A D-Town Bicycle Cruise
Saturday, May 1, 2010, 10:30am – 8:00pm

If you’re doing the entire ride it will be 42 miles, if you’re doing just the downtown loop then it will be 20 miles.

he start of the ride will be at 9 mile & Woodward in Ferndale. Park in the lots on the southeast corner this is where we will gather. This group will head downtown to the first meeting spot where we will meet anyone wanting to do just the downtown loop. We will meet at Honest Johns Bar on 488 Selden. We will stop here , have a beer and continue the Hump. The following is the stops in order.

Downtown Loop
1. Honest Johns…beer & bathroom
2. Urban barnyard…feed the animals
3. Mexican Bakery……snacks
4. Nemo’s Bar……beer & bathrooms
5. Riverwalk…..pictures
6. Tri-Centinnial Park….bathrooms
7. Atwater Brewrey……beer & bathroom (if open)
8. Hiedelburgh Project…….pictures
9. Eastern Mkt…..BBQ, Beer & bathrooms
10. Forhans……beer & bathroom
11. Motor City Brewrey…beer & bathroom (This will be the final stop for all who met us at Honest Johns. Honest Johns is 3 blocks from this location)

Full route continues on to…
12. Hamtramck Disneyland
13. Paychecks Bar……beer & bathroom
14. Dakota Rathskeller…beer & bathroom (if time allows)
15. Dutch Girl Donuts…..for their awesomeness!!!
16. Woodward Ave Brewry….beer & bathrooms…this is the end of the ride.

Helmets are encouraged. but not mandatory(helmets are cheaper than new heads). We will try to obey all traffic laws to ensure the saftey of the group.

Please remember that this is a self sufficient ride so that means to make sure you have water, tubes, cell phone and money to do the portion of the ride you are doing. Wtih all the stops in the downtown area the 20 miles should be pretty easy to do.

At the stops we will stay for as long as time allows. Bars around 30 minutes or so. The stop at Eastern Mkt where we will eat, it ‘ll be around an hour. Also bring a locking device if you want but there will be a 20ft cable and lock to secure all the bikes in some fashion.

The main reason for this ride is to see the D on a bike and have a blast! If you’re doing the downtown loop look at getting back to your starting point around 5ish. If your doing the whole route then we will be getting back to the start around 8ish.

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