Above: some of the scenery that you'll see on rides in our area. This is from an organized ride in county road J40 in nearby Davis County.
Club rides
Weekly rides will be announced at a later date..
Rides are typically "show and go" rides, meaning whoever shows up will choose how far and where to ride. These rides are for ALL members. No level of riding skill is required. Wear a helmet. Children must be accompanied by an adult family member.
Places to ride in Iowa
Volksweg Trail (Pella and Lake Red Rock)
Wabash Trace Nature Trail (southwest Iowa)
Organized rides in Iowa and neighboring states
(Note: The club does not formally organize anything for these events. This list is simply provided as a resource. More events will be added as they are found. However, club members are certainly welcome to make plans with other members to ride these if they wish.)
May 27-28, 2023 - Pedaler's Jamboree. A two-day bicycle ride and music festival on the Katy State Trail in mid-Missouri.
June 4-10, 2023 - Bike Ride Across Nebraska. BRAN offers small town hospitality and the beauty of the rolling terrain on the great plains through Nebraska.
June 4-9, 2023 - RASDak (Ride Across South Dakota)
June 10-17, 2023 - Biking Across Kansas. Bicycle across Kansas in eight days, from the Colorado to the Missouri state lines.
June 17-24-2023 - Ride the Fault Line. Ride portions of Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee in 7 days. Experience earthquake, river, and Civil War history with a helping of southern hospitality.
June 20-25, 2023 - Tour de Nebraska. A fully sagged, 5-day bicycle tour, pedaling through beautiful, scenic rural Nebraska every year in June. The 2023 ride will visit Columbus, Albion, and Norfolk in northeast Nebraska.
August 5, 2023 - Dairyland Dare. Set in southwest Wisconsin near Dodgeville, the land untouched by glacial flattening during the last ice age, the Dairyland Dare offers some of the most extreme hills in the Midwest. Distances are 50K, 100K, 150K, or 200K.
August 17-20 - Bicycling Around Minnesota. The 2023 ride will explore southeastern Minnesota's bluff country.
August 19-20, 2023 - Bike Van Buren. A two-day bicycle tour of the Villages of Van Buren County in southeastern Iowa. The route is given to riders upon check-in on the morning of the ride.
October 2, 2023 - Tour De Bass. Distances from 17 to 100 miles in the Springfield, MO area.
Big BAM rides on the Katy Trail across mid-Missouri. June 5-10 and October 9-14, 2023
Bike Wisconsin and Bicycle Illinois offer several events in their respective states.
TOMRV (Tour of the Mississippi River Valley). 2022 was the final year for this hilly ride in the Quad Cities IA/IL and Dubuque IA/IL/WI area. Several club members have enjoyed riding this in past years.