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Schedule
7:30am:
Gather at Elver Park
8am: Breakfast prepared by Café Soleil
8-9am: The ride begins....
Morning stop:
Snacks & beverage at Primrose Community Farm, 10mi from start
11:30-1:30pm: Lunch featuring local foods and prepared by the local chefs of Underground Food Collective at Garden to Be, 27mi mark
Afternoon stops: Snacks at Snug Haven Farm, 40mi from start
3-4:30pm: Return to Elver Park
MACSAC presents
3rd Annual BIKE THE BARNS
September 12, 2009
in partnership with Underground Food Collective
Registration | Route | Volunteers | 2009 Sponsors | Gallery
2009 Route
This year the 2009 Bike the Barns route is 52 miles with three farm stops and one water stop. 
Be fair warned that there is some hills on this year's route, but we have done our best to combine our priorities of safety, aesthetics, education, and ridability for all in creating this route. As usual, there will be numerous rest stops at farms with delicious snacks and water along the way. The menus will be based on the availability of the most fresh and delicious food items at the time of the ride! We will post more specific menu items as we get closer to the ride. We encourage you to bring sunscreen, water bottles, and any extra food or energy bars you may wish to have along the route.
Start and Ending Location - Elver Park, 1250 McKenna Blvd., just west of Madison. SIGN-IN is from 7:30 - 8:30am.
This is where you go to sign in and pick up your ride-day materials.
Parking will be available in the parking lot and along the street. But, for those of you wanting a few extra miles, you can easily bike to the start.
Breakfast (special thanks to Cafe Soleil and Just Coffee): Hard-boiled eggs, rolls, pastries, coffee, fruit
Morning Stop - Primrose Community Farm, 4144 County Road J
Cross Plains, WI 53528; 10 miles from start
Farm tours will be offered at 10am.
Snacks and Beverage
Lunch Stop - Garden to Be Farm, 9214 Cty. Rd. G;
28 miles from start - You're half way finished! Farm tours will be offered at 12pm & 2pm.
Lunch
Afternoon Stop - Snug Haven Farm, 1170 Hageman Dr., Belleville, WI 53508; 40 miles from start
Farm tours will be offered at 2pm & 3:30pm
Snacks and dessert
Ending Location - Elver Park, 1250 McKenna Blvd.
Ending celebration with a beverages, beer, and grilled pizza! We hope you'll stick around to meet other MACSAC farmers, mingle with staff, volunteers, and fellow riders.
At 5pm we'll announce fund-raising totals, the top fundraisers and their prizes, and we'll take a group photo.
Preparation for the Ride
We strongly encourage you to tune up your bikes and your bodies before the ride. The ride will have sag wagon support throughout the ride. As well as support cyclists throughout the ride.
As mentioned, the route has some hills. If you're not used to riding hills, or if you haven't done rides longer than 25 miles, we suggest you try a few rides with hills between now and September 12th! Bike riders will be traveling at various paces, and there is lots of time allotted to complete each section of the ride.
Stay tuned for email updates and postings about biker safety and preparation.
Special thanks to:
Primrose Community Farm | Garden to Be | Snug Haven Farm
