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General Company Wide Updates

GRABAAWR Specific Updates for the 2024 Season

1/2/24

  • You will need to call the Baraboo hotel directly to make reservations since they will be switching brands to AmericInn around June 1st and online reservations for Thursday, June 13th through Friday, June 14th, 2024 are not available through their current website. Click Here for more information.

12/19/23

  • Registration is now open for GRABAAWR 2024! Click Here to register!

12/15/23

  • Participants who register on a volunteer basis will follow the same price schedule as non-riders. All registrations on a volunteer basis require prior approval.
  • We have implemented an increasing price schedule for non-riders and volunteers. The price of the full tour for non-riders and volunteers has increased by $30.00 to $269.00 initially, and will increase by $30.00 every two months beginning Feb. 1st through Apr. 1st. The price of each riding day of a partial day tour for non-riders and volunteers for non-riders and volunteers has increased by $5.00 per day to $55.00 initially, and will increase by $5.00 every two months beginning Feb. 1st until Apr. 1st. Click Here for more information about our pricing schedule.
  • We will have an optional dinner at The Braywood Resort in Eagle River Saturday evening. Click Here for more information.
  • In order to assist capacity planning, we now charge a $30.00 late fee for both the transportation service from Prairie du Chien to Eagle River before the start of the tour and also the Land O' Lakes century option transportation service all transportation services since we may need to charter an additional bus after the regular registration deadline.
  • The price of the Land O' Lakes Century Option Transportation Service has increased by $5.00 from $25.00 to $30.00.
  • The price of the full tour has increased by $40.00 to $539.00 initially and will increase by $30.00 each month until Apr. 1st. The price of each riding day of a partial day tour has increased by $10.00 per day. Click Here for more information about our pricing schedule.
  • Beginning with the 2024 season, we will be gradually raising the prices of the full tour registration for GRABAAWR over the next several years to eventually be about 17% (1/6) more than our other week long tours in Wisconsin. This is because GRABAAWR is a seven day tour while our other week long tours are only six days and we incur about 17% (1/6) more expenses running GRABAAWR accordingly.
  • We now directly accept credit card payments but will charge a 3.6% surcharge to cover credit card processing fees. If you do not want to pay this surcharge you may submit your payment to us through Zelle or check or money order instead.
  • The base price of the transportation service from Prairie du Chien to Eagle River before the start of the tour has increased by $10.00 from $169.00 to $179.00.
  • The price of the Mechanical Support Plan has increased by $5.00 per day if you register during regular and late registration, $8.00 per day if you register less than one week before the start of the tour, and $10.00 per day if you register the day of the tour.
  • We are extremely excited to annouce that we will be returning to Northland Pines High School as our main lodging site in Eagle River. Click Here for more information.
  • Free breakfast is not included with your reservation at our supported hotel in Wisconsin Rapids or Muscoda. If you would like free breakfast you will need to bike back to the main lodging site during our breakfast serving hours of 6:00 - 7:00 am.
  • Web site updated with 2024 dates and stopping towns!
    • GRABAAWR will occur on June 8th - 15th, 2024.

Major Previous GRABAAWR Specific Updates

  • New Bike Wisconsin jerseys are now available!
    • Click Here for more information about our new Bike Wisconsin jerseys!
    • Click Here to order a jersey to be delivered during the tour.
  • If you register using a paper registration form:
    • You can now submit your payment through Zelle.
    • We no longer have incoming fax service so you can't send us a copy of your completed form this way any more.
  • We will now hove both the indoor and outdoor camping available directly the Moravian church in Wisconsin Rapids and only showers will be available at the YMCA. Click Here for more information.
  • There will now be two separate route options if you want to ride an optional century (100 miles) on Sunday. Click Here for more information about the Eagle River to Tomahawk century options.
    • One option will start from Land O' Lakes, WI. If you want to ride this option you will need to pre-register and pay for our Land O' Lakes Century Option Transportation Service.
    • The other option will be to ride from Eagle River up to our rest stop in Phelps, turn around, and then ride the same route back to the Eagle River main lodging site.
    • We will no longer be able to support anyone who also wants to ride a double metric century between Eagle River, Phelps, and Land O' Lakes due to manpower, vehicle, and route timing constraints.
  • Due to skyrocketing prices for fuel, food, coach busses, and many other tour services the regular registration price of the full tour has increased by $50.00, each riding day of a partial day tour has increased by $10.00 per day for all participant types (rider, non-rider, and volunteer), and the price of the transportation service from Prairie du Chien to Eagle River before the start of the tour has increased by $30.00 from $139.00 to $169.00. Click Here for more information about our pricing schedule.
  • The late registration fee has increased by $25.00 from $125.00 to $150.00 for full tour riders and by $5.00 from $25.00 to $30.00 per day for all partial day tour riders. The late fees for non-riders has not changed.
  • We have added "e-bike" as an additional option for the type of bike you will be transporting and there will be an additional $30.00 fee to transport e-bikes. This is because e-bikes generally require special handling and care since they are are typically heavier and/or take up more room in our vehicles than standard upright bicycles and therefore cannot be transported on any outside roof racks and must be transported inside a support vehicle.
  • You will now be required to agree to the Wisconsin Rapids Woodson YMCA Participant Waiver as part of tour registration.
  • We will not provide hotel baggage service in Prairie du Chien. Instead, you should bring your baggage to the main lodging site yourself when you park there long term during the tour.
  • If you sign up for the Mechanical Support Plan, you will need to specifically request the pre-ride inspection yourself as we will not be able to search out each participant individually to provide it.
  • We will have separate indoor and outdoor lodging locations in Wisconsin Rapids that are only 0.2 miles apart. The showers will be at the outdoor lodging location. Click Here for more information.
  • The price of the towel service also increased by $1.00 from $6.00 to $7.00 per day.
  • Because our business is now based in Dane County, Wisconsin (previously Chicago, Illinois) we must now charge every participant Wisconsin sales tax on all Bike Wisconsin event services and merchandise. Accordingly, we will no longer have separate registration forms or charge separate taxes for Wisconsin and non-Wisconsin residents.
  • We will no longer plan on on changing the route or stopping towns on an regular expected basis every year. Moving forward the nightly stopping towns will remain Eagle River, Tomahawk, Mosinee, Wisconsin Rapids, Mauston, Baraboo, Muscoda, and Prairie du Chien and all rest stop locations will also remain the same, unless there is a specific reason to change them. Click Here for more information about changes to our events.
  • Registration procedures for postponed 2020 participants posted. Unfortunately, we can only allow postponed 2020 participants to register for an event at the original 2020 pricing schedule one time. Click Here for more information.
  • The number of days you register for the optional Towel Service, Tent Rental, Chair Rental, and Mechanical Support Plan must be the same as the number of days you will attend the event. For example you cannot register to ride for six days but only register for two days of the Mechanical Support Plan.
  • No refunds will be issued in the event we are unable to run an event due to circumstances beyond our control. These circumstances include but are not limited to disasters (natural and/or manmade), pandemics, war, acts of terrorism, government regulations, strikes, civil disorder, curtailment of transportation facilities, or acts of God. (Force Majure)
  • Only online registration will be available after regular registration closes four weeks before the start of the tour in order to assure that we receive all of your information and payment in a timely manner due to laspes in mail service. This deadline also corresponds to the regular registration deadline. Click Here for more information.
  • We have changed our online registration service provider to RaceRoster.com!
  • Bike Wisconsin patches added to extra merchandise items!
  • The route will open and route support services will begin at 6:30 am.
  • WE NO LONGER ISSUE ANY REFUNDS AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON. If you do not participate and would like a refund you MUST purchase an individual travel insurance plan, which will reimburse you according to the plan coverage. Click Here for more information about our refund policy.
  • You will need make sure to bring your own floor pumps with you. We will not be providing floor pumps for general participant use in the morning. Click Here for more information about our floor pump policy.
  • We will provide hotel baggage delivery service for free if you stay at one of our supported hotels in each stopping town! Click Here for more information.

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