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Michigander Bicycle Tour starts this weekend
This weekend, it’s the Michigander and I can hardly wait.
The ride this year is a circle route, starting Saturday and ending Friday July 17 in Edmore, and traveling an average of 40-60 miles per day on the Fred Meijer Heartland Trail, the Pere Marquette Railtrail, the White Pine Railtrail and the Saginaw Valley Trail as well as lots of scenic back roads.
There’s a two day weekend ride Sat and Sunday, a seven day ride that starts Saturday and the six day ride that starts Sunday. The Michigander is one of the best organized, most enjoyable tours you’ll find anywhere in the country. It’s like a gathering of family for me and the highlight of the summer. If you;ve never done one, come this weekend. Just show up, there’s still room. Details are available here.
I’ll be there along with Tina, Wayne, Pat, Mike H, Maury and a couple of others from our regular Saturday morning Bike Fitness training rides. Please, look me up and say hello. I’ll be hangin’ with all those people you see wearing the “I’m with Joe” T-shirts.
My wife, Jennifer, is coming along this year and will help out at the SAG stops. I plan to live Tweet (follow me on Twitter @BikeFitness) and post pics and videos on the Ride forum over on our BikeFitness.net Forums.
Can’t make up my mind what bike to bring so I’ll take both – the Trek Madonne 5.5 road bike and my Gary Fisher Superfly. I’ll alternate between the two.
Hopin’ for good weather… CU in Edmore.
Saturday July 4th ride
Alas, Mike will be in Georgia this weekend.
But use comments below to plan and coordinate the BikeFitness.net Saturday ride.
FYI, the Pickerel Festival is Saturday… that;s a great ride with 23 and 42 mile routes. Both include a ride around Harsen’s Island.
Click here for Pickerel festival details
And here’s a post about about a couple of other rides this weekend.
Comment below who’s doing what, where and at what time. I’ll miss you guys this weekend. I need a long ride to get ready for the Michigander which starts the following Saturday. I’ll be without a bike visiting my son so will have to try and find a stationary ike at a health club down there.
Now you can virtually ride in the Tour de France
Versus, the television network that is the U.S. home to the Tour de France, and MapMyRide.com, have joined forces to present the VERSUS-MapMyRide.com Le Tour Challenge!
Sign up and ride your way to winning thousands of dollars in prizes.
How does it work? Easy, just get out and ride your bike. Starting on July 4th with the first stage of the Tour you can ride in one stage or every stage of the Le Tour Challenge.
Submit your ride to MapMyRide.com and they’ll do the rest. They’ll take your ride and put you VIRTUALLY in the Tour. Yep, that is right, they’ll tell you how you would have done had you ridden in that day’s stage.
Everyone has an equal chance of winning—the more days you ride your bike, the more chances you will have to WIN THOUSANDS of dollars in great prizes in one of their daily random drawings. Or, compete to be the rider with the lowest virtual stage time to earn that stage’s custom jersey.
Challenge Prizes Include:
- A Trek Travel Grand Prize Trip Package: 4-day trip to Paris to watch Lance and the other Pros in the final stage of the 2009 Tour de France. This trip will be awarded in a random drawing and announced on the VERSUS live broadcast of the Tour on Sunday, July 12th. Learn more about Trek-Travel.
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- A chance to win thousands of dollars in other cycling-related from a list of incredible sponsors that is growing daily.
Sign up, Challenge rules, and a complete prize list can be found here.
