Bike Fitchburg

06/04/2026

We had a lovely Ride for Joe to House today--perfect conditions!

05/22/2026

Yesterday we celebrated five new Bicycle Friendly Business awards. We welcomed Promega Corporation as a Silver BFB, congratulated Fitchburg Family Pharmacy and Delta Beer Lab on their upgrades to Silver, and complimented Adesys and the Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce on their renewals of Silver. Wow, 100% Silver!

continues at number 6 on the national leader board!

05/18/2026

A resident reported that there was a tree down across the Capital City State Trail in Fitchburg near the east edge of the State Game Lands (about 0.6 mile west of Syene Rd). (Thank you, Eric!) We reported it to the Dane County Communications Center to be relayed to Dane County Parks. Did anyone ride that stretch this morning who can confirm the blockage has been removed?

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05/11/2026

Celebrate Bike Month and National Bike to Work Day with the City of Fitchburg with a bike ride to work with the Mayor this Friday, May 15, 2026!

The event will start with assembly at 7:00 a.m. at the McKee Farms Park BCycle station (near the main shelter), and will include a 1-mile ride on Fitchburg's Greenway System to City Hall at 7:15 a.m. and brief remarks, including award presentations to Fitchburg’s newest Bicycle Friendly Businesses, at City Hall about 7:30 a.m.

The event is free and the media, public, and elected officials are invited. https://www.facebook.com/events/25943721455253294

04/25/2026

Tomorrow is Celebrate Trails Day— to Trails Conservancy’s annual springtime celebration of America’s trails—always the fourth Saturday of April. This event is free and runs from 10am to 1pm. It will be great weather to be outside!

We hope you will join the celebration by getting outside and enjoying Fitchburg's trails and multi-use paths!

Join us for Celebrate Trails Day 2026 with a pit stop at our "recreation station" at the The Velo UnderRound!

Your host is Bike Fitchburg. Enjoy non-alcoholic drinks from national sponsor Athletic Brewing Company and snacks, pick up bike maps, and learn how to help us advocate for biking and walking that's safer, easier, more fun, and more equitable in !
https://www.facebook.com/events/1979281350139180

The Velo UnderRound is a two-level interchange among five regional trails, serving Fitchburg, Madison, Verona, and locations throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Water, rest rooms, air pump, and repair stand with tools are nearby at Fitchburg's Dawley Bike Hub. Epic mountain biking is adjacent at the Dane County Seminole Mountain Bike Park, just south on the Military Ridge Path at Saris Trails, and on the Military Ridge State Trail at Fitchburg’s Quarry Ridge Recreation Area.

With 2026 marking America’s 250th and Rails to Trails Conservancy's 40th anniversary, this year’s celebration is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best yet. Learn more about the celebration and how to win great prizes for participating by visiting the Celebrate Trails Day website:
https://RailsToTrails.org/CelebrateTrailsDay.

We hope you’ll join us tomorrow!

P.S. Help get the word out and share your adventures along Fitchburg's paths and regional trails on social media using and !

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04/03/2026

Kick off May, Bike Month, with Bike Fitchburg and the Fitchburg Senior Center! We are offering two great events on May 6: our monthly Ride for Joe and a special offering "Learn How to Ride a BCycle". At McKee Farms Park at 9:30 we'll orient you to BCycle e-bikes and the BCycle app and review basic bike riding safety. At 10am, two rides will roll out.
The monthly Ride for Joe will take a 12-20-mile route, including a coffee or lunch stop. You'll need your own bike, helmet, and State Trail Pass.
The special BCycle ride will be a six-mile slow roll by several points of interest to test our new e-bike skills. You must attend the 9:30 orientation and register in advance. Participation is limited to 15.

Facebook event for both rides:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1653412202745409/1653585709394725/
Ticket link for both events:
https://www.fscprograms.com/exercise-wellness-pickleball

The BCycle event is hosted by RoundTrip Greater Madison and Madison BCycle, in partnership with the Fitchburg Senior Center and Bike Fitchburg.

04/02/2026

Madison BCycle is Open for Business!

The City of Fitchburg, WI - Government, Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce, and the Fitchburg business community, with the help of a federal grant, have funded twenty-two (22) BCycle stations across our urban service area.

To celebrate BCycle's 15th anniversary, they are giving free passes to all Dane County residents for the month of April. Now is the perfect time to learn to use this system!

Promo Code: FREEMONTH
Valid: March 10 – April 30, 2026
Limit: One free pass per adult residing or working in Dane County.

Riders can redeem the offer by downloading the BCycle mobile app and signing up for a Monthly Pass using the promo code. The Monthly Pass provides access to unlimited 60-minute e-bike trips across Madison BCycle’s 110-station network, allowing riders to check out an e-bike from any station using the BCycle app and return it to any available station throughout the region.

03/17/2026

Bike Fitchburg is over the moon that four more Fitchburg businesses have received Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB) awards from the League of American Bicyclists!
• Alterra Design Homes Silver
• The Juniper apartments Silver
• Tabby & Jack’s pet supplies Fitchburg Bronze
• Ten Pin Alley Bronze
When looking for a place to live, shop, or play, consider these businesses, which have made welcoming those on bikes a priority!

Fitchburg is now first in the Midwest and sixth in the nation in BFBs!

02/14/2026

Bike Fitchburg supports the Wisconsin Bike Fed's campaign to develop the Wisconsin Bike Safety Plate. Please consider donating!
(Shown are sample designs, not the final design.)
https://give.wisconsinbikefed.org/campaign/766424/donate

01/28/2026

Alex was one of us, could’ve been any of us, so as we mourn, all of us can come together in unity to remember Alex for what he was. A kind and caring soul put on this earth to be the light for others. Although his light has been extinguished by this fascist regime, it hasn’t been lost. If anything, those sparks fell and ignited something in us that’s been hiding all along. We are stronger together, and they can’t take us all. We’ve gathered together a community of cyclists to remember Alex Pretti. Please join in, near or far this Saturday, 1/31 1:00 PM Central Time. The ride will start at the Wisconsin State Capital(state street side), we will ride about 9 miles together, and reconvene at the meeting spot.
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We’re asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.
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If you’d like to join in and gather folks together, please print the flyer and tag us on social media so we can share where your ride will take place. Files attached are courtesy of Casey Robertson of Robertson Design aka and provided the text for this post.
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Madison, WI joins together .city.cyclists, , , , .meanderers group, Bike Fitchburg and others. We hope folks from all over join together in unity as well!

Contact [email protected] for more info