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Online Registration Closes Wednesday
Online registration will close at noon on Wednesday, July 30, but participants will still be able to sign up at the starting line on August 2, beginning at 6:30 a.m. at Waukesha County Technical College, 800 Main St. in Pewaukee.
Route Maps
There are three Best Dam Bike Ride routes each day. Click on the links below for full details of each route. Please note that routes are subject to change until the day of the event. Route maps will be available each morning during the Ride weekend
Saturday, August 2
ROUTE: 50.7 MILES
ROUTE: 73.3 MILES
ROUTE: 97.9 MILES
Sunday, August 3
ROUTE: 60.8 MILES
ROUTE: 80.3 MILES
ROUTE: 105.5 MILES
Check-In Entrance at WCTC
Due to construction, the entrance riders normally use to enter the check-in building is not accessible. Please follow signs that direct to a side door.
Performance Massages
A massage after a day of riding? Yes, please! Professional massage therapists from Signature Body & Mind will be on site in Whitewater and Madison to provide performance and Thai massages to help with muscle recovery. Reserved 30-minute massages and 15 minute walk-in massages are available both days. On Saturday the massages are in room 118 in Esker Hall. On Sunday, massages are at the finish line. They cost only $1 a minute and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the National MS Society.
Reserve for Saturday, August 2
Reserve for Sunday, August 3
Get the Bike MS App
 The free Bike MS mobile app makes it easier to monitor and fundraise for Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride. With it, you can send donations, recruitment and thank you emails; request donations through Facebook; track your fundraising progress and update your personal page. The Bike MS mobile app is available for iOS and Android.
First-time Participant? Register for Free.
First-time participants can register for FREE with the Ticket to Ride. If you’re a returning participant, share this offer with those you know who want to give the ride a try.
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Sink a Hole-in-One and Win FREE Registration
Look for the putting green near the Party Tent on Saturday evening and at UW-Whitewater Sunday afternoon at WPS  Insurance for your chance to win free registration for next year’s Best Dam Bike Ride. Pay $5 for three attempts to sink your ball; get a hole-in-one and registration is free. If you miss, try again! Once you reach $15, you'll be automatically registered. Registration increases to $35 on Monday, August 4, so don’t miss this chance to save. (Team captains, this is an easy way to get your team registered early!)
 Bring Family Along
The more the merrier! Encourage anyone, including family and friends, to come cheer you on at the WCTC start line. Your fan section can also join you at UW-Whitewater and at the Madison finish line. Meals are available at UW-Whitewater for family and friends of individuals riding (Saturday dinner for $8.95, Sunday breakfast for $5.95); just pay UW-Whitewater directly before walking into the dining room. Meals are also available at the Madison finish line dinner at WPS Insurance ($5).
 Read the Ride and Skills Guides
The Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride Skills Guide has important safety information and the Ride Guide covers the weekend details.  Guides have been mailed to registered participants and include valuable coupons from some of this year’s ride partners.
Cheer for the New Beer
You spoke, we listened. New beer options will be available at the Best Dam Bike Ride Saturday night Party Tent at UW-Whitewater and the Sunday afternoon finish line at WPS Insurance. Choose from Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Blue Moon, Pilsner Urquell and Batch 19 on Saturday evening, and Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Blue Moon, Pilsner Urquell and Honey Weiss on Sunday. Special thanks to sponsor MillerCoors for their support.
Look for the Lumberjack!
At the bike ride, keep your eyes peeled for UW-Health Red’s Riders team member David Jaehn, or as you may have known  him last year, “Diaper Biker”. This year he is going as a lumberjack and will be sporting a cutoff flannel shirt, jean shorts, a beard and a red and black checked helmet. He will be riding a handcrafted bike made of two by fours. Click here to read more about David’s story.
New ‘I Ride With MS’ Program
The 31st Annual Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride introduces a new “I Ride with MS” program. This program is a way of honoring participating cyclists who identify that they have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which is believed to have a higher prevalence rate in Wisconsin. More than 60 riders have signed up for the program so far. Meet two of these inspirational riders below:
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 Jane Schmieding
It’s been 36 years since she was diagnosed with MS and Jane Schmieding feels she’s in the best shape she’s ever been in her life. Her secret? “My attitude that I can try just about anything.” That includes rock climbing, skydiving, rope courses, cross-country sit-skiing, kayaking and bicycling. She adapts each as needed for her MS, such as the hand-crank bike she borrows from her adaptive fitness instructor for rides in and around the Madison area. “I like the feel of moving along fairly fast,” she said. “I want to keep challenging myself to things that are a bit outside of my comfort zone and encourage others to do that, even if it’s walking to your front porch or your mailbox. I’m keeping all my parts in shape so they can start working together when myelin repair comes.”
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 Pam Dvorek
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Pam Dvorak was told that riding tandem with her husband Corey at their first Bike MS: TOYOTA Best Dam Bike Ride in 2010 would either make or break a relationship, don’t read anything into the fact that her goal is to ride by his side this year on a single-seat Wilier instead. “Since riding in my first Bike MS, I have realized I CAN do so many things even though I have MS.” Her four children, her husband, her fellow Flying Monkey teammates and even strangers along the route are her cheerleaders. “It is encouraging to hear ‘you can do it’ and I keep that in mind not only going up hills on the ride, but also when I am struggling with MS symptoms.”
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| A group photo of all I Ride with MS participants is planned at WCTC before the ride begins on Saturday (August 2). If you are part of the program and want to be in the picture, please meet at the team photo area, located outside the check in area south of the start line, at 7 a.m. |
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