Tour de Fest - Kimberly, Wisconsin

[BIKEAWAY]

Hello Marcia, Seems to be more and more of us Wisconsinites here. Are you planning on doing the Tour De Fest?

I noticed on a ride event website that the Titletown Bike Tour is the next day in Green Bay.....I guess I'd be getting a little carried away if I made a whole weekend out of it up there.

wow that looks like a great ride too. I know I could make the 35 long ride.
You are right- I am so excited now about these rides..it really is opening a new world.
What a great cause too.....I believe I am going to double that weekend.
Good thing I have next week off. I really need to put on some miles. Spending several days in Door County should help get me in shape...

[SJCzar]

How lucky....Door County is a great place to get some riding miles in. With the beautiful scenery and nice towns, the miles can rack up without even noticing.

I'll probably do the Titletown ride, but since I already missed the early registration deadline, I guess there's no hurry to make up my mind.

[SJCzar]

Well, it looks like we're going to have a nice HOT biking weekend for the Tour de Fest and Titletown Tour.

I've decided to make it a "Me Weekend". No husband, no daughter, no dog or cat to take care of. I'm really looking forward to it.

I'm doing the 70 mile route on Sat., hanging out at Paper Fest for awhile, and then going up to Green Bay. I'll get a hotel room and spend some relaxing time in the hot tub, eat a good carb loaded dinner, and lounge around reading a good book.

I hope to do the 100k on Sunday. If it gets unbearably hot I guess I might end up doing one of the shorter routes.

Hope all of you who are planning to do these rides have a good time and don't get too overheated.

[SJCzar]

Hey BIKEAWAY it was nice to meet up with you and ride for a few miles on Saturday. Quite strange that without any pre-planning we'd run into each other. You'll definitely want to think about doing the 70 route next year. It was really scenic and there was even a bit of a breeze off the lake.

Thanks for the tip about checking out the Recyclist. Nice shop and very friendly people. I really enjoyed relaxing on the couch in front of the fan with a cold beer, before finishing off the ride.

The Titletown Tour was a lot of fun as well. Except for maybe the last 15-20 miles....it was just too darn HOT for a 100k.

I hope we get the chance to ride together again.

[BIKEAWAY]

[QUOTE=SJCzar]Hey BIKEAWAY it was nice to meet up with you and ride for a few miles on Saturday. Quite strange that without any pre-planning we'd run into each other. You'll definitely want to think about doing the 70 route next year. It was really scenic and there was even a bit of a breeze off the lake.

Hey right back..
Sorry I was off a few days from work.
I really kicked myself too for just not following you. It was great meeting you too and I would really love riding a entire ride with you sometime.
I heard there is a Kettle Moraine ride in fall? That would be a middle ground...
I have been practicing my hills and next week I am heading up to Door County again for an entire week this time and plan on riding at least 25-60 miles per day so I think I could be ready...
You are right-I am really getting excited to start participating more in organized rides if the weather could just break...
Keep me updated if you do another ride in Wisconsin.
Thanks

[SJCzar]

Hey BIKEAWAY,

I'd love to do a whole ride together. There's a nice website that I like that's lists alot of the rides going on in the Midwest.

www.mikebentley.com/bike


Maybe we can find something that works for both our schedules and locations. Kettle Morraine in the fall would be very nice. Enjoy Door County. You'll be a Hill Goddess after a week up there.