First-time Participant? Register for Free.
The registration fee for the Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride is $45 with a $10 price increase on June 1, but first-time participants can register for FREE with the Ticket to Ride. Here’s how the Ticket to Ride works:

• Must be a first-time Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride participant
• Ticket is good for one free registration
• The $300 pledge minimum is still required
• Ticket is valid for non-registered riders only. Refunds cannot be given to first-year riders who already registered.

If you’re a returning participant, be sure to share this offer with those you know who want to give the ride a try.

Set Your Sights on the Gold, Silver or Bronze
Commit to a higher fundraising minimum for your Bike MS team and receive great benefits as a Gold, Silver or Bronze Spokes Team.

• Gold – $50,000 team fundraising minimum
• Silver – $20,000 team fundraising minimum
• [Newly added!] Bronze – $10,000 team fundraising minimum

Benefits for all include an exclusive Spokes T-shirt, recognition along the bike route, catered dinner, team tent and special rooming assignments. Silver and Gold teams get significant additional upgrades. Learn more. Contact Steve Matz at steve.matz@nmss.org or 262-369-4425, or Nichole at nichole.shaffer@nmss.org or 262-369-4416 for details. Sign up now because the deadline is no later than Friday, June 1!

“I Ride with MS”
New to this year’s Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride is “I Ride with MS,” a program to honor and celebrate Best Dam Bike Ride cyclists who are diagnosed with MS.

As part of the “I Ride with MS” program, anyone who registers for the Ride and designates that he or she has MS will receive a complimentary “I Ride with MS” cycling jersey and enjoy special benefits and recognition throughout the ride weekend. The program is made possible through the support of Genzyme and MS One to One, and Primal Wear.

Janesville Man Cuts Hair for a Good Cause
Rick Huhn of Janesville was able to raise funds for Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride this year in a really unique way.  Co-workers of Huhn’s wife at Mercy East Eye Clinic said they would donate $1,000 if he cut his shoulder-length hair. His passion to find a cure for MS made his decision very simple. The group pooled their money and donated $1,200 after Huhn cut off eight inches of hair. Huhn, a member of Team CCC, has been riding for the past four years in honor of a friend who passed away from complications of MS. He says the Best Dam Bike Ride is “a very emotional time – best two days on a bicycle each year.”

Wheel and Sprocket Expo
The Wheel & Sprocket Expo, April 4-6, had an outstanding weekend with not only great weather but great sales. A lot of familiar faces, as well as new ones, visited the Best Dam Bike Ride booth. Thank you to Wheel & Sprocket and the booth volunteers for a fun filled weekend.