Bike Ride 2

Rain, rain, rain.

Every day, all week.

Until: a sunny Thursday afternoon forecast! Sweet!


This week we'll build off of last week's great Bike Ride 1 with, you guessed it, Bike Ride 2. But as I mentioned on Friday, we're heading the other way this time.

The short ride will head out east and north from the Clean Wisconsin offices to tour town, campus, and the Mendota shoreline on the "Shorewood" loop. It will start out on the Southwest Commuter path briefly, then turn north to get to the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path. Following the path, we'll meander through Shorewood Hills before coming back on some nice neighborhood roads and hopping back on the commuter path in. All in all, the route will be a little longer and a little hillier than last week - but still nice and casual. Plan to be on the bike for between 1 and 1.5 hours at a similar pace to last week.

The longer ride will start our the same direction, but continue out through Shorewood and all the way around the Lake Mendota loop. The roads a little rough through town initially, but smooth out as we get out past Middleton. There's a nice mix of urban, suburban, and rural scenery on this one to make the miles (and rolling hills) fly by.

As before, maps and cue sheets are now up on the Routes page for anyone who wants to see them ahead of time and/ or print them out on there own (we'll plan to have a few extra copies on hand).

See you all in a few days!

- Tyson


P.S. Don't forget that an RSVP on Facebook or via email to bikerides@cleanwisconsin.org is requested to help us know how many to plan for - but certainly not required!