Routes

In-person ride registration for Sunday’s Sept. 20, 2026 Bike Tour – featuring our incomparable Shipshewana Century, Covered Wooden Bridge and Quilt Trail Classic routes – is open on site from 7:30am – noon on the morning of the Ride. It’s not a race, and, E-bikes & recumbents are welcome!

Online registration for Sunday’s Sept. 20, 2026 Bike Tour has closed. Donations will still be gratefully accepted online via the link below. 🙂

Register or Donate Here!

Due to supply and production logistics, T-Shirt sales closed Sept. 8 at 11:59am (deadline extended one day due to Labor Day holiday).

BFK’s Fall Bike Celebration’s magnificent Bike Tour — in 2026 proudly presented by Cole Krum Chevrolet — is always on the Sunday of the third full weekend of September — offering something for everyone.

Online registration is open, and features our updated 2026 route choices.

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OVERVIEW: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT — BIKE TOUR IN A NUTSHELL

Sunday’s Fall Bike Celebration Bike Tour (7:30am-5pm)
Day-of Registration 7:30am-noon. Clean Up & Close: 5pm.
Start & finish at the charming Vicksburg Historic Village.
Online registration at BikeReg closed 11:59pm, Sept 13.
Unexpected roadwork, detours, etc. beyond our control may occur.

ROUTE MAPS: Maps from Ride With GPS (RWGPS) and Printable
Route opening & closing times, group start times and other important details are HERE. Click on links below for Ride With GPS (RWGPS) and Print Ready maps. Scroll down for more details.

IMPORTANT NOTE – Last minute changes due to road work, emergencies, etc., are always a possibility and may be too late to map. Please use your best judgment.

RWGPS Map Notes. Some features with Ride With GPS may require a desk-top computer in one of the steps (such as downloading a .gpx file) or for-fee accounts (such as when trying to use it on a smart phone). You may be able to get around this by accepting a free trial. We apologize that our volunteers will not be able to answer technical questions about RWGPS. Ride With GPS is much like any other navigational system, and it works better than most.

Note to mileage hounds. Routes can be combined! Within our Last Start and 5pm Closing Time parameters, feel free to ride more than one route to fit your mileage goals to build the perfect day. Training for longer rides pays off in many ways.

DETAILED ROAD ROUTE DESCRIPTIONS

Our copy editor got carried away after being influenced by Moosejaw catalog descriptions. Some of us feel that skipping them won’t hurt a bit. Others think they’ll give you a sense of the experience you are in for.

Shipshewana Century, Covered Bridge Metric Century & Covered Bridge Mini, (100, 64 & 38 miles)
Land O Goshen! What should we even call a route that: a) crosses State lines; b) takes riders into another world; and, c) suggests the possibilities of time transport? All three routes cross the longest covered wooden bridge in Michigan. The cool part if you’ve trained up for it: our Shipshewana Century goes all the way to Shipshewana, and takes in the absolutely beautiful historic “wedding photography-worthy” Rawson’s King Mill Park. The Metric Century and Mini routes stay in Michigan. The Metric meanders by Fish Lake, some nicely paved surfaces, passes through Centreville and the fun-sounding Truckenmiller Road. The Covered Bridge Mini gets you over the longest wooden covered bridge in Michigan and offers scenic views of the St. Joseph River. The 100 returns by way of another stop at the Covered Bridge Park, then Rawson’s King Mill Park. Hmm, could this be a fair range test for an e-bike?

Vicksburg Quilt Trail Classic (18 miles)
The Vicksburg Quilt Trail Classic route offers a collection of 24 large colorful photo-worthy quilt patterns, most of which have been painted on the sides of barns located throughout the Vicksburg area. This route will let you sample and admire the artist-owners’ creative works along the way… . Riding it, we think you will come to agree that the Vicksburg Quilt Trail must be seen in person to be fully appreciated, because the idyllic settings for the evocative quilt paintings — many set against a magnificent rural backdrop — frame an image in your brain that can pretty much only be taken in by stopping to admire the views. The “VQT” route is short enough so that your SAG stop is back at the Historic Village. Check out the history of the trail and full color map ONLINE HERE to learn more about the quilts, most of which are painted on barns.

GRAVEL / MIXED SURFACE ROUTES (32 & 59 miles)

Want to discover new roads you have never ridden? Want to experience riding your bike with almost no cars? We are bringing back two routes for Fall Bike Celebration, both on mixed surfaces that include gravel or dirt roads in addition to paved roads. There are two distances to choose from: 32 miles or 59 miles. Both have a resupply and restroom stop at Rawson’s King Mill Park near Leonidas. This is an historic flour mill in a beautiful setting along Nottowa Creek. The routes are somewhat flat, with about 1,400 feet of elevation gain for the 59 mile route. You will see cows, fields, trees, birds, maybe some farm machinery, but not many cars. Experience the first surface bikes were ridden on!

BITE-SIZED / FAMILY ROUTES

Biking is fun for the whole family. It’s a great physical activity, offers a chance for adults to teach children a skill they can enjoy their whole life and provides stay-cation and vacation travel adventure as well.

Lake Cruise Route (14 miles)
Who doesn’t like lake views on a bike ride? This route is suited for a leisurely tour with views of Sunset and Austin Lakes. The route has virtually no climbing and makes use of the Vicksburg Recreational Trail for part of the way (and possibly, a stretch of the new Austin Lake Trail in Portage if it is open in time). You can shave a few miles off this one if you don’t want to go as far as the U-Turn on Austin Lake. If you are a family with smaller children pedaling their own bicycles, we suggest you get them ready for this ride by making sure they can handle the distance beforehand.

– Vicksburg Recreational Trail –

Family Trail Route (1-5 miles)
Families with younger children find that it’s fun to explore from the Vicksburg Historic Village and then to head back on this paved multi-use path. One stop along the way could be to take a quick peek at Vicksburg’s top-rated Disc Golf course, with beautiful overlooks on Sunset Lake. The Vicksburg Recreational Trail will be open to Family (and Individual) riders. We suggest that registered riders who check out this popular trail make their way back to the Historic Village in time to grab a bite to eat. Please be careful as you cross the sometimes busy road between the Vicksburg Historic Village and the Vicksburg Trail, which starts across the street and heads north.

TRAINING TIPS

Can a bicyclist actually ride an Imperial or Metric Century (100 or 62.5 miles) in nine hours (say, from 8am-5pm)? Well, the answer is yes, for some of us. It could be you! Here’s a word to the wise: train for it. Those who can do a Century ride tend to think of themselves as cyclists and kit up in padded shorts. A week before the ride, they have ridden about 2/3rds to 3/4 of their intended goal, then taken it easier during the week leading up to the ride. They make sure their bike is ready and are prepared to make their own light repairs. Of course, they gradually build up to it throughout the seasons so that any given increase in distance feels do-able. There is lots of advice for how to do this on the web, and also local some great endurance training professionals in our area.