BIKE ACROSS KS COMING TO LOCAL AREA IN JUNE 2/8/16 GB
(KNZA)--Plans are being made for the 42nd annual Biking Across Kansas tour in June, which will make overnight stops in several local cities.
Nine hundred bicyclists are expected to participate in this year’s event which will fol-low a 450-mile route, starting at the Kansas-Colorado line west of Saint Francis on Saturday, June 4 and end at the banks of the Missouri River in Elwood on Saturday, June 11.
The bicyclists will make stops in three local cities---Marysville, Sabetha, and Troy.
The bicycle tour across the state promotes health and wellness through bicycling, the history and beauty of the Kansas landscape, and the warm hospitality of the Kansas towns and people.
Riders range in age from eight to 88 years old. Multiple generation families are expected again this year.
Many riders will be from Kansas, but entries will also represent as many as 30 states, including as far away as Massa-chusetts, Florida, New Mexico, Washington, and California. In addition, participants are anticipated from countries outside the United States.
Biking Across Kansas started in 1975 with fewer than 100 hundred riders. Forty-two years later the tour is now capped annually at 900 participants.
Registration began on Friday, January 29. For more information on Biking Across Kansas 2016 or to register go on-line to bak.org.
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