Cycling Tips & Stories Article

Tour de Grape, a fund-raising ride for HavenHouse St. Louis, is offering single-day options for people wishing to do the ride May 12-13 in Farmington and Ste. Genevieve, Mo.

You can do either day of the ride for a $25 fee plus $150 in pledges. You also can do both days for the same $25 fee plus $250 in pledges.

On Day One, riders will travel 45 or 60 miles from Farmington through the gentle hills of Missouri’s Lead Belt and the Trail of Tears with lunch in Fredericktown, and the long route will take cyclists to the scenic Silver Mines Recreation Area. The long route will test your early season hill climbing skills.

Day Two begins and ends in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and riders will enjoy their choice of a 45- or 60-mile tour that will take them by the country’s oldest homesites and across the Mississippi River to cruise along the almost-flat bluff roads past some of Southwestern Illinois' most historic sites. At the completion of the ride, participants are invited to a wine tasting party featuring the area’s five local wineries.

HavenHouse St. Louis provides lodging for the families of children receiving treatment in St. Louis area hospitals.

Tour de Grape is a MoBikeFed Advocacy Event--a small part of each registration goes to support bicycle advocacy in Missouri. Please support this event that supports bicycle advocacy in Missouri!

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