GRABAAWR
Updates

General Company Wide Updates

GRABAAWR Specific Updates for the 2022 Season

5/25/22

• Our main lodging site in Mosinee has been finalized. Click Here for more information.
• 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 distances from the main lodging sites to the supported hotels have been posted. Click Here for more information.

3/11/22

• We will be staying in Mosinee instead of Wausau moving forward. All information has been updated except for the specific main lodging site in Mosinee, which we are finalizing.

1/26/22

• Due to construction, we will be staying in Adams-Friendship instead of Mauston this year. All information has been updated as appropriate, and we will plan on returning to Mauston as our stopping town again next year. Click Here for more information.

1/26/22

• Our main lodging site in Eagle River has changed, and our supported hotel in Eagle River will stay the same. Click Here for more information.

12/4/21

• Registration is now open for GRABAAWR 2022! Click Here to register!

12/3/21

• 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.
• Due to increasing prices for gas and food, the regular registration price of the full tour has increased by $20.00, each riding day of a partial day tour has increased by $5.00 per day for all participant types, and the price of the transportation service from Prairie du Chien to Eagle River before the start of the tour has increased by $10.00 from $129.00 to $139.00. The price of the towel service has also increased by $1.00 from $6.00 to $7.00 per day. The prices for late registration have also increased accordingly. The prices of all other services and merchandise will remain the same as last year. Click Here for more information about our pricing schedule.
• You will now be required to agree to the Wisconsin Rapids Woodson YMCA Participant Waiver as part of tour registration.
• 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.

11/12/21

• Web site updated with 2022 dates and stopping towns!
  • GRABAAWR will occur on June 11th - 18th, 2022.
• This year we will not be able to stay at the Northland Pines High School in Eagle River or the elementary, middle, or high school in Mauston.
• 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.

Major Previous GRABAAWR Specific Updates

• 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, Adams-Friendship, 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. Click Here for more information.
• The late fee for full registration for riders of all week-long events has increased from $100.00 to $125.00. The late fee for all other riders and participants of all other partial day and non-week long events and services has increased from $20.00 to $25.00 per day. The late fees for non-riders of all week-long events and all other extra services and merchandise has not changed.
• 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.