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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 stop: Snacks at Snug Haven Farm, 40 miles from start
3-4:30pm: Return to Elver Park

Questions? For more information email bikethebarns@gmail.com or call (608) 226-0300.

MACSAC presents
3rd Annual BIKE THE BARNS
September 12, 2009
in partnership with Underground Food Collective

Registration | Route | Volunteers | 2009 Sponsors | Gallery

Bike the Barns is a spectacular fundraising bicycle ride through the countryside southwest of Madison, Wisconsin. This year's 52-mile ride highlights three local CSA and direct market farms and, once again, features artisan local food presented by Underground Food Collective. This ride is a bit hilly, but all levels of cyclists are welcome and encouraged to be part of a wonderful day that benefits an important and meaningful cause.

A special thanks to all that made this a fantastic event! We hope you'll join us in 2010!
This ride is our major fundraising event, and each year more participants help raise money for limited income families and individuals to have access to fresh, organic vegetables from local farms. We ask that each ride participant set a fundraising goal of $50. All proceeds, including pledges collected by bike riders, will support Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition's Partner Shares Program. Since Partner Shares’ inception in 1997, over 2,300 low-income households have received fresh local food. 

If you can't ride, PLEASE consider supporting Partner Shares by pledging a rider, the Carrot Cruiser, MACSAC's ghost rider, or making a general donation to MACSAC.

This year fabulous prizes will be announced and given to the top fundraisers at the Finale Celebration at Elver Park. Join us for a closing celebration with Bike the Barns volunteers, MACSAC farmers and staff at Elver Park from 4-7:30pm. $20 tickets to the Finale Celebration include a beverage and grilled pizza.

Bike the Barns Merchandise

Check out this year's swag!

You can order Bike the Barns t-shirts and commemorative posters designed by local artists from Mesh Hall Press, Merino Wool cycles socks featuring Bike the Barns carrots, or "I Bike the Barns! 2009" stickers. Order online while supplies last. Or come to the merchandise booth at Elver Park.

Registration

How to Register and take pledges:
Use the Online Registration Tool to register, and you can create a personalized webpage for taking pledges with a secure online payment. If you'd like to get pledges in person as well as online, download the paper Pledge Form. You'll be able to manually enter paper pledges on your personal Pledge Page so that you can track your totals in one place. If we receive checks in the mail for a rider, we can also enter in paper pledges for that rider.

  • Bike the Barns registration is limited to 500 riders and an additional 100 Finale Celebration guests.
  • Registration fees:

    $55 for Individual Riders.
    Includes breakfast, snacks, lunch, Finale Celebration grilled pizza and beverages. Riders will receive a Bike the Barns water bottle at the finish for cold celebration beverages.

    $20 for Finale Celebration-only Guests. Includes ticket to Finale Celebration at Elver Park for music, grilled pizza and beverages.

Non-bike-riders are welcome to join us at Elver Park at 4pm for grilled pizza and beverages prepared by Underground Food Collective to celebrate the end of the ride and acknowledge the top fundraisers. Fundraiser announcements will occur at 5pm. Cost: $20/person, reservations required.

Preparation for the Ride

ROUTE MAP

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