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SummerTour 2027

About SummerTour

  • SummerTour is a 5-day bicycling / camping tour.
  • Bicycling starts on Wednesday, July 14th and ends on Sunday, July 18th.
  • Check in Tuesday so you are ready for a full day’s ride on Wednesday.
  • RV sites for full hookups, partial hookups or “electricity only” are extra.
  • Online registration starts Saturday, January 30, 2027, at 8:00 A.M. for TCBA members, noon for everyone else.
  • The first 225 registrants will be accepted.

Your basic fee ($445) includes rustic camping, route maps, SAG and meals. Catering will be for breakfast and supper. You will get lunch during your daily ride.

 

SummerTour has great discounts for children and fun things to do. The committee is still planning kids’ activities for 2027, but last year included swimming in Lake Huron, special kids’ rides, a bike parade, campfires and acting like kids.

 

Not sure yet, but maybe planning:

  • Hayride in the Gaylord State Forest
  • Pool swimming and at Ocqueoc Falls
  • Putt-putt golf
  • Trip to Mackinac Island
  • Wine tasting

A NEW PLACE!!! SummerTour 2027 will be at “Twin Bears Wooded Campground” near Indian River, in the “Tip of the Mitt”, just 30 miles south of Mackinaw City.


Twin Bears is in Michigan’s vacation playground. It is easy distance to Petoskey, Alpena, Gaylord and all the resort towns between. Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Ocqueoc Falls. 


www.TwinBearsWoodedCampground.com has fun stuff in camp.


Set up camp once and come back to Twin Bears every day after riding. Break camp only once.


Daily routes will be varying miles each day. 


SummerTour 2027 will rely on the “Park and Ride” format more than before. Northern Michigan is packed with bike trails, they are mostly compacted limestone – only a few are paved. Road bikes will work but maybe have your tires a bit wider. Twin Bears is on a rural low-to-moderate-density, 55-MPH road.


Put your bicycle on your car rack, drive to a trailhead, park and ride a loop route back to your car.


Pigeon River Country State Forest (The Big Wild) is nearly next door. It has miles of dirt and gravel bike trails for off-road riding.

SummerTour is sponsored by the Tri-County Bicycle Association (TCBA) of Lansing, MI and is open to all capable interested bicyclists. You need not be a member of any organization to participate. Visit TCBA at BikeTCBA.org

Tri-County Bicycling Association is an all-volunteer bicycling club in the Lansing, MI area.

For more information or questions email SummerTour@biketcba.org.

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SummerTour 2027
Registration

Will open  Saturday January 30, 2027
at 8:00 am for TCBA members
& noon for non-members 
The first 225 entries will be accepted


Note: If you are a TCBA member please log in to register.

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