Biking Tours
Benefits of a Group Bicycle Tour
Every year various charities and organizations operate bicycle tours for 3 to 10 days across a state or province. It is common to see 200, 500 or even more cyclists on one of these group bicycle tours. You will also see people on recumbent bikes, road bikes and even tandems.The main benefit for a cyclist for these group bicycle tours is that the routes are organized, you get to meet plenty of like minded people, with accommodation and sometimes meals are provided in the entry fee making the planning real easy. It really is a great way to see an area you may not be familiar with or in other cases help out a charity organization.
Distances will vary depending on the organizer with many offering several routes each day. You can find these tours which range from 3 to 10 days in many states and provinces with some attracting thousands of cyclists. Examples include trips along the Eire Canal and Hudson in New York State, a tour to Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan and the famous ride across Iowa each year.
I cycled across Wisconsin last year (my first visit) on the annual SAGBRAW tour with almost 500 others and with the opportunity to see what the state offers, apparently corn, cheese, cows and beer. We camped on different school grounds each night while others preferred to just lay out their sleeping bag in the gym.
Luggage trucks moved our gear each day and great breakfast and dinners were included and available in the school cafeteria. F
A nice touch was that as we arrived at different small towns the local community offered snacks for sale (in support of a charity) sometimes entertainment. Also in each community we stayed at provided a variety of entertainment in the evening for us and the local citizens including a school band, rock band and local fair.
Each day we just were expected to follow the signs set up for the tour but this really was not necessary as you could always see lots of other cyclists. There were road bikes, tandems, recumbent bikes and people of all ages included children. If anyone had difficulty there were plenty of sag wagons along the route to assist.
The only con was that many were eager to depart early each morning so expect to get up early as people make some noise as they take down the tents, however quiet they try to be.
Because of the number of cyclists the entry fee provided really exceptional value. The majority of cyclists were local but there also many visitors from everywhere including California and British Columbia.
These group bicycle tours make planning a vacation really easy for an economical registration fee, something to consider this year.
i leave for army basic in 30 days, questionssss?
1. i have a nice sized scar from falling on a bike tour going about 30mph and someones chainring cut open the bottom of my elbow like a table saw. All is well and its healed now but i didnt have it before my last visit to meps...will that be a problem? and what do i tell them in order to dodge having to get a medical waiver?
2. ive got a very small cross tattoo (about 2in X 3in) on the center of my right shoulder. its pretty piuny and embarrassing, im guess the drill sergent and everyone will give me shit for it?
3. can i bring this girl with me to basic training if i hide her in the closet? a man has his needs and im sure theres plenty of her to go around?
your in the marines, and im the tool? bahhaha riiiightttttt.
thanks other guy good to know.
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How many feet of elevation is doable in a day of bike touring?
Im planning a bike from from Ottawa to Vancouver (approx 5000km) and my fellow traveler and I are trying to decide what is the maximum distance we can travel per day. This leads me to another question which is how much hill climbing can we expect to complete in a day.
Im looking for the MAXIMUM that can be done in a day. We are in good shape.
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Tips about the NYC 5 Borough Bike Tour!?
Im 13 years old and Im doing the NYC 5 borough bike tour (i believe its in may). I wanted to know it there is any tips i could consider while training or even biking it. Any biking tips will help.
Thanks :)
I live in Staten Island actually right at the foot of the Verrazano Bridge.
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