and easy thanks to trails along the river and bike parking by every door. (above) Hosting food trucks on Take-Out Tuesdays is great for tenants, but also attracts people from the rest of downtown who bike over for lunch. (left upper) Schlitz Park installed one of the very first Bublr Bikeshare station in Milwaukee. (left) The office park still maintains their own rental bike fleet of nice, vint vintage Schwinns for tenants to use.

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Wisconsin Bicycling Events

May May. 01, Tour de Francis, CDW Building, WI, Appleton, St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System, tourdefrancis.com, laemm@att.net, (920) 284-8700

May. 01 - Sep. 30, Wisconsin Bike Challenge, Statewide, Wisconsin

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came out on top and won 2014 National Bike Challenge as 7,850 people logged 3,942,771 miles, edging out Nebraska and Vermont in a tight race to the finish. Register to ride and track you miles for the National Bike Challenge and help keep Wisconsin on top again. Signing up is easy and free at wisconsinbikefed.org events/bike-challenge/, sarah.gaskel@wisconsinbikefed.org, (608) 709-2943

contemporary fine art & craft global antiques & artifacts Books • cards • Smaller Gift Items professional custom frame service

May. 06 - May. 08, Festival Foods Grandad Half Marathon, LaCrosse, WI, LaCrosse, This three-day celebration amidst the breathtaking natural beauty of Grandad Bluff and the Mississippi River Valley finishes with a post-race party including live music, brats and local craft beer!, FestivalFoodsGrandadHalf.com, gifford-whitesitts@cityoflacrosse.org, (608) 789-7304

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May. 07, WEMS# 2 Northern Kettles Endurance Challenge, Greenbush Trail System, WI, Glenbeulah, Off-Road Race, wemseries.com

May. 07 - Jan. 22, Madison Brewery Bike Tour, Machinery Row Bicycles, Madison, Hop Head Tours, Join us for our Brewery Bike Tour starting at Machinery Row Bicycles and visiting Karben4, Old Sugar Distillery and One Barrel Brewing BY BICYCLE. There will also be Madison Beer History stops along the way visiting the former sites of Fauerbach Brewery and the Hess Cooperage., hopheadtours.com/ bike_tours.php#mbt, info@hopheadtours.com, (608) 467-5707

May. 08, Cindyrella Challenge & Classic, Cedarburg Community Gym & Parking Lot, Cedarburg, Wisconsin Women Cycling, The Cinderella Challenge & Classic is a 64-mile and 10 mile recreational bicycle ride (not a race) for women & girls only. This unique bicycle ride for women of all ages and abilities winds through the beautiful bike-friendly roads of the Northern Kettle Moraine or along the city streets and the Interurban Trail, WiWomenCycling.com, CindyPetted@gmail.com, (920) 901-1233

May. 11, Bike To Work Day, Statewide, wisconsinbikefed.org, sarah. gaskell@wisconsinbikefed.org

May. 14 - May. 15, Iola Bump & Jump, Iola Winter Sports Club, Iola, Off-Road Race, WORS, Race #1 of WORS (the Wisconsin Off Road Series), America’s largest state mountain bike racing series. Now in its 25th year WORS continues to offer a great mountain biking experience for riders of all ages and abilities. A free “Learn to Race Clinic” is open to all registered racers (riders under 12 years of age should be accompanied by an adult)., wors.org/, don@wors.org, (715) 592-5095 May. 14, Milwaukee Historic Bicycle Brewery Tour, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, Fun Ride, Hop Head Tours, This bike tour around downtown Milwaukee will visit the current/former sites of Blatz, Schlitz, Pabst and Miller Brewing and focus on Milwaukee brewing heritage. Tours begin and end at Lakefront Brewery (with their brewery tour included at the end of our tour) and also a stop at Milwaukee Ale House for a small sampling. This is NOT a Pub Crawl or a Party on Two Wheels., hopheadtours.com/bike_tours.php#mhbbt, info@hopheadtours.com, (608) 467-5707

May. 15, Spring Classics Series #6 (Free) Route du Sud, Otumba Park, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Bike Fed, Ride starts in Sturgeon Bay and takes you to Namur (home of the Belgian American Heritage Club) and

Brussels, then to Vignes and Lasalle and back to Otumba Park. Don’t blink or you might miss a town, wisconsinbikefed.org

May. 15, WORS#1 Iola Bump & Jump, Iola Winter Sports Area, Iola, Off-Road Race, wors.org

May. 15, Chocolate City Bike Ride, Burlington High School, Burlington, Kiwanis Club of Burlington, www.signmeup.com/112364. Carefully marked & mapped 23, 40, 62 & Family-10 on low traffic country roads (Family-10 is off road). Includes refreshment stops in route, detailed route map, complimentary gift, sag wagon if needed, and all the chocolate you can eat at every rest stop! $25. Family ride is $30 total for up to 6 riders., paulmueller@remax.net, (262) 763-7794

May. 18 - Nov. 14, Ride of Silence, Wheel & Sprocket, Fox Point, Wheel & Sprocket, Ride of Silence will take place at each Wheel & Sprocket location. For more info, check out www.wheelandsprocket. com or call your local store. To HONOR those who have been injured or killed on a bicycle. To RAISE AWARENESS that we are here. To ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD. THE RIDE OF SILENCE WILL NOT BE QUIET, rideofsilence.org, jesse.kuester@wheelandsprocket.net

May. 21, WEMS# 3 18 Hours of Alpine Valley, Alpine Valley, Lake Geneva, Off-Road Race, wemseries.com

May. 21, Wisconsin Bicycle Summit, WI, La Crosse, Wisconsin Bike Fed, wisconsinbikefed.org, sarah.gaskell@wisconsinbikefed.org

May. 21, Madison Tour de Cure, American Family Insurance HQ, Madison, American Diabetes Association, We’re celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Tour de Cure and we want you to be a part of this incredible day. Since 1991, Tour de Cure riders have raised over $250,000,000 to help advance our mission and move us closer towards the ultimate goal to Stop Diabetes!, main.diabetes.org/site/TR/ TourdeCure/TourAdmin?fr_id=11049&pg=entry, sbrandt@diabetes.org

May. 21, Ride 2 Recovery - Honor Ride, Saris Cycling Group, Madison, Saris Cycling Group, Ride 2 Recovery is produced by the Fitness Challenge, a (501C3) in partnership with the Military and VA Volunteer Service Office to benefit mental and physical rehabilitation programs for our country’s wounded veterans and healing heroes that features cycling as the core activity, ride2recovery.com/honorRide.php, honorrideinfo@ride2recovery.com

May. 21, Root River Triathlon, Houston Nature Center, MN, Houston, This non-swimming triathlon is set in the Root River valley in scenic Bluff Country. Canoe 6.8 Miles, Bike 7.9 miles and top it off with a 3 mile run, rootrivertriathlon.org, rootrivertriathlon@gmail.com

May. 21, Suds and Spirits Bike Tour, Machinery Row Bicycles, Madison, Hop Head Tours, Join us for our Brewery Bike Tour starting at Machinery Row Bicycles and visiting Karben4, Old Sugar Distillery and One Barrel Brewing BY BICYCLE. There will also be Madison Beer History stops along the way visiting the former sites of Fauerbach Brewery and the Hess Cooperage., hopheadtours.com/bike_tours.php#ssbt, info@ hopheadtours.com, (608) 467-5707

May. 28, RASTA Rally, Perch Lake County Park, Rhinelander, Off-Road Race, RASTA, Single track mountain bike race. Race starts at 1 p.m., rastatrails.org, alaxton@nicoletbank.com

May. 29, Leinenkugel’s Chippewa Valley Century Ride, Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Starting at Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls. Century Ride (35, 50, 75, or 100 miles). Rest stops with food and water, sag wagons, and brat feed. The entry fee includes brats and all the ‘fixins’, soda and Leinenkugel’s bee. Registration: 7am-10am, chippewavalleyride.us, questions@chippewavalleyride.us

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June Jun. 01 - Sep. 03, Tour de Pearl, Pearl Street Brewery, La Crosse, Wyatt Bicycle Co., Register and ride all summer long for a chance to win a $1000 Wyatt Bicycle. La Crosse Tour has 42 stages and 5 zones. Madison Tour has 20 stages. $20 gets you a tour card, shirt, keychain, and FREEBIES. The La Crosse Tour and The Madison Tour are TWO separate tours. However, if you register for one, you get 1/2 Off the other with your card! Hurray to get Beers By Gears!, facebook.com/ TourDePearl/, colleen@pearlstreetbrewery.com, (608) 784-4832

Jun. 02, Clips Beer & Films Tour, Olin Park, Madison, Wisconsin Bike Fed, New Belgium’s Clips Beer & Film Tour combines their love for beer and films, putting them together in this one-of-a-kind event. Attendees get to try their most esoteric beer offerings and pair them with inspiring short films created by fans. The best part is that 100% of the proceeds from beer sales benefits the Wisconsin Bike Fed., wisconsinbikefed.org, membership@wisconsinbikefed.org Jun. 04, Borah Epic, Telemark Lodge, Cable, Off-Road Race, CAMBA, The Borah Epic is nothing short of its true definition, epic. 35+ miles, point-to-point, and race profits donated to CAMBA (the Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association). Since 2013 the Epic has raised over $37,000 for CAMBA!, mtborahepic.com, jack.zabrowski@gmail.com, (608) 381-1033 Jun. 04, WEMS# 4 Romp in the Swamp Epic, Nine Mile Rec Area, WI, Wausau, Off-Road Race, wemseries.com Jun. 04 - Jun. 05, Battle of CamRock, CamRock #3, Dane County Park, Rockdale, Off-Road Race, WORS, Race #2 of WORS (the Wisconsin Off Road Series), America’s largest state mountain bike racing series. Now in its 25th year WORS continues to over a great mountain biking experience for riders of all ages and abilities. Pre-ride on Saturday, race on Sunday. A free “Learn to Race Clinic” is open to all registered racers (riders under 12 years of age should be accompanied by an adult)., wors.org/, don@wors.org, (715) 592-5095 6/5/2014 1:31:43 PM

Jun. 04, The Birky Challenge, Grace Christian Church, Fond du Lac, The 67, 40 and 20 mile routes through the scenic Kettle Moraine State Forest will have rest stops approximately every 12 miles with plenty of food, water and rest stops. There will be vehicle SAG support and professional mechanical support along the route to help with any problems that may occur. The course will be clearly marked and will have a Police Motorcycle lead out. Bike helmets are mandatory!, birkychallenge.com, ewenzel@fdl.wi.gov, (920) 322-3700 Jun. 04, Ride to Farm, New Glarus Woods State Park, New Glarus, Ride to Farm is a 100K bicycle ride held in Southern WI to raise awareness and funds for beginning dairy and livestock farmers around the Midwest. Individual riders and teams can register at our website. The minimum amount of funds raised is $75/person. This year the ride will start and end in New Glarus with two farm stops along the way. Enjoy a tour of the farms and local snacks at each stop! Registration will open in March... stay tuned!, ridetofarm.dojiggy.com, nalber@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6437 Jun. 04 - Dec. 31, Madison Brewery Bike Tour, Machinery Row Bicycles, Madison, Hop Head Tours, Join us for our Brewery Bike Tour starting at Machinery Row Bicycles and visiting Karben4, Old Sugar Distillery and One Barrel Brewing BY BICYCLE. There will also be Madison Beer History stops along the way visiting the former sites of Fauerbach Brewery and the Hess Cooperage., hopheadtours.com/ bike_tours.php#mbt, info@hopheadtours.com, (608) 467-5707

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Jun. 05, WORS#2 Battle Of CamRock, CamRock 3 Park, Rockdale, Off-Road Race, The Battle of CamRock is a race that you’ll look forward to every year. The trail system is a blend of wide and fast flowing singletrack that runs through open fields of prairie grass, wooded single-track with bermed turns, and more technical single-track with a touch of roots and rocks. The Battle of CamRock course contains some great downhill sections that will have you begging for another lap., wors.org Jun. 05, UPAF Ride for the Arts, sponsored by Miller Lite, Summerfest Grounds, WI, Milwaukee, United Performing Arts Fund, Totaling more than 285,000 participants since 1981, the UPAF Ride for the Arts, sponsored by Miller Lite, is regarded as one of the nation’s largest oneday recreational bike rides. Help celebrate this annual summer favorite, which has generated more than $9 million for the United Performing No fees unless we succeed Arts Fund (UPAF). The organization provides financial support to 15 Home and hospital visits available Member Groups. , UPAFRide.org, ridemarketing@upaf.org, (414) 273Free initial consultation 8723 Jun. 05 - Jun. 11, Old World Wisconsin, Clarion Hotel,Madison, Pedal Across Wisconsin, HOTEL TOUR; 7 DAYS, FULLY SUPPORTED ONLY $745.00. Enjoy a scenic week blending Bicycle Heaven with the old world charm of New Glarus and Spring Green. Cycle through some of Wisconsin’s most scenic and historic areas while cycling over roads you will long remember.., pedalacrosswisconsin.com/, kennethjgoldman@ yahoo.com, (847) 309-4740

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Jun. 05 - Jun. 16, Udder Century, Donkey’s Wild West Town, Union, IL, The 34th Annual Udder Century has routes of: 32, 50, 62, 75 and 100 miles. Included: Marked routes, Map and Cue Sheets, Emergency Sag Services, Food and Drink Rest Stops, Pasta Dinner served with the free with Cow Band,, Free Starbucks Coffee at Registration. We ride rain or shine, sorry, no refunds, mchenrybicycleclub.org, udder@charter.net

Jun. 05, Rob’s Sugar River Ramble, Grundahl Park, Mt. Horeb, Upper Sugar River Watershed Association, Connect with the Upper Sugar River Watershed by land and water as you cycle through the beautiful countryside, then paddle the Sugar River until you reach your destination near Paoli, WI. Transportation and a locally-sourced lunch is included! Boat rentals are available but space is limited. Go to usrwa. org/ramble for more details and logistical information., usrwa.org/ ramble/, usrwa@usrwa.org, (608) 437-7707 Jun. 06 - Jun. 11, Wisconsin Bike Week, Statewide, Check out the website for fun events in communities across the state.wisconsinbikefed.org/events/bike-week/, sarah.gaskell@ wisconsinbikefed.org

Jun. 08, Dairy Air, WI, Fun Ride, kenoshacounty.org Jun. 08 - Jun. 09, Torch Ride for Special Olympics, Menomonee Falls, Special Olympics, Benefits the Special Olympics of Wisconsin. 80 mile ride per day with support. Day 1: Menomonee Falls to Oshkosh, Day 2: Oshkosh to Stevens Point. Cost $25 plus hotel and additional fundraising/donations encouraged. Ride takes place on quiet farm roads with road markings. Arrange own travel home or see if there is room with others., milwaukeeveloclub.wordpress.com/events/, future_ olympic_walker@yahoo.com

Jun. 10 - Jun. 12, Fight for Air Ride 2016, McHenry Community College, Crystal Lake, IL, American Lung Association, Cycle the rolling hills of northern Illinois, and around the lakes of southern Wisconsin. Each participant will enjoy the beautiful scenery as they ride up to 150

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Jun. 11, Lupine Junefest 10th Anniversary, W.S. Carow Park, WI, Mercer, Fun Ride, Mercer Chamber of Commerce, lupinejunefest.org, (715) 476-2389

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Featuring both family friendly recreational routes as well as challenging routes for the advanced cyclists. The 16th Annual Janesville Morning Pie Ride features well stocked rest stops, enthusiastic staff to help, and a delicious pie at the finish line. 6:00AM REGISTRATION 6:30am Start .....................................Century / 100K riders 8:00 am Start ......................................................20K / 50K Sag vehicles out until 3:00pm. • Rest stops: 7am - 2pm For additional information please contact: Gayle Lunder: 608-449-4961 • glunder@boydcg.com Jason LaRosh: 608-295-4915 • jasonl@angusyoung.com

Jun. 11, Mount Morris Challenge, Nordic Mountain, Wild Rose, OffRoad Race, WORS, Race #3 of WORS (the Wisconsin Off Road Series), America’s largest state mountain bike racing series. Now in its 25th year WORS continues to over a great mountain biking experience for riders of all ages and abilities. Pre-ride on Saturday, race on Sunday. A free “Learn to Race Clinic” is open to all registered racers (riders under 12 years of age should be accompanied by an adult)., wors.org/, don@wors. org, (715) 592-5095 Jun. 11, Trek 100 Ride for Hope, Trek Bicycle Corp., Waterloo, MACC Fund, Routes are organized to be fun, yet challenging for riders of all ages and skill levels. Choose your mileage--the 100, 62, 36, or 19-mile routes provide an option for everyone. The entry fee is $45 per rider (before May 27th) and includes a 2016 Trek 100 T-Shirt, a pre-ride breakfast, snacks along the routes, and post-ride festivities. Riders must raise $2/mile ridden., trek100.org/, donna.schnapp@gmail.com, (414) 955-5830 Jun. 11, Steeple to Steeple Bike Ride, All Saints Lutheran Church, Fitchburg, Special Event, 15/30/62 miles. $20 registration, $5 children up to 18. $5 cancel fee by May 31, 2015. Staggered start times: 7:00 am, 9:00 am. 2951 Chapel Valley Road, (608) 772-4824 Jun. 11, Milwaukee Historic Brewery Bike Tour, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, Fun Ride, Hop Head Tours, This bike tour around downtown Milwaukee will visit the current/former sites of Blatz, Schlitz, Pabst and Miller Brewing and focus on Milwaukee brewing heritage. Tours begin and end at Lakefront Brewery (with their brewery tour included at the end of our tour) and also a stop at Milwaukee Ale House for a small sampling. This is NOT a Pub Crawl or a Party on Two Wheels., hopheadtours.com/bike_tours.php#mhbbt, info@hopheadtours.com, (608) 467-5707 Jun. 12, WORS#3 Mount Morris Challenge, Nordic Mountain, WI, Mount Morris, Off-Road Race, wors.org Jun. 12, Chase Trempealeau, Elmaro Vineyard, Trempealeau, Communities Off n’ Funning, Chase Trempealeau & the Ultimate Chase (only in 2016) is a cycle, hike and seek event (think scavenger hunt) for all ages and abilities! It’s you, a teammate, a couple of bikes, one map and one mission: To seek and find as many checkpoints as possible before time expires! All the details at www.chasetremp.com., chasetremp.com, info@offnfunning.com Jun. 12, The 35th Annual BCLC Ramble, Kenosha County Fairgrounds, Wilmot, BikeFed, Bike Illinois, LAB, Supported recreational ride for all skill levels of road cyclists. Your choice of 30, 50, 70, 100 and 124 mile route options. Routes open 6am, SAG support stops at 4pm. Century and Double Metric riders must leave by 8am, all other riders must leave by 10am. Post ride cookout, entertainment and showers. Funds raised go to: Bike Illinois, Wisconsin Bike Fed, League of American Bicyclists, Rails To Trails Conservancy, Active Transportation Alliance, bikebclc.com/ramble/about_ramble.htm, ramble@bikebclc. com, (847) 701-4411 Jun. 17, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - East Troy, WI, Road Race, Tour of America’s Dairyland (ToAD) presented by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board is the largest competitive road cycling event in the United States, featuring multiple amateur and Pro categories for 10 consecutive days in 10 Wisconsin communities, tourofamericasdairyland.com

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Jun. 18, Horribly Hill Hundreds, Village of Blue Mounds, WI, Blue Mounds, Fun Ride, Friends of Blue Mounds State Park, Once voted the “Sufferfest of the Year” by Madison weekly newspaper Isthmus, “The Toughest One-Day Challenge Ride in the Midwest” is not to be missed by serious riders anywhere. Three routes, two counties, one result: a painfully fun, must-do biking experience destined to find its way onto your calendar for years to come, horriblyhilly.com Jun. 18, Peninsula Spring Classic Century, Town Hall, WI, Baileys Harbor, Fun Ride, peninsulacentury.com, jordan@peninsulapacers.com, (920) 421-1518 Jun. 18, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - Grafton, WI, Grafton, Road Race, tourofamericasdairyland.com Jun. 18, WEMS #5 Southern Kettles Classic, Emma Carlin Trail Head ,

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Jun. 18, Southeast Wisconsin Tour de Cure, Aurora Medical Center, Grafton, American Diabetes Association, We’re celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Tour de Cure and we want you to be a part of this incredible day. Since 1991, Tour de Cure riders have raised over $250,000,000 to help advance our mission and move us closer towards the ultimate goal to Stop Diabetes! , diabetes.org/sewitour Jun. 18, 2016 RAIL North powered by Bicycle Illinois, Moline to Chicago, IL, Bicycle Illinois, TBD, bicycleillinois.com/, bicycleillinois@ bicycleillinois.com, (877) 868-7455

Travel light traffic / paved roads through the gently rolling countryside of Racine and Kenosha Counties. Choose between 25, 44, 62, and 100-mile routes for recreational cyclists, novice riders, and racers with looping segments at beautiful Eagle Lake.

Jun. 18, June Factory Ride, Waterford Precision Cycles, Inc., Waterford, Waterford Precison Cycles and the Evanston Bike Club, Enjoy a fun ride around bucolic Southeast Wisconsin with loops up to a metric century. Helmet and waiver required but no fee. Limited SAG support. Factory tours at 8:00AM., waterfordbikes.com, (262) 534-4190 Jun. 18 - Jun. 19, Solstice Festival, Rest Lake Park & Community Center, Manitowish Waters,tarts with Saturday��s Family Fun Paved Trail Ride with activities at North Lakeland Discovery Center, Camp Jorn YMCA and North Lakeland School. On Sunday enjoy the Solstice Road Ride on with well-marked 100 mile, 50 mile and 25 mile routes with pit stops and ride support. The Solstice Road Rides ends with a party, followed by Music in the Park. Food, games, live music, beer, wine and fun, solsticefestival.us/, (715) 543-8488

Jun. 18, World Naked Bike Ride, downtown Madison, A clothing optional demonstration to protest world-wide dependency on petroleum products, and to support positive attitudes about the human body., tinyurl.com/MadisonWNBR, madisonnakedbikeride@yahoo.com, (608) 616-0162

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Jun. 18 - Jun. 22, Suds and Spirits Bike Tour, Machinery Row Bicycles, Madison, Fun Ride, Hop Head Tours, Join us for our Brewery Bike Tour starting at Machinery Row Bicycles and visiting Karben4, Old Sugar Distillery and One Barrel Brewing BY BICYCLE. There will also be Madison Beer History stops along the way visiting the former sites of Fauerbach Brewery and the Hess Cooperage., hopheadtours.com/ bike_tours.php#ssbt, info@hopheadtours.com, (608) 467-5707

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Jun. 20, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - West Bend, WI, Road Race, tourofamericasdairyland.com Jun. 20 - Jun. 24, Door County, Best Western, Sturgeon Bay, Pedal Across Wisconsin, 5 DAY HOTEL TOUR ONLY $645.00, FULLY SUPPORTED. A biker’s paradise where you may ride as much or as little as you please...always a beach, pub, or bakery nearby. Shoreline route through Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, and Peninsula State Park, plus a full day on Washington Island. , pedalacrosswisconsin.com/index.html, kennethjgoldman@yahoo.com, (847) 309-4740

Jun. 21, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - Schlitz Park, Milwaukee, Road Race, tourofamericasdairyland.com Jun. 22, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - TBD, WI, Road Race, tourofamericasdairyland.com Jun. 23, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - Shorewood, WI, Road Race, tourofamericasdairyland.com Jun. 24, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - Bayview, WI, Road Race, tourofamericasdairyland.com Jun. 25, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - Downer Ave, Milwaukee, Road Race, tourofamericasdairyland.com, info@midwestcyclingseries.com, (414) 943-3594 Jun. 25 - Jun. 26, Red Flint Firecracker, Eau Claire County Expo Center, Eau Claire, Off-Road Race, WORS, Event #4 of WORS (the Wisconsin Off Road Series), America’s largest state mountain bike racing series. Now in its 25th year WORS continues to offer a great mountain biking experience for riders of all ages and abilities. Pre-ride on Saturday, race on Sunday. A free “Learn to Race Clinic” is open to all registered racers (riders under 12 years of age should be accompanied by an adult), wors.org, don@wors.org, (715) 592-5095

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Jun. 25, Superior Vistas Bike Tour, Thompson’s West End Park Washburn, WI, Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce, A family, earthfriendly Ride. Ride well mapped routes on scenic, low traffic roads through forests and over rolling hills with vistas of Lake Superior. Choose from 7 loops ranging from 13 to 100 miles. All routes have rest stops with yummy treats. The tour is a certified “Travel Green Wisconsin” event. Local Pizza is served at the end of the ride. www.superiorvistas. org, ashchamb@centurytel.net, (715) 682-2500 Jun. 25, Gear Up Green Lake Fundraiser Bike Ride, Riverside Park , Berlin, Green Lake Greenways, Come ride the rural roads of Green Lake and Waushara Counties.Enjoy the Mascouitn Trail with a rest stop at Vines and Rushes Winery. 8- 62 mile routes. Nature at it’s finest in central Wisconsin while helping raise money for trails. Lunch, rest stops and SAG are provided, greenlakegreenways@yahoo.com, (920) 229-0761 Jun. 25, 2016 RAIL South powered by Bicycle Illinois, St. Louis, MO to Vincennes, IN, IL, St. Louis, MO to Vincennes, IN, Bicycle Illinois, TBD, bicycleillinois.com/, bicycleillinois@bicycleillinois.com, (877) 868-7455 Jun. 25, Tour Da Goose Bike Ride, Riverside Park in Watertown, WI. 53098, Watertown Area Cares Clinic, The 4th Tour Da Goose in beautiful Jefferson County offers 5 different routes: the family friendly 12 miles out & back and routes of 28, 42, 62 & 100 miles. The ride is fully supported with rest stops & sag wagons. Afterwards cyclists can enjoy good food, beer & live music to round out the day!, tourdagoose.com, rbrafford@charter.net, (920) 988-9224 Jun. 25 - Jun. 30, Swiss Cheese & Spotted Cows Bicycle Tour, Mineral

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Jun. 26, Menominee River Century Bike Ride, Marinette, Bay Area Medical Center, mrcride.com Jun. 26, Tour Of America’s Dairyland - Wauwatosa, WI, , tourofamericasdairyland.com, info@midwestcyclingseries.com, (414) 943-3594 Jun. 26, WORS #4 Red Flint Firecracker, Eau Claire County Expo Center, WI, Eau Claire, Off-Road Race, wors.org Jun. 26, Riverede Nature Center’s River Valley Bike Ride, Newburg, Riveredge Nature Center, This year marks the 24th anniversary of the River Valley Ride, annually rated as�one of the best�by our riders and one of the�greenest rides in the area. 7 great routes, from 8 miles to 100 through Kettle Moraine country. Make a day of it to end at Riveredge for a lush summer country picnic., riveredgenaturecenter.org, rbuchholz@ riveredge.us, (262) 375-2715 Jun. 26, Dynamic Duo, Historic Main Street & Plaza Park, Ashland, Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce, New Event - This Duathlon features a run, road-bike, run through Ashland on the waterfront and through the countryside. Kids duathlon as well. Ages 5-11 and 12 and up. www.dynamicduoashland.com, ashchamb@centurytel.net, (715) 682-2500

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