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Tour De Tow
Event: Tour De Tow
Where: Stages on Central between Main & Summerlin.
180 S. Central for GPS.
Contact: 863-640-1024
Registration: Bartow Cycling
Event Director: Trish Pfeiffer
Lead Cyclist: Robert Pfeiffer
The Scenic Tour de Tow Road Tour held in September is a little slice of cycling heaven on-road tour taking cyclists along the scenic back roads of south Bartow.
With cool rest stops including a boardwalk on the tranquil Peace River and a country working barn filled with eclectic memorabilia, you can choose from a Family Fun Ride, 17-miles for $20; 35-mile Half Century Medric Ride, $30; or 62-mile Metric Century Ride, $35.00; TANDEM RIDERS, just add $10 for extra rider. To register the day of the ride, you pay $5 extra. Extra tee shirts may be purchased, as available, for $10. To buy an extra meal, pay $5.
You may also register the day of ride at 7:00 a.m. ($5 late registration fee). Ride begins at 8:00 a.m. Chill out with our cool-down towels when you come back from your ride, and enjoy some great food from our Main Street restaurants.
New bikes are presented each year to the Power Pedalers before the tour takes off. Kids who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford a bike are given one – encouraging them to ride for life. Anyone wishing to sponsor a bike may call (863) 640-1024. More than 100 kids have benefited from this program.
Registration for the Tour de Tow Road Tour can be found on Active.com or Bartow Cycling events website towards the end of July and through September; or call Pfeiffer, (863) 640-1024.
Power Pedalers
A special presentation of new bikes will be made to kids unable to afford one prior to the Tour de Tow. So far the Pedalers have provided more than 100 bikes to kids in need. If you know of any one or company out there who would like to be a sponsor please call Trish Pfeiffer, (863) 640-1024.