2010
Wednesday Night
Bike Rides
[Wednesday Night Rides]

About the Rides | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | 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 ] and Google Map of all starting locations

Date Time   Route Sunset Leader Phone
April

(608)

7 5:15 Paoli Ride
The first WNBR ride of the season

7:31

Murray Schukar 274-1198
14 5:30 Cottage Grove Ride (New Route 2008)
A pleasant ride through farmland and marsh

7:39

Paul Roltgen

(262)
364-8928

21 5:30 Belleville Lake
A popular ride to Monticello 

7:47

Peter Mitchel

443-9949

28 5:30

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

7:55

 Dave Fahey

274-3517

May
5 5:45 Festge Park (Cross Plains)
Some hills, long valleys

8:03

Dave Erickson

238-7078

12 5:45 Oregon South (starts on Bergamont Blvd)
Farms and fields abound

8:11

Jeff Bergey 843-7153
19 5:45 Brigham County Park Ride
Hills go down early and up later(potluck picnic )

8:18

John Stockham 233-1827
26 5:45 Indian Lake County Park to Mazomanie
Ride long valleys, Katzenbuechel Hill - Oh My!

8:25

Levi Wood 277-7959
June
2 5:45 Salmo Pond W. of Cross Plains
Tranquil start leads to challenging long climbs

8:31

Larry Green 798-3751
9 5:45 Lodi Ride
Ride to the Ferry, Merrimac, Gibralter Rock

8:35

John and Michele
Ericsson
848-4837
16 5:45 Festge Park North Loop (Cross Plains)
Ride ridges and valleys (potluck picnic )

8:39

Tim Goihl 279-9580
23 5:45 Mt. Vernon (town park)
Hills and ridges, views

8:40

Mark & Sharon Hughes

832-1506
30 5:45 New Glarus (old train station)
Hilly and scenic, grand views

8:41

Nancy Crabb 556-1284
July
7 5:45 Mt. Horeb South (Grundahl Park)
No wrong turns on the long-loop to beat the sunset

8:39

Brian Cassel 845-5904
14 5:45 Brigham County Park - South Route
Same mound, new hills (potluck picnic )

8:35

Gail VanHaren 437-3782
21 5:45 Black Earth Town Park
Classic climbs - Sutcliffe, Pinnacle, Reeve

8:30

Greg Ladwig 273-1449
28 5:45 Stoughton (Mandt Park)
Small hills, woods and farmland

8:23

Jason Dorgan 770-2228
August
4 5:45

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

8:15

Craig McCallum

255-2102

11 5:30

Mt. Vernon town park to Daleyville
A hilly, scenic ride with views from ridges

8:06

Tom Woody

695-7139
18 5:30 Marshall
Some hills, some farms, lots of scenery

7:56

Ray Cox 834-6030
25 5:30 Oregon East (starts at JC park)
Potluck and Pigroast at the  Mitchell Vineyard

7:44

Dave Mitchell 225-9210
September
1 5:30 Riley Ride
Up and over the Military Ridge a couple times

7:33

Matt Frank

843-2612

8 5:30 Paoli (Wendy Loop)
Observatory Hill and Frenchtown Rd

7:20

Wendy Sundby 819-8234
15 5:15 Verona (Military Ridge Park-n-Ride lot)
Moderately hilly to Riley and back

7:08

Janice Beers

231-2024
22 5:15 McFarland
A nice around Lake Kegonsa

6:55

Tom Helke 838-6195
29 5:15 (Fitchburg (Pinnacle Health Club)
A pretty ride with short options
PLEASE park on streets NOT parking lot.

6:42

Kay and Harry Lum 225-3578
October
6 5:00 Vilas Park (West shelter)
Escape the city - paved bike trails & Arboretum

6:30

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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