MACSAC presents
F O U R T H  A N N U A L
BIKE  THE  BARNS
in partnership with Underground Food Collective

What: 62-mile bicycle ride
When: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Where: Start and end location at Token Creek Park, De Forest, WI
Why: Because all of our neighbors deserve healthy, fresh food!

Bike the Barns is an annual, spectacular fundraising bike tour that highlights local farms and food in southern Wisconsin.  Bike the Barns not only provides an enjoyable, educational community ride with your fellow foodies and bike buddies, but more importantly supports a critical program - MACSAC's Partner Shares Program - which makes sure all of our neighbors have healthy, fresh food.

Thank you for your support by participating in Bike the Barns.  Twenty-five percent of all registration fees will go towards are fundraising goal of $35,000!  Give your friends and families the opportunity to express their commitment to healthy, nutritious communities by pledging their support for your ride. Our generous Bike the Barns sponsors have kicked started our fundraising campaign with providing more than $10,000. You too can help by joining the ride, attending the After Party, and starting your own fundraising pledge page. 

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED!  WE HAVE REACHED OUR CAPACITY. If you would like to be put on a waiting list, please email gini@macsac.org.  We will let you know the week before the event if slots have been opened for your registration.  You can still sign up and join us at the After-Party Celebration and bike there!

There will be NO RIDE-DAY REGISTRATION.

We are asking all registrants to raise an additional $50 to contribute to our fundraising goal.  During the registration process, you will also be asked to enter a username, password, and weblink. This information is for creating your own personal pledge page to help us reach our fundraising goal!  Creating a pledge page and acquiring pledges is easy!  This online registration software will guide you through the simple steps to email your friends and family to ask them to support your ride. 

Every year more and more families are in need of our support.  You know that eating a diet consisting of diverse, fresh, organic vegetables is an empowering way to stay healthy AND support our local community. Partner Shares makes this experience accessible to all our neighbors. Help MACSAC support as many households as possible, help us reach our fundraising goal!  Ask your employer if they will match donations.

You can receive a free Bike the Barns t-shirt by raising only $150!

When you register, you will be asked to select one of three time waves representing your scheduled departure time the morning of the ride - 8:30am, 8:50am, or 9:10am.  Please talk with your friends and riding buddies to make sure you select the same time to leave.  This gradual departure will reduce traffic at the beginning of the route, and also minimize the length of the lunch line!

Registration fees:

• $65 for Individual Riders.
  • Includes breakfast, snacks, lunch, route support, and After Party entry, food and beverages
• $30 for After Party-only Guests.
  • Includes ticket to After Party at Token Creek for music, grilled delicacies, and beverages
• Youth 12 and under can participate for free. However, we require that all youth be accompanied by an adult, ask that you use extra caution when riding, and remember this is a 62-mile route!  Several of the roads have small shoulders, and riders need to be extra attentive to vehicle traffic and potential potholes.
  

Everyone must wear a bicycle helmet!

Bike the Barns 2010 route and rest stops

This year's 62-mile route combines our priorities of safety, aesthetics, education, and newness!  We bet many of your bikers out there rarely go Northeast of Madison.  It's lovely - you'll see!  There are a few hills, but will certainly be a pleasant shift from last year's beast. 

As usual, there will be farm stops with snacks and beverages.  Please take careful note of the times that the stops will be ready to serve riders.  If you ride super fast, do not be disappointed if the food is not ready before the scheduled time. We encourage you to bring sunscreen, water bottles, and any extra food or energy bars you may wish to have along the route.

Route Map - We will be uploading a pdf of the route map to the website the week before the ride.  We will also provide printed route maps at registration.  Remember to bring a ziplock bag to put your map in so it doesn't get too sweaty and wash away important information.

More Route & Ride Information...

Prepare for the Ride

• We strongly encourage you to tune up your bikes and your bodies before the ride. Support vehicles and support cyclists will be stationed throughout the ride for emergencies.  No shuttle service from lunch available.
  
• We strongly encourage you to prepare yourselves for this ride. If you have not ridden more than 30 miles, we suggest you try a few long rides with hills between now and September 11th!  Bike riders will be traveling at various paces, and there is lots of time allotted to complete each section of the ride.

QUESTIONS? Call (608) 226-0300 or email bikethebarns@gmail.com.

If you have problems using the online registration and/or personal pledge page, please contact Gini Knight at bikethebarns@gmail.com.

If you can't ride, please consider sponsoring a rider, volunteering or making general donation to Partner Shares.

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