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Event:  2015 WCCC MADISON Weekend

Dates:   Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19

Duration:        3 days/2 nights

Difficulty:       Best suited for energetic and experienced riders 

 

Join WCCC for our Annual 3-Day Weekend in MADISON Wisconsin!

 

Overview:

3 days of great biking with multiple options to appeal to a wide range of riders and including SAG support on Saturday, our longest ride day. Keeping with our Madison Weekend tradition, we’ve planned 3 new routes this year to keep the weekend fresh and interesting for our returning cyclists. You can expect beautiful scenery, great bike rides, hearty food, and great company! 

Friday, July 17

You'll want to get an early start for Madison to enjoy all of the activities planned for the weekend (and to beat weekend traffic). Allow about 3.5 hours for your drive up on Friday morning. Our weekend begins on Friday at Noon sharp in Cambridge for lunch -- a kitschy, fun place with a great cyclist's menu to fuel our first ride of the weekend.  

 

Camrock Cafe & Sport

217 W. Main St. Cambridge, WI

After lunch, we will head out for our first ride of the weekend through the pastoral areas south and east of Madison. Also feel free to check out quaint Cambridge.

 Cambridge Country Ride - 26 miles

 

We ride out of town, and before long we'll be cruising down shady lanes with beautiful pastoral scenery. This route is a great way to immerse yourself into Madison biking. This is not only a nice introduction to the area but a good tune-up for the rest of the weekend. Expect some rolling hills - just enough to warm up those legs for Saturday's long ride! After the ride, be assured your appetite will be tuned up for a fine group dining experience tonight in Madison.

Saturday, July 18

Our day begins with a full breakfast at the hotel before heading out on today’s feature ride:

Do the Wright Thing - Spring Green (multiple distance options)

We will have more details on this route shortly -- some options to take in some of the attractions in Spring Green. This is a beautiful ride and we leave plenty of time to enjoy lunch in Spring Green. Today's ride will be an accomplishment worthy of celebrating, so we will regroup at the end of the day and enjoy a wonderful dinner at one of Madison’s great restaurants.

Sunday, July 19

We have one more day to explore the outdoors before the weekend comes to an end. We've arranged for late check-out at the hotel (2 p.m.) so we can fully enjoy today's ride, have lunch, and still have time for a shower before the drive back home. Today's ride is more-relaxed and fun: 

  

Madison Trail Ride  - 24 miles

Today's ride will be a casual tour around Madison on its wonderful trail system, through some protected natural areas. 

 

This scenic ride culminates with an optional final group brunch at a local restaurant. We say good by to our friends, hopefully having made a few new ones! We'll take home great memories of our weekend together in Madison. There is a 2:00 pm check-out at the hotel so you can take a shower before the drive back to Chicago.

Details: 

Cost: $10 will be collected at the event to cover costs of activities: cue sheets, snack food and drinks, gas reimbursement for SAG vehicles. 

Hotel:  Country Inn and Suites

2212 Deming Way

Middleton, WI 53562

Phone: 608-831-6970

Book by 6/27 and save! Call the hotel directly and tell them you're with Windy City Cycling Club (WCCC) and get our special discounted rate of $84

per night for a double queen or king suite. Book early to get your first choice. The Country Inn and Suites provides a full breakfast every morning

and we have late check-out (2 p.m.) on Sunday.

 

Riders are responsible for booking their hotel rooms at the host hotel and abiding by the rules of the hotel (cancellation, etc.).  

Other: The WCCC Madison Weekend requires training and a base of miles beforehand. You should pack gear for both sunny, hot days and cool, rainy ones. The SAG will provide snacks and drink along the route and carry tools and air pump. The SAG vehicle can provide a bump down the road if needed but riders should plan to bike most of the miles - rain or shine. 

As the weekend gets closer, we will help riders organize into car pools as needed.

Questions: contact Jeff & Mark at 847-971-4124 or jwrogers1@comcast.net.