MISSOULA, Mont. (BRAIN) — Adventure Cycling Association will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016, and is planning a weekend of overnight bike travel across the U.S. and Canada next June to mark the occasion.
The organization is asking bike tourists to take a tour on that weekend. They can start one of their own or find an existing tour through its National Bike Travel Weekend interactive map.
"Our goal is to inspire new and experienced bike travelers alike to enjoy an overnight bicycle trip with thousands of other people throughout North America on the same weekend," said Jim Sayer, the executive director of Adventure Cycling Association. "National Bike Travel Weekend is for big groups, small groups and solo bike enthusiasts. It can be one night or two nights, travelers can sleep outside or indoors, and the distance covered can be one to 100 miles — whatever works for you."
Everyone who registers a National Bike Travel Weekend trip at adventurecycling.org/biketravelweekend/ by May 16 will be entered into a drawing to win a commemorative Salsa Marrakesh touring bike and will receive a National Bike Travel Weekend sticker. The first 500 people to register will receive an Adventure Cycling key chain.
Adventure Cycling was founded as Bikecentennial and started as a 4,250-mile TransAmerica Trail bicycle ride with over 4,100 participants in the summer of 1976.
In addition to National Bike Travel Weekend, Adventure Cycling will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bikecentennial with two other major events. The Montana Bicycle Celebration, July 15-17 and Bike to Your National Park Day / State Park Day on Sept. 24.
For more information about Adventure Cycling's 40th anniversary at adventurecycling.org/40th. Register your tour at: adventurecycling.org/about-us/40th-anniversary/national-bike-travel-weekend-june-3-5-2016/register-a-bike-overnight.
