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NORTHWOODS TOUR
Updates
General Company Wide Updates
Bike Northwoods Tour Specific Updates for the 2026
Season
11/22/25
- Web site updated with 2026 dates
and stopping towns
- The 2026 Bike Northwoods Tour will occur on July
4th - 10th.
- The tour will be a loop (starting and ending at the same location)
with a layover day in each stopping town again.
- The stopping
towns for the 2026 Bike Northwoods Tour will return to Manitowish
Waters, Park Falls, and Minocqua!
- The fee for registration transfers has increased by $5.00 from $80.00
to $85.00.
Major Previous Bike Northwoods Tour Specific
Updates
- New Bike Wisconsin and
Bicycle Illinois cycling socks are now available! Click
Here for more information.
- A free pair of Bike
Wisconsin and Bicycle Illinois cycling socks will
be included with every registration
instead of a free
Bike Wisconsin t-shirt.
- 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 will increase by $30.00 and the
price of each riding day of a partial day tour
will increase by $5.00 every two months beginning
Feb. 1st through Apr. 1st. Click
Here for more information about
our pricing schedule.
- 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 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.
- 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 have added "e-bike" as an additional
option for the type of bike you will be riding.
- Our supported hotel in Park Falls has changed
from the Northern Lights Inn to the AmeriVu. Click
Here for more information.
- The tour will be staying in Minocqua instead
of Mercer.
- We will not provide hotel baggage service
in Rib Lake. 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.
- 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 price of the tour has increased by $5 per day for full tour registration
and $6 per day for partial day tour registration including all non-riders
and volunteers due to significantly increased rental fees for our main
lodging sites and rest stop locations (parks). The prices of all other
tour services and merchandise will be the same as last year! Click
Here for our updated pricing schedule.
- The route will open and route support services will begin at 6:30 am.
- Check-in will be open from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Saturday evening and
the opening meeting will be at 6:45 am on Sunday. We will not be conducting
an opening meeting on Saturday in order to better accommodate participants
who may have to arrive late due to personal travel plans. Click
Here for more information.
- 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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