Ride the Drive is Sunday, June 5, 10a.m. - 3p.m. www.cityofmadison.com/ridethedrive Quickly becoming an iconic Madison favorite event, the City of Madison & Madison Parks' Ride the Drive presented by Trek will be on Sunday, June 5, 10a.m. - 3p.m. Ride the Drive is a community event that transforms some of Madison's streets into a public promenade. During the event, roads in the six mile route are open for participants to bike, skate or walk through some of Madison's signature streets. The event is free and open to the public. This year's event includes family friendly events along the route provided by the city, community organizations and local businesses, including: * 10:00a.m. - Charity Lap Kick-off. WMMM 105.5FM will kick off Ride the Drive with the "charity lap". If you are riding in a charity ride this summer, join us for a casual lap around the ride the drive course--it's the world's easiest training ride! Wear your ride jersey or shirt...create a sea of jerseys and shirts from the Trek100, Best Dam Bike Tour, Tour de Cure, Scenic Shore 150, etc. The charity lap rolls from the capitol square at Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd at 10am. * 11:00a.m. - Bike Parade. Decorate your bike, your helmet and head on down to Parade Drive (John Nolen Drive/Olin Park). The parade will head down John Nolen Drive to Bike Avenue on East Washington Ave. * Noon - 1p.m. The Milwaukee Brewers Famous Racing Sausages will be at the Capitol Square & Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Come down, get your picture taken with all FIVE sausages, and see who wins the race. The Sausage Race will kick off at 12:30p.m. Thank you to the Harmony Bar & Grill for sponsoring the Famous Racing Sausages. Ride the Drive is a festival on wheels! Along the route, there will be activities, informational booths, musicians, food vendors and a drawing for a Trek Allant bike and other prizes. * Parade Drive (John Nolen Drive/Lakeside Street) & Family Drive (Brittingham Park) feature bouncy houses, kids games, food and fun * Madison Parks Village (Capitol Square) features live music from local musicians, food, vendor booths. * Bike Avenue (East Washington Ave.) features a climbing wall, bicycle demos, games and vendor booths. * "Tunes in the Tunnel" features live music from local musicians. For a full listing of events, vendors and locations, please visit the Ride the Drive website. Volunteers still needed It's not too late to volunteer for this event. Volunteers are essential to the success of the event. Bring a friend and have twice the fun! To register please go to the Ride the Drive website Stop, Shop, Eat and Drink! While you are downtown, be sure to enjoy the fine dining and shopping that Downtown Madison has to offer. While some of the roads on the route are closed, access remains open to downtown and motorists can still get to and through the Isthmus to shop, dine, or participate in the event.
Thank you sponsors! The success of the event is thanks to our sponsors: Trek, Triple M 105.5, Charlie 105.1FM, WOLX94.9, Harmony Bar & Grill, Metcalfe Markets, Group Health Cooperative, Hallman Lindsey Paint, UW-Stevens Point Adventure Travel and Oscar Mayer. Madison Parks thanks them for their support of the June 5th Ride the Drive. Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
