Hi Seth -- I live just west of Madison. As a rule of thumb, because the
glaciers stopped pretty much right at Madison (just west, to be precise,
pretty much where I live) to the east the terrain is rolling and if you
were in a car you would say flat. To the west, the main roads go through
Not familiar with the ride in question but have used the Wisconsin Bike
Federation maps. They are absolutely the best. Roads are rated from most
desireable to avoid as far as cycling. Lots of rail trails. Very high
level of information. We rode from Kewaskum to St Paul, MN, a couple of
The June dates *should* give you fairly mild weather (hoping this coming
summer will be more merciful to farmers than the last), and the area of the
ride, stretching from Kettle Moraine, east of Madison, to New Glarus,
southwest of Madtown, has some hills, but not so much as the country lying
The Driftless areas of Southwestern Wisconsin, Southeastern Minnesota,
Northwestern Iowa and Northeastern Illinois* are among the more beautiful
non-mountainous areas one could ever hope to encounter. Upper Mississippi
River valley in both Wisconsin and Minnesota is lovely country.
I'm not familiar with that organization, but I can vouch for Wisconsin
being a nice state for road riding, with a dense network of good quality,
low traffic alphabet roads (the county roads usually have names like A
and QQ). Personally, I find the area around Madison to be a little dull
Heck, if you come a week early and do the midwest country bike rally with
me in Minnesota, your legs will be plenty strong for the PAW tour.
On Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:38:35 PM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
wrote:
I'm not familiar with that organization, but I can vouch for Wisconsin
