Madison Bike Week

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Whether you're a rider who picked up the hobby as a way to get out of the house during the pandemic or an old hand on two wheels, Madison Bike Week has an activity for you. As in past years, there are morning and afternoon commuter stations with snacks, giveaways and safety checks (depending on location), and various group rides. Special events still to come include a grand opening for the new Madison Bicycle Center (4-7 p.m., June 9, 202 S. Pinckney St.), the launch event for the 2022 BCycle Art Bikes program (4:30 p.m., June 9, Garver Feed Mill), and the return of the Bike Week party (4-7 p.m., June 10, Brittingham Park). Find the full list of remaining events at madisonbikes.org.

press release: The Madison Bikes vision is that of a city where anyone can ride to any place comfortably and conveniently, and Madison Bike Week is an important part of making that vision a reality. Madison Bike Week has a history going back over twenty years! Bike Week celebrates riding to work, to the grocery store, to a park, to the library—or biking just to feel the warm wind blowing through your hair.

Interested in learning more about being a Bike Week event host? Check out our FAQ page.

Schedule (as of May 23):

June 4 • Saturday

3:00pm – 4:30pm  Prologue Event: Trek Pride Ride, Breese Stevens Field (917 E Mifflin St.). Join us at the Trek x Forward Madison FC Pride Ride for an afternoon full of family-friendly, Pride-filled fun! This 5-mile, casual ride will start at Breese Stevens Field. We’ll head over to the bike path on John Nolen Dr. and cross the bridge to Olin Park, where you can grab a sweet treat from The Chocolate Shoppe before heading back to Breese Stevens Field for happy hour! MPD will be present to help facilitate a safe ride. Free and secure valet bike parking will be available for everyone who wants to stay for the match against FC Tucson, so be sure and buy a ticket. Not sure what to wear? Stop by Trek Bicycle Madison East or West soon to snag a limited-edition Pride cycling jersey (road or MTB). All proceeds go to the Trevor Project, a national, 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide prevention service for LGBTQIA+ youth. Let’s celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community! Register here: https://www.forwardmadisonfc.com/bike-to-breese-june-4th/ Hosted by Forward Madison FC and Trek Bikes

June 5 • Sunday

10:00am – 12:30pm Take a Break Bike Stop / Biscuits & Bike Fuel Coffee! Capital City Path @ Amoth Ct (Eastwood Dr & Amoth Ct.) Madison East Mountain Bike Team is hosting this stop on the Cap City Bike Trail @ Amoth Court. Enjoy free biscuits fresh from Monty's Blue Plate Diner & Bike Fuel Coffee from Just Coffee from 10 am-12:30pm. Talk bikes & share trail adventures with the Madison East MTB team riders & coaches. Learn more about the Madison East High School MTB team (open to students grade 6-12) & GRiT  (Girls Riding Together)  upcoming Try-It-Out event, June 7th, Sheehan Park, Sun Prairie. Hosted by Madison East MTB Team, Monty's Blue Plate Diner and Just Coffee. This event/activity is not school-sponsored & the Madison Metropolitan School District does not approve, support, supervise or endorse this program/activities.

11:00am – 2:00pm Madison CycleWorks Sunday in the Parks Ride Vilas Park Beach (1501 Vilas Park Dr) Family-friendly, cargo-bikes celebrated! We'll have food, drinks, music and fun. Contact us with questions and for more information at info@madisoncycleworks.com.

Madison CycleWorks el Domingo al Parque - Celebramos en Familia y para todo público con nuestras cargo-bikes. Tendremos comida, bebidas y mucha música para la fiesta. Escríbenos para más información. info@madisoncycleworks.com

Learn more about this event here! Hosted by Madison CycleWorks

12:00pm – 6:00pm 3rd Annual Madison Brewery Bike Race Delta Beer Lab & Starkweather Brewing Company (167 E Badger Rd) Join Delta Beer Lab and Starkweather Brewing Company on Sunday, June 5th for the 3rd annual Madison Brewery Bike Race! There is no marked course - just get from one brewery to the other and back as fast (or slow) as you can.* Race for time or ride for fun. How it works: Choose your team: Atwood Avengers (start/finish at Starkweather Brewing Company) or Rimrock Riders (start/finish at Delta Beer Lab). Drink a beer at Brewery A, ride to Brewery B for a beer, ride back to Brewery A for a beer and finish. Time starts when you finish your first pint and ends when you arrive back at Brewery A. Riders may begin their race anytime after 12:00 pm and must finish by 7:00 pm on race day. Prizes awarded to the fastest 3 finishers on each team. 1st $50 value, 2nd $30 value, 3rd $20 value The team with the fastest average time will win a sweet trophy to be displayed at the winning brewery for the coming year. Cost: $30 in advance; $35 race day registration What you get: 3 beers + a nice ride + loads of fun *Riders must obey all traffic laws and consume alcohol responsibly. Hosted by Delta Beer Lab and Starkweather Brewing Company.

June 6 • Monday

6:00pm – 8:00pm R Monday 40 Weekly Ride Orton Park (1103 Spaight St) The Monday 40 is a weekly ride that rolls out of Orton Park that will do a fun, party-paced ride around Lake Monona on Monday 6/6. The ride rolls out of Orton Park at 6pm sharp and will be at an average pace between 12-14mph and roughly 13 miles round. Pack a beverage and we'll have some post rides hangs at Orton Park when we return. All bikes are welcome, wear what you are comfortable wearing, bring a flat kit, and wear a helmet. We just want to ride bikes and spread the stoke of riding on Monday nights. Each week the route changes but uses a core set of routes ranging from 20-40 miles. Check the website and Instagram (@monday_40) for ride updates. Hosted by Monday 40.

June 7 • Tuesday

6:30am – 8:30am Waffles on the Bike Path More info to come, but expect something new from us this year on the waffle front... Can we make something better than the legendary bacon cheddar waffle? We sure think so! Hosted by The Cargo Bike Shop and Cafe Domestique Learn more about this event here!

7:00am – 9:00am Bike Fitchburg Commuter Station The Velo UnderRound (Capital City Trail, Fitchburg, WI 53711) Celebrate Fitchburg/Madison Bike Week 2022 with a pit stop at the Velo UnderRound or "bicycle roundabout", the confluence of the Badger State and Capital City State Trails and the Southwest, Cannonball, and Military Ridge Paths! Hosted by Bike Fitchburg, City of Fitchburg and Madison Bikes. Enjoy bagels and coffee, pick up Fitchburg and Dane County bicycle maps, and get minor mechanical adjustments. Learn more about Bike Fitchburg and our local advocacy for everyone who rides or walks. The Velo UnderRound is a two-level interchange among five regional trails, serving Fitchburg, Madison, Verona, and locations throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Water, rest rooms, air pump, and repair stand with tools are nearby at Fitchburg's Dawley Bike Hub. Epic mountain biking is adjacent at the Dane County Seminole Mountain Bike Park and just south on the Military Ridge State Trail at Fitchburg's Quarry Ridge Recreation Area

7:00am – 9:30am Eastside Morning Delight Buckeye Rd @ Monona Dr (4118 Monona Dr) Food, Coffee and Bikes! Slow Roll Cycles, Meat People Butcher and Crema Cafe are joining forces for an eastside morning pit stop on your way to work (or ride). Coffee, Breakfast Sandwich's and bike checks. There will be a Slow Roll tent at the corner of Buckeye Road and Monona Drive in the Lake Edge Shopping center from 7 am to 9:30. Come take a break and get fueled for your day. Learn more about this event here!

8am: Attend a Bike Week-themed press conference and, afterwards, a short ride led by the Mayor. It’s all happening in front of the Madison Municipal Building at 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, right off the square. Come on down and support Bike Week!

3:00pm – 5:00pm FairShare Snack Stop Capital City Path @ S Paterson St (303 S Paterson St.) Stop by the FairShare CSA Coalition tent just off the Capital City Trail for a light snack and learn more about Bike the Barns, our local food, farming, and biking event on September 18, 2022! Riders who register for Bike the Barns during Madison Bike Week will get $10 off the registration cost of the ride.

3:00pm – 6:00pm Fire Station #9 – Hill Farms Neighborhood Bike Station Fire Station #9 (201 N Midvale Blvd./) Enjoy free beverages + treats to wind down your commute. And… maybe even a fire station tour if they’re not too busy fighting fires! Hosted by University Hill Farms Neighborhood and Madison Bikes.

5:30pm – 7:30pm Eastside GRiT (Girls Ride Together) Try It Out Clinic Sheehan Park West Shelter, Sun Prairie (1357 Linnerud Dr, Sun Prairie, WI 53590) GRiT Try It Out Mountain Bike Session for girls entering 6th-12th grade. Hosted by Madison East High School, Sun Prairie High School and Deforest High School NICA teams

What is GRiT?

The Girls Riding Together (GRiT) initiative is an effort by the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) to recruit and retain more girls and woman coaches in NICA programs. The goal of the NICA GRiT initiative is to increase the overall participation rate to 33% female riders (coaches and student-athletes each) by 2023.

The Madison East/Sun Prairie East/Sun Prairie West/Deforest/Sun Prairie Composite Mountain Bike Teams are sponsoring a free clinic for girls and women to try out mountain biking and ride with others at the amazing Sheehan Park trails in Sun Prairie. Free demo mountain bikes will be provided by DreamBikes if you do not have a trail-ready mountain bike you can bring with you. The event is open to girls entering 6th through 12th grade and women who want to learn more and who might consider coaching. No experience required! We can train you in riding and coaching skills. You just need to have a passion for supporting girls and getting more girls outside, on bikes!

If you have never tried mountain biking, or if you have your own mountain bike but never ridden it on singletrack before, sign up below for a fun day of games, prizes, girl power, and riding bikes in the woods!

6:00pm – 8:00pm MWCC Tuesday Night Rides Olbrich Park Biergarten Parking Lot (3527 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53714)

Madison Women's Cycling Club does Madison Bike Week! Join us for our regular Tuesday ride, leaving from Olbrich Park (the Biergarten parking lot / parking lot on the lake side of Atwood) at 6pm. We'll have two rides going out: our social route (lake loop) and our longer route (a 19-mile route to McFarland and back). Then join us for post-ride social time at the Biergarten, where you can bring in any snacks and non-alcoholic beverages, or purchase a beverage there. MWCC is Madison's longest-running active women+ bike group. This ride is open to all ages and all WTFnB. The social route is a lake loop and is guaranteed to have a sweep who will ride at whatever pace is needed to ensure no one is left behind. It is very beginner friendly! The longer route can be found at: https://ridespot.org/rides/588636. See more details about our rides in the pinned posts on our main page. Also check us out on Instagram: @madisonwomenscyclingclub  

June 8 • Wednesday

7:00am – 10:00am EPNA Commuter Station

Starkweather Creek Path @ Commercial Avenue (2994 Commercial Ave) Eken Park Neighborhood Association will be providing coffee and breakfast to-go again this year for bike commuters! Come say hello! Learn more about this event here!

3:00pm – 6:00pm Car-Free Superstars Giveaways & Metro Bike Rack Demos! Capital City Path @ E Wilson/Ingersoll (1050 Capital City Trail) RoundTrip, Metro Transit and City of Madison Vision Zero are celebrating car-free travel with bike and bus giveaways. Everyone who signs up as a “Bicycle Buddy” for bike commute matching with the RoundTrip program during Madison Bike Week will be entered to win one of two $50 prizes of your choice: a gift card to a local bike shop OR two-month Madison BCycle membership OR one month membership to the new Madison Bicycle Center downtown.

We’ll also be giving away for FREE (while supplies last):

• Bicycle Benefits helmet stickers and pocket lists of participating businesses
• Metro Transit 2-ride cards
• Metro Transit SWAG
• Dane County Bicycle Maps
• Bike bells
• Retro neon bicycle pins

Practice Loading Your Bike on a Bus (Pending parking permit approval)

Ever worried about how to load your bicycle onto a Metro bus? Now is your no-pressure chance to try it out! We’ll have a bus and friendly driver on hand from 3-6 p.m. to help anyone interested in practicing. It’s a simple process that opens up so many possibilities for getting around by bike and bus!

6:00pm – 8:30pm Bikes, Brats, and Brews 2022 Stoneridge Estates Park, Sun Prairie (300 Stonehaven Dr, Sun Prairie) Join us for annual Bikes, Brats, and Brews event. 5, 9, 18, & 25mi rides starting at 6 pm; brats & brews at 7:15 pm. Hosted by Sun Prairie Moves and Parks Friends

6:00pm – 9:00pm First Monthly Queer Bike Ride Law Park B-Cycle Station (410 S Blair St.) This will be the first of many monthly queer bike rides in Madison. All Queer, LGBTQ+ people of any body type or ability are welcome! Rides will be on second Wednesdays of the month @ 6PM and will be no-drop rides out of Law Park (near the Monona Terrace). Each month there will be a route (about 20 - 30 miles), hopefully with a midway stop for food and chitchat. If you can't make it during bike week, the next ride will be July 13th - same time and place! We will kick off our first ride with a ride down the Capital City Trail, a stop in Fitchburg for some food and fun (either Great Dane or Tapatios Cocina). Then we will head back downtown via the Arboretum. Hosted by Monthly Queer Group Ride.

June 9 • Thursday

7:00am – 9:00am Pop-up Bike Repair & Safety Checks Short Stack Eatery (301 West Johnson St.) Get your bike tuned up and safety checked by the skilled mechanics of Wheels For Winners and Dream Bikes! Arrive hungry, and leave with a happy tummy and freshly tuned ride :) FREE Coffee for all bikers inside! Hosted by Short Stack Eatery, Wheels For Winners and Dream Bikes. Learn more about this event here!

4:00pm – 6:00pm Pit Stop on the Cap City Trail Capital City Path @ Amoth Ct (Eastwood Dr & Amoth Ct.) Monona Bank is excited to participate in Madison Bike Week again this year! Your friendly Atwood neighborhood bankers will be handing out goodie bags to biking commuters on their way home from work, or to our “work from home” neighbors out for their after work bike ride. Our goodie bags are filled with sweet and healthy treats, along with some other fun surprises for our neighborhood biking community. Be sure to stop by our table to pick one up while supplies last. Learn more about this event here!

4:30pm – 6:00pm Happy Hour Thursday Buckeye Rd @ Monona Dr (4118 Monona Dr.) We are partnering with the Muskie Lounge for a pit stop on your way home. Drink specials and with your bike and helmet in hand we will have beer tokens and swag that we will be handing out at the Slow Roll tent, which will be located outside of our store. We are 4118 Monona Dr, the corner of Buckeye Rd and Monona dr. Ride your bike. Must be 21 to obtain Drink Tokens or specials! Hosted by Muskellelounge and Slow Roll Cycles.

4:30pm – 6:30pm Madison BCycle Art Bike Launch Event Capital City Path @ Garver Feed Mill (3241 Garver Green) Join Madison BCycle at Garver Feed Mill from 4:30-6:30pm on Thursday, June 9th for the release of the 2022 Art Bike Collection! This event is free to the public. Come check out the 16 new Art Bikes, that will display creative displays of art from local artists and support local nonprofits. During this interactive art exhibit you will have the chance to talk directly to the teams involved with each bike from the sponsoring company, artist and nonprofits.

6:00pm – 8:30pm Tandem Thursday Southwest Path @ Pacific Cycle (4902 Hammersley Rd) As far as we know, there never has been a tandem ride as part of Madison Bike Week. Let's change that. Departure is from the SW Path on the south side of the Beltline (near Pacific Cycle) at 6 pm sharp. We will ride south on the Badger State Trail, Sayles Trail, and Sun Valley Parkway into Paoli where we will stop at the Hop Garden. Return on your own or ride with us via Range Trail, Whalen, PB, and Military Ridge Trail. The route is 100% paved, and a mix of off-street trails and some stretches of country roads without shoulders. No support whatsoever will be provided. Average speed will be about 13 mph but you are welcome to ride faster or slower. In case of bad weather, we will cancel the ride. Please check the Facebook event page or the Madison Bike Week calendar on the afternoon of the event. https://www.facebook.com/events/572937370932970/. Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/2961804991069432606. Half bikes are welcome! Matching outfits are tolerated. Ride safely and responsibly, and have fun!

June 10 • Friday

7:30am – 9:30am FairShare Snack Stop Capital City Path @ S Paterson St (303 S Paterson St.) Stop by the FairShare CSA Coalition tent just off the Capital City Trail for a light snack and learn more about Bike the Barns, our local food, farming, and biking event on September 18, 2022! Riders who register for Bike the Barns during Madison Bike Week will get $10 off the registration cost of the ride.

4:00pm – 7:00pm Madison Bikes Bike Week Party at Brittingham Park Brittingham Park Shelter (829 W. Washington Ave) Celebrate Madison Bike Week with Madison Bikes at Brittingham Park! There will be food carts, beer & soda and other beverages, and music and more! Free admission and family-friendly. Local groups will be tabling. More details to follow.

9:00pm – 11:00pm Madison CycleWorks After Party Brittingham Park Shelter (829 W. Washington Ave) We'll help Madison Bikes clean up and then we'll head out for a post-party ride. Bring your party pedals. Después de nuestra fiesta con Madison Bikes seguiremos en nuestras bicicletas celebrando junt@s. Prepárate para pedalear la fiesta. Hosted by Madison CycleWorks.

June 11 • Saturday 12:00pm – 11:59pm Family Bike Camping // Lake Farm Park The Cargo Bike Shop to Lake Farm Park Group Campsite (4330 Libby Rd) An extremely family-friendly bike camping trip. Trip is 100% conditional on it being safe to gather. If we cancel due to COVID we will issue full refunds

After a COVID hiatus, The Cargo Bike Shop is bringing back a full schedule of our popular Family Bike Camping trips for 2022!!

Our second family-focused bike camping trip is a great introduction to family camping by bike. The ride from The Cargo Bike Shop to Lake Farm County Park is approximately 7 miles and consists almost entirely of bike path. The terrain is flat to slightly rolling and should be manageable for most cyclists, even kiddos if you are patient. If it is safe to ride as a group, we will have a group departure from TCBS that you can join. If it is not safe to ride as a group, or you prefer to ride as your own group, we can provide basic directions if you need them. Trust us that Google Maps will get you there!

The group site at Lake Farm Park has plenty of great spots for your tent allowing us to spread out and each have our own space. Additionally, there is a campfire ring, a hand-pump well for water, and "deluxe" pit toilets. We may bring additional campfire pits depending on group size and health and safety considerations. From the campsite, there is easy access to a large playground as well as to Lake Waubesa. There are showers in the main campsite along with running water.

What's provided: - Group ride to and from the group campsite (if safe to do so). - Grill to cook on, coolers with ice, and a water jug for easy water access - Gear shuttle, including cooler space, in case you have some bulky/heavy necessities or food that must be kept cold that you don’t want to lug on your bicycles - Campfire wood and s'mores fixings - Piping hot coffee and a selection of pastries from Batch Bakehouse Sunday morning

There is car access and parking available if you have part of the family that wants to drive to join us, or not stay for overnight.

This is a family bike camping trip first and foremost, but if don't have kids and want to experience bike camping you are welcome to join. Just be cool with kids being around and the schedule accommodating their needs as far as stops along the way and quiet time at the campsite. Basically, kids of all ages are welcome.

If you have questions about if you can do it, if your group will fit in, or really anything please contact us and we'll help figure things out.

COVID related fun stuff: We will follow any health guidelines in place at the time of the trip, including the use of masks when in indoor or close-quarters outdoor environments. We ask that at the time of the trip that if you are feeling ill or have been recently infected with COVID and have not had a PCR test come back negative yet, that you do not attend. Contact us to discuss a credit towards a future trip or a refund. If you are not fully vaccinated please do so for the safety of all in our community