Bike the Barns 2009 presented by MACSAC in partnership with Underground Food Collective is a 52 mile bike ride to the southwest of Madison, Wisconsin to visit farms for tours and food. This tour included Primrose Community Farm, Garden to Be, and Snug Haven Farm. It ends at Elver Park for food, beverages, and entertainment.

Video includes highlights of the ride plus comments from Kiera Mulvey, Exeutive Director MACSAC, Scott Williams, Garden To Be, and Jonny Hunter of Underground Food Collective.

And thanks to ccMixter for the Creative Commons music they provide… like the music I've used here from DoKashiteru "Indpendence Day" (By, NC). And don't forget the folks that provided entertainment after the ride… Michael Kurarski, Reid Miller, Steve Pierick, & Carol Ormand – accordion, banjo, fiddle, & fiddle.

This was My Ride for the Biking to Work Week in Madison, Wisconsin. I primarily produced it for CrankmyChain and the weekly live casts that Dan Kaufman has been doing on Stickam.

I was a bit late, by about 7 hours, as the ride with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz was at 8:30am on a chilly morning, and I had to ride 10 miles to the start location – so I procrastinated. Okay, I slept it.

So I recreated the ride and recorded my own parallel ride. This is my ride from close the start – I took wrong turn, so I’m a block early – along the trail to the 5pm social, and then to home, with highlights along the return (including tunnels under busy streets).

Taking a ride through St Paul with one of Freewheelin bikes during 2008 RNC. Humana sponsored free bikes to use during week of RNC, and also donated $10 for each mile rode to Hurricane Gustav relief. Our ride along the Mississippi was rather interesting as coast guard boats secured the river.