Missouri Bicycle News Article

BikeMO Sponsors Gold Sponsors Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute Kansas City Bicycle Club Red, White, and Green, Inc. Silver Sponsors Whole Foods Kansas City Sallee Law Firm Kansas City, MO Bronze Sponsors System Solutions, Inc. kcbike.info Alpine Shop ACME Bicycle Company You or your company can become a sponsor of BikeMo 2006--click here for printable application form (PDF format)

Please pre-register now for BikeMo 2006--October 14th, 2006.
Celebrate the Missouri Bicycle Federation's many successes this year with us, as we enjoy the fall foliage and beautiful roads of central Missouri on this new ride featuring Century, Metric Century (62 miles), and Half-Metric (32 miles) routes.

Time & place: Saturday, Oct 14th, 2006, 9AM, starting at Holt's Summit Plaza, Holt's Summit, MO, five miles north of Jefferson City on Hwy 54.

BikeMO showcases the countryside, autumn leaves, and fine rural roads of Callaway county this year.

The ride will begin at 9AM because of the season and to allow time that morning for cyclists from Kansas City, St. Louis, and other areas of the state to travel to the starting point.

With preregistration the ride is only $20/individual, $15/student, $40/family. Day of event registration will be $25 per person, no exceptions.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for BikeMO resources and information, including maps, sag stops, camping, motels, and directions to the starting point.

Plan to support MoBikeFed the fun, enjoyable way-by participating in BikeMo!

The BikeMO Routes
The BikeMO routes are three of the most beautiful loops through rural, scenic mid-Missouri. Most of the routes are on low-traffic, two-lane country roads.

Most of the route can be described as gently rolling hills and some segments are quite flat. But every so often there are some really steep or substantial hills--for instance on the segment of the Century route between Readsville and Fulton, and the section of the 32-mile route on Highway H.

The route passes through or along many sections of the Mark Twain National Forest and wildlife conservation areas--for instance, the route passes through, along, or near the Pine Ridge Campground, the Cedar Creek Trail, Carrington Pits Recreation Area, the Cedar Creek Unit of Mark Twain National Forest, the Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area, the Prairie Fork Conservation Area, the Reform Conservation Area.

Route resources:

• Route Map:
  • BikeMo Map and Route Sheet (PDF format)
    
  • Route Map--Fulton Area detail (PDF format)
  
  
• Route photos
  
• Sag stops: For the 32-mile route there is a C-Store near the halfway point. For the 60/100-mile routes, there will be sags at the 19, 32, and 42 mile marks; for the 100-mile route there are also sags at mile 58 and 82. Sag stops will have water, a few light snacks, and a restroom available.
  
• C-stores:There are three C-stores along the route where you can use the restroom, get water, or buy a snack. See map [PDF format] for location.

Online BikeMO Preregistration If you pre-register the ride is only: $20 regular $15 student $40 family (Day of event registration will be $25 per person--no exceptions.) Additional tax-deductible donations are welcomed and will benefit the Missouri Bicycle Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 corporation dedicated to bicycle safety and education. Because this is a fund raising event, no refunds will be given. The ride will go, rain or shine! If you have trouble with online registration or prefer to send a check, just print and mail the BikeMO registration form (PDF format).

BikeMO resources:

• Registration
  
  • BikeMo registration form/flyer (PDF format) (print and mail in)
  
  Please note that all of the above reflect provisional plans, which may change.
  
  
• Starting point
  • Finder map for the starting point in Holt's Summit, MO: GoogleMap, YahooMaps, MapQuest
    
  • Restaurants in Holts Summit
  
  
• Lunch: For 60 and 100 milers we suggest lunch in Fulton. We will provide a list of restaurants in the area. This is on your own, of course.
  
• Roving Sag: Sag vehicles will drive the route to help bicyclists in trouble or having mechanical problems. In addition, Eric at Fulton Bicycle is hosting the Fulton Sag Stop, so if you are having any mechanical problems, there is an opportunity to have them worked on.
  
• Lodging:
  • Closest lodging is the Summit Plaza Inn, Holts Summit or check this list of Lodging in Fulton and Kingdom City
    
  • Another possibility: hotels and motels in Jefferson City and Columbia
    
  • The Callaway County Chamber of Commerce has a list of area accommodations.
    
  • The adventurous can find a number of campgrounds and bed & breakfast inns near Holt's Summit, including some on the Katy Trail
    
  • Pine Ridge Campground, in the Mark Twain National Forest near Guthrie, is near New Bloomfield, a pleasant 10 mile ride from Holt's Summit.
    
  • Dry Fork Recreation Area, in the Mark Twain National Forest near New Bloomfield, has several camp sites and a group camping area.
  
  
• Area festivals and events
  • Make a weekend of it by visiting nearby festivals and events
    
  • Hermann, Missouri's famous Oktoberfest runs the entire month of October.
    
  • Spend the rest of the weekend on the nearby Katy Trail. Katy Trail lodging and camping is available in nearby towns.
    
  • There are mountain biking trails in the area, including the Cedar Creek trail network.
    

Helmets are required for the ride.

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