Bike Ride 1

Should be a fun one! We're hitting up some classics this week for the kick-off of the Clean Wisconsin and Friends Bike Club.


A quick run-down as a reminder:

• We're leaving Thursday at 5:30 from Clean Wisconsin's offices at 634 W. Main St, Madison, WI 53703. (Yes, leaving at 5:30 means you should plan to get here sometime before that if you want to be leaving with the group.)
• Rides will be "at your own pace" which means you're welcome to ride together as a group, but are also free to do whatever you want - power ahead, stop to take pictures, ghostride the bike, etc.
•  Please, please, please read the ride rules and expectations. Clean Wisconsin isn't "running the show" here, so everyone is technically on their own, but we do want to make sure that everyone stays safe and has a good time (because we care!)
• Don't forget to stop by, hang out a minute, and have a drink Echo Tap up the road when you get back - and enjoy happy hour specials all night (because they care!).

As far as routes go, for the longer ride, we're thinking of taking the Capital City loop from the office - about 18 miles of beautiful bike path (ok, it does get a little crowded in town around rush hour) starting out across Monona Bay, heading over some gently rolling terrain through Fitchburg, and back home along the Southwest Commuter Path.

For the shorter ride, a 7-mile cruise around Wingra Creek sounds about right. Like always, it will start out the same way as the longer ride so you get to enjoy the company of your MAMIL friends for a while (that's "Middle Aged Men In Lycra" for future reference - I'm looking at you, Ezra). Then the route turns off onto the Wingra Bike Path at Olin Park. After a roll through Vilas Park, it also comes back to the office - and the Echo! - on the Southwest.


For more info, check it out over on the "Routes" page, if you haven't already. Links to Cue Sheets have now been posted below each map.

See you all soon!

- Tyson