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>TOUR DIRECTORS GATHERING
We are excited to host a first-time gathering of WI Bike Tour Directors and Organizers on October 9th from 9:30am to 3pm at Madison Area Technical College in Madison. We will discuss a variety of topics which should make your bike tour and cycling events even better. We will have four speakers with lots of time to network. We like to talk!
More info at Tour Directors Gathering
>2011 TOUR DATES Registration opens Nov. 1st for 2011
GRABAAWR® June 18-25, 2011
Bike Northwoods Tour July 9-15, 2011
SAGBRAW® July 30 - August 5, 2011
>THANK YOU TO ALL 2010 PARTICIPANTS
We all had a super year! A few highlights:
On GRABAAWR® we celebrated the 25th year with a fun party and music by Two-Lane Travelers at the Eagle River Derby track.
The Bike Northwoods Tour New loop route with layover day in Spooner, plus more live music, a county fair, a bonfire and lots of fun.
On SAGBRAW® we had a fun celebration in Mishicot with pies & ice cream, live music and dancing!
Hope you can join us soon.
>A BIG HUG AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE 2010 VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF
Thanks to all the Amateur Radio Operators, SAG's, Site Coordinators, Registration help, Rider Services staff and helpers, yoga instructors and all the spontanous volunteers. We thank you from the bottom of our heart. This year we had over 120 volunteers! You all made the tours special. Thank you!
>THANK YOU TO OUR 2010 SPONSORS
We appreciated Wheel & Sprocket, Paceline Products, Clif Bar, Planet Bike, Road ID, Boeshield T-9, Pearson Candy Company - St. Paul, MN, Dean Foods, Law Office of Clayton Griessmeyer-Bicycle Injury Lawyer all helped make the tours great! Thank You!
>FOLLOW US ON THE BIKE WISCONSIN BLOG
Find out all the going's on about Bike Wisconsin and the tours, it's all on the blog. Our blog-o-riffic blogger always has some fun and interesting stuff to say!
>FIRST-TIME RIDER PROGRAM
For new riders, we offer a unique ‘First-Time Rider’ program. It includes a ride readiness survey before the tour and a training seminar on registration day and followup with you during the tour. To find out more, First-Time Rider Program.
>FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & FACEBOOK
You can now catch all the ‘tweets’ from GRABAAWR, Bike Northwoods, and SAGBRAW on Twitter. If you haven’t joined, just visit www.Twitter.com and create an account. To follow your favorite tours, just search by #grabaawr, #sagbraw or #bikenorthwoods, or click on the links below and click on ‘follow’. We’ll be tweetin’ about fun stuff coming up on this summer’s rides, bicycling related news, the latest ‘bike buzz,’ and maybe even some special giveaways.
Twitter Links:
GRABAAWR®
http://twitter.com/GRABAAWR
Bike Northwoods
http://twitter.com/bikenorthwoods
SAGBRAW®
http://twitter.com/SAGBRAW
Bike Wisconsin® Tour Facebook Pages (become a FAN!)
GRABAAWR®
www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-WI/GRABAAWR/121879043365?ref=ts
Bike Northwoods
www.facebook.com/pages/Bike-Northwoods/123425594925?v=wall&ref=ts
SAGBRAW®
www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-WI/SAGBRAW/123494207028?v=wall&ref=ts
>SAVE BIG MONEY! GRABAAWR®, SAGBRAW® VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Meet lots of great folks, have fun, and help make the tours a success! Volunteers also receive discounted registration and other cool benefits. More info
>WE'RE A PROUD SPONSOR OF WI PUBLIC TV
The locally produced In Wisconsin is a weekly series at tells the great stories about the people and places in Wisconsin. Many of the places described in the series, we are lucky enough to visit on our bike tours. We are happy to do our part to support the beauty and smiles that make biking in Wisconsin great. BW on WPT
>BIKE WISCONSIN IS IN THE MOVIES
This summer, staff videographer, Le Marque, captured some rider comments and other crazy antics on tape. Stop by the Bike Wisconsin® Youtube Channel and see what’s rolling.
>YOUTH BIKE HELMET GIVE-AWAY
To inspire youth to find out how much fun they can have on a bike, we gave out over 200 bike helmets to host town youth last year. More info
>WESTON WOODS YOUTH AWARDS
Together with the Weston Woods Foundation we will give away up to 5 Free Youth registrations for either Bike Northwoods Tour, SAGBRAW® or GRABAAWR . More info for 2011 coming soon.
>SPONSOR CALL
Are you looking for another way to increase visibility and recognition of your company and the products you have to offer? Consider a corporate sponsorship or partnership for one or all of our tours and gain fantastic website and on-tour advertising opportunities! Email us
>LATEST e-NEWSLETTER
Click here to read the latest issue of the Bike Wisconsin® e-newsletter.
Hope you can join us!
