Main Street Bartow, Inc. & Bartow Cycling Events are gearing up for the Bloomin Bike Ride on March
the 3rd. This companion event with Bartow’s Bloomin Art Show and Bloomin 5K, is an on-road cycling tour
along the scenic back roads of southern Polk County. Gently rolling roads take our cyclists across the Peace
River Basin through expansive citrus groves and around the old Florida backwoods. Additionally, this is a
cycling event that sets us apart by providing great cycling support via fully stocked rest stops with friendly
volunteers, trailing vehicles for assistance and aid, course photographer, after ride massages, cool goodie bags
& great food provided by some of Bartow’s finest restaurants that keep our cyclists coming back to experience
even more of our hometown cycling hospitality!
Cyclists come from all over central Florida for the Bloomin Bike Ride & the Tour de Tow cycling events and
fall in love with our hospitality and the creature comforts of our small little town.
Our POWER PEDALERS is a program to use the proceeds from both the Bloomin Bike Ride and the Tour
de Tow to purchase bicycles for kids who would like a bike but cannot afford one. We think this is a great way
to give back to the children of the community as well as a way to help them cultivate a love for cycling and a
healthy lifestyle. Partnering with Wal Mart and Heartland for Children are helping us to make this a reality.
The staging area will be on the southwest side of Ft. Blount Park. Registration opens at 7:00 and the
ride begins with a special presentation at 8:00 of new bikes to our POWER PEDDLERS.
This years ride will feature a 65 & 35 mile road tour and an 17 mile family fun ride. Registration is at Active.
com, or you can download a registration form from BartowChamber.com website or you can register the day
of the race.
For info please contact, Trish Pfeiffer at 863.640.1024 or LillyCat36@aol.com. Application to register is below:
DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION HERE.
Trish Pfeiffer & Robert Pfeiffer
Event Director & Lead Cyclist
Bloomin Bike Ride & Tour de Tow
863.640-1024
Cycling
The Bartow area is also a favorite for those who enjoy bicycling. Miles of roadways with a variety of terrain make Bartow an ideal place to enjoy the great outdoors. The Fort Fraser Trail is more than seven miles of paved trail on an old railroad corridor offering a variety of activities, such as biking, walking, and skating, and is wheelchair accessible.Bartow's Tour de Tow is a September cycling event designed for all skill levels, with rest stops stocked with plenty of fluids, cookies and fruit. The tour takes place across the Peace River Basin through expansive citrus groves, around beautiful Lake Buffum, and continues through gently rolling hills and back woods roads surrounding Bartow.
Bartow's Bloomin' Bike Ride Is March 3, 2012
$100,000 Bill Bone Pro-Am Series Comes To Bartow At The Tour de Tow
Cycling in South Florida is about to reach a whole new level of adrenaline rushing excitement with the debut of the $100,000 Bill Bone Pro-Am race series, a zMotion and WAM Events production. From Miami, West Palm Beach to Bartow, this inaugural season is set to become a memorable, wheel to wheel racing, fun for the whole family.
The Fall series comes to Bartow for the Tour de Tow. This will be pure cycling passion and the most exhilarating race series cyclists have seen in years.
The two days of Polk County bike racing kicks off with the Tour de Tow Road Tour on Saturday, September 24, 2011. This on-road cycling tour takes cyclists along the scenic back roads of southern Polk County. Choose from a Family Fun Ride of 16 miles for $15.00, 37 Mile TowTour $30.00, and 65 Mile TowTour, $35.00. Tandem riders are encouraged to ride, too. Just add 15.00 for extra rider.
Registrationis at 7:00 a.m., ride begins at 8:00 a.m.
Main Street, Bartow will start sizziling at 2:00 p.m. with $100,000 Bill Bone Pro-Am, Criterium, which is part of the USA cycling national ranking system and part of the Florida Point SeriesTM. Racing will continue until 9:30 p.m. Spectators are encouraged and welcome. Local restaurants will be open and ready with sidewalk seating for spectator viewing of the races.
POWER PEDALERS
A special presentation from racing cyclists to a special group of up and coming cyclists, our Power Pedalers, will be early Saturday evening. New bikes are presented to kids who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford one. So far the Peddalers have provided 30 bikes to kids in need in just one year. If you know of any one or company out there who would like to be a sponsor please call Trish Pfeiffer, (863) 640-1024. At the Bloomin’ Bike Ride eight bikes were given away.
Registration for the Tour de Tow Road Tour can be found at www.active.com. Registration for the Bill Bone ProAm-Series can be found at www.billboneproam.com or call Trish Pfeiffer, (863) 640-1024, for more information.
POWER PEDALERSSeptember 24, early evening in downtown Bartow, a special presentation of new bikes will be made to kids unable to afford one. So far the Pedalers have provided 30 bikes to kids in need in just one year. If you know of any one or company out there who would like to be a sponsor please call Trish Pfeiffer, (863) 640-1024 or email lillycat36@aol.com. At the Bloomin’ Bike Ride eight bikes were given away.
