2009
Wednesday Night
Bike Rides
[Wednesday Night Rides]

About the Rides | April | May | June | July | August | September | Directions

Welcome to yet another season of great riding along the back roads of Dane County. Rides will be between 20 and 35 miles in length and will have short and long options so that riders of differing abilities can participate. Routes have been designed for minimum traffic density and maximum scenery. Most are hilly. Riders usually get together post-ride for pizza to ensure that nobody loses any weight.

For printing: [ PDF Schedule ]

Date Time   Route Sunset Leader Phone
April

(608)

1 5:15 Paoli Ride
Don't be a fool, come to the first WNBR ride of 2009

7:24

Murray Schukar 274-1198
8 5:30 Cottage Grove Ride (New Route 2008)
A pleasant ride through farmland and marsh

7:32

Paul Roltgen

(262)
364-8928

15 5:30 Belleville Lake
A popular ride - get your taxes done early!

7:40

Peter Mitchel

443-9949

22 5:30

Mt. Horeb North (Grundahl Park)
Many loops, lots of hills, pick your favorite

7:49

 Dave Fahey

274-3517

29 5:45 Festge Park Ride
A hilly ride with many nice route options

7:57

Dave Erickson

238-7078

May
6 5:45 Oregon South
Farms and fields abound

8:05

Jeff Bergey 835-3698
13 5:45 Brigham County Park Ride
Hills go down early and up later(potluck picnic)

8:12

John Stockham 233-1827
20 5:45 Indian Lake County Park to Mazomanie
Ride long valleys, Katzenbuechel Hill - Oh My!

8:20

Levi Wood 277-7959
27 5:45 Salmo Pond W. of Cross Plains
Tranquil start leads to challenging long climbs

8:26

Larry Green 798-3751
June
3 5:45 Lodi Ride
Ride between and over hills near Wisconsin River

8:32

John and Michele
Ericsson
848-4837
10 5:45 Festge Park W. of Cross Plains (North Loop)
Ride ridges and valleys (potluck picnic)

8:36

Tim Goihl 279-9580
17 5:45 Mt. Vernon (town park) towards New Glarus
Hills and ridges, views

8:40

Mark & Sharon Hughes

832-1506
24 5:45 New Glarus (old train station)
Hilly and scenic, grand views

8:41

Nancy Crabb 251-8654
July
1 5:45 Mt. Horeb South (Grundahl Park)
No wrong turns on the long-loop to beat the sunset

8:41

Brian Cassel 845-5904
8 5:45 Brigham County Park (New route South)
Same Mound, new Hills (potluck picnic)

8:39

Gail VanHaren 437-3782
15 5:45 Black Earth (town park) New route 2008
Classic climbs - Sutcliffe, Pinnacle, Reeve

8:35

Greg Ladwig 273-1449
22 5:45 Stoughton (Mandt Park)
Small hills, woods and farmland

8:29

Jason Dorgan 770-2228
29 5:45

Indian Lake North (Ice Age ride) 
Visits Crystal & Fish lakes

8:22

NO LEADER

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August
5 5:30

Mt. Vernon town park to Dalyville
A hilly, scenic ride with views from ridges
PLEASE do NOT park on lawns or block driveways 

8:14

Tom Woody

695-7139
12 5:30 Marshall
Some hills, some farms, lots of scenery

8:04

Ray Cox 834-6030
19 5:30 Oregon East
Potluck and Pigroast at the  Mitchell Vineyard

7:53

Dave Mitchell 225-9210
26 5:30 Riley Ride
Up and over the Military Ridge a couple times
Please don't park in the spaces in front of the bar.

7:42

Matt Frank

843-2612

September
2 5:15 Paoli (Wendy Loop)
Observatory Hill and Frenchtown Rd

7:30

Wendy Sundby 233-3172
9 5:15 Verona (Military Ridge parking lot)
Moderately hilly to Riley and back

7:18

Janice Beers

231-2024
16 5:15 McFarland
A nice way around Lake Kegonsa

7:05

Tom Helke 838-6195
23 5:15 Pinnacle Health Club
A pretty ride with short options
PLEASE park on streets NOT parking lot.

6:53

Kay and Harry Lum 225-3578
30 5:00 Vilas Park (West shelter)
Escape the city - paved bike trails & Arboretum

6:40

James Henkel 273-1344


About the Rides

Ride leadership is shared by riders. If you have a questions about a ride, please call or email the leader for that ride. PLEASE Print your own maps from the website to help the ride leader out!

Caveat: Many of the entries in the table below are linked to cue sheets. Each of those cue sheets might correspond to the ride that's planned, or it might correspond to a ride from that location that was done in years past, or it might correspond to some other ride that happens to start from that location. The details of each ride are up to the particular ride leader, who almost certainly hasn't contacted us to ensure that the linked cue sheet corresponds to the ride she has planned, and we most certainly haven't contacted them to check for such correspondence. The best we offer is that if we do the ride and it differs from what was linked, we'll try to remember to change it before next year's schedule is up-- but, of course, it might change again next year.

 

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