WILL
TO BEN
Updates
General Company Wide Updates
Will to Ben Specific Updates for the 2024 Season
- Registration is now open for Will to Ben 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.
- In order to assist capacity planning, we now charge a $30.00 late fee
for the transportation service from Sparta to Port Byron before
the start of the tour since we may need to charter an additional
bus after the regular registration deadline.
- The price of the full tour has increased by $30.00 to
$529.00 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.
- 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 Sparta
to Port Byron before the start of the tour has increased by $10.00
from $139.00 to $149.00.
- 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.
- Our supported hotel in Port Byron has changed from Super 8 to Comfort
Inn & Suites Riverview. Click
Here for more information.
- Our supported hotel for Elroy has changed from the Valley Inn to the
Mid-Trail Motel in Wilton. Click
Here for more information.
- Web site updated with 2024 dates and stopping towns!
- Will to Ben 2024 will occur on October 5th - 11th, 2024.
- The stopping towns for Will to Ben 2024 will be Port Byron, Savanna,
Platteville, Richland Center, Reedsburg, Elroy, and Sparta.
Major Previous Will to Ben 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.
- 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 Sparta to Port Byron before
the start of the tour has increased by $30.00 from $109.00 to $139.00. 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.
- The fee to transport bicycles that require special handling and care
(recumbents, e-bikes, tandems, etc.) has increased by $5.00 from $25.00
to $30.00.
- The showers in Elroy have changed to the Elroy Commons, only 0.1 miles
from the main lodging site!
- Our main lodging site in Reedsburg will now be at St. John's Luthern
Church (previously the Lions/Jaycees Building).
- Our main lodging site in Elroy will now be at the American Legion Hall
(previously the United Methodist Church).
- We will not provide hotel baggage service in Sparta. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bike Wisconsin patches added to extra merchandise
items!
- We have changed our online registration service
provider to RaceRoster.com!
- The opening meeting (and GPS training session if necessary) will now
begin 30 minutes later at 4:30 pm. This will allow us more time to unload
bicycles and baggage from our transportation service and get set up and
prepare in Port Byron.
- 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.
- Our main lodging site in Platteville has changed! Click
Here for more information.
- 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 now be providing 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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