GRABAAWR
Updates
General Company Wide Updates
GRABAAWR Specific Updates for the 2023 Season
5/31/23
- Due to a previous conflict with our main lodging site in Eagle River
our schedule for our
arrival day on Sat. June
10th
will
need
to
change
for 2023 only
- The drop dead arrival time for the transportation service from Prairie
du Chien to Eagle River will now be at 9:00 am (previously 7:30 am).
Click
Here for more information.
- Based on previous experience we expect to bus to arrive in Eagle
River at about 5:00 pm now.
- In order to save time we will now do the full check in at the
Prairie du Chien High School for people who are initially meeting
us there.
- If you are doing the Land O’ Lakes Century we will
NOT unload your bicycle in Eagle River because we would just have
to reload it anyways, so you will need to make sure your bike is ready
to ride for the Land O’ Lakes century Sunday morning.
- We
will help get everyone set up on the Ride With GPS and
GroupMe apps on the coach bus itself instead of after the
opening meeting in Eagle River.
- The check in for people initially meeting us in Eagle
River will now be at 5:30 pm with the opening meeting for everyone
immediately after.
- After the opening meeting is done we will help
get everyone
who still needs to set up on the Ride With GPS and GroupMe apps.
5/25/23
- The supported hotel in Tomahawk has changed brands to AmericInn from
Super 8. Click
Here for more information.
4/5/23
- Valve extenders, dry lube, 3' micro USB power cables, 3' USB C power
cables, USB wall chargers have been added to the parts and accessories
we will have available for sale on the road.
- The prices of all parts and accessories have increased. Click
Here for the current list of prices of all available parts
and accessories.
3/31/23
- 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.
1/19/23
- 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.
12/22/22
- 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.
12/19/22
- Showers in Eagle River will be available at the Hi-Pines campground until
8:00 pm. Click
Here for more information.
12/15/22
- The Wisconsin Rapids hotel does not have any double bed rooms available
online, only single bed ones. If you would like to reserve a double bed
room please call the hotel directly to see if they have any available.
If they do not, we do have a couple of safety stock double bed rooms reserved
in our name that we can transfer to you if necessary. If you would like
to reserve a single bed room please go ahead and make your reservation
as normal. If the hotel does end up completely filling up later, we will
either set up additional rooms at another one or completely
change our supported hotel as necessary. Click
Here for more information about the Wisconsin Rapids hotel.
12/10/22
- 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.
12/7/22
- Registration is now open for GRABAAWR 2023! Click
Here to register!
- Web site updated with 2023 dates and stopping towns!
- GRABAAWR will occur on June 10th - 17th, 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- Our new main lodging site in Eagle River is St. Peter the Fisherman church.
Unfortunately we will not be able to stay at
the Trees for
Tomorrow facility
in Eagle
River
again due to scheduling conflicts.
All
stopping
route
information has been updated. Click
Here for more information.
- We will be returning to Mauston as our stopping town this year again
on a regular basis instead of Adams-Friendship. All information has been
updated as appropriate. Click
Here for more information.
- This year, the city of Prairie du Chien will be holding the "Marquette & Jolliet
350th Expedition Celebration" the weekend we return to Prairie du
Chien, and both outdoor tent and indoor sleeping bag and air mattress
camping will be available at the Prairie du Chien main lodging site on
the Saturday after the end of the tour! Click
Here for more information.
- The price of many merchandise items has increased:
- The price of Bicycle Illinois jerseys has increased by $10.00 from
$79.99 to $89.99 ea.
- The price of Bike Wisconsin and Bicycle Illinois water bottles has
increased by $2.00 from $9.99 to $11.99 ea.
- The price of Bike Wisconsin Baseball Hats has increased by $2.00
from $23.99 to $25.99 ea.
- The price of Bicycle Illinois Baseball Hats has increased by $2.00
from $15.99 to $17.99 ea.
- The price of Extra Bike Wisconsin and Bicycle Illinois T-Shirts has
increased by $2.00 from $14.99 to $16.99 ea.
- The additional price of oversized t-shirts (size XXL and XXXL)
are still $2.00 extra.
- The price of Bike Wisconsin and Bicycle Illinois Polo Shirts has
increased by $2.00 from $23.99 to $25.99 ea.
- The additional price of oversized polo shirts (size XXL and
XXXL) has increased by $0.50 from $2.50 to $3.00 extra.
- The price of Bike Wisconsin patches has not changed.
- The price of the following extra services has not changed:
- Towel rental
- Standard and jumbo tent rental
- Chair rental
- Mechanical support plan
Major Previous GRABAAWR Specific Updates
- 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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