Missouri Bicycle News

BikeMO 2005 is over! Please save the date for BikeMo 2006--October 14th, 2006. See you there! BikeMO 2005 was a great success. Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to help and all of you who came out to ride and support bicycle advocacy in Missouri. The ride raised approximately $2000 for bicycle advocacy in Missouri. See BikeMO 2005 photos online here or view a Flash slideshow of the ride photos here. We want to thank the businesses who supported or sponsored the ride: Holt's Summit Plaza Shopping Center, the Holts Summit Community Betterment Association, Walmart in Columbia, Mid-Mo Rental in Fulton, Ravine Street Bicycle in Fulton, the Capitol City Cycling Club, Fireworks Supermarket in Kingdom City, 4-C Convenience Store in Readsville, and Tonanzio's Cedar Lake Lodge in New Bloomfield. Plan now to ride again in BikeMO 2006. The route will again be in mid-Missouri and the date will be mid-October 2006--thus the general information on this page about route, directions, lodging, restaurants, and camping will still be valid in 2006. Watch this space (MoBikeFed.org/BikeMO) for more details as they become available. Hope to see you there!

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.

The BikeMO, the first annual ride in support of Missouri bicycle advocacy, is a fundraiser for the Missouri Bicycle Federation.

Time & place: Saturday, Oct 15, 2005, 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.

The ride will be only $20 with pre-registration (add $5 for registration the day of the event).

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 Note: BikeMO 2005 pre-registration has been disabled because the event is over. But we do appreciate your membership or donation to MoBikeFed at any time of year!

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:
  • Due to maintenance work on the Callaway Count Nuclear Power Plant, most hotels in Holt's Summit and Fulton are completely full. You can try the Summit Plaza Inn, Holts Summit or check this list of Lodging in Fulton and Kingdom City--but don't be surprised to find "no vacancy".
    
  • A better bet may be 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.

Related:

News: 1st Annual BikeMO October 15th: Route photos

News: BikeMO 2007 wrap-up

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