Bicycle Tour Network

03/17/2025

The Bicycle Event Directors Gathering is a coming together of bicycle event directors, promoters and professionals. This is a free networking event that is hosted by El Tour de Tucson and Bike the Bay San Diego.

For many years bicycle event directors gathered as part of the Bicycle Tour Network (BTN), the National Bicycle Tour Directors Association (NBTDA) and the Bicycle Ride Directors' Association of America (BRDAA) to name a few of associations that convened bike event professionals. Since COVID, there has been no mass gathering of bicycle ride directors. So we want to change that!

The mission of the Gathering is to provide a friendly, interactive forum to share ideas and concerns about promoting, producing and managing bicycle events in today's environment. Events include recreational rides, races, gran fondos, awareness rides, multi-day tours and small bike tours ridden on a variety of bicycles.

Discussion topics will include: Event Management / Route Planning / Permitting / Mapping / Medical / Aid Stations / Marketing & Promotions / Volunteers / Law Enforcement & Public Safety / Communications / Community Relations / Insurance / Registration / Accommodations & RVs / Merchandise / Sponsorship / Staffing / Financing & Budgeting / Grants / Awards / Media

https://www.bikesignup.com/TicketEvent/BicycleTourNetworkGathering

07/04/2021

Happy 4th of July!

06/24/2021

Please join us for our next virtual Town Hall on June 25, 2021 at 10:00 AM Pacific. We will discuss how events and tours are coming back and share ideas. We are looking to provide a forum for discussion once again to help us all stay connected and work together on getting back to business in the months ahead. If you have something specific you would like to share at the Town Hall, please email andy@sdbikecoalition to arrange for time on our agenda.

Town Hall Agenda (60 Minutes)

Welcome
BTN Update and Conference Update
RFPs for Conference
Status of Events & Tours
Small Group Breakouts
Return to Large Group
Adjourn
Please use the link below to register. We look forward to catching up with you again soon.

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Jun 25, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvc-moqDIoE9N4RKqIcQ-vHX2-4RGcuKhT

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

06/20/2021

Happy Father's Day!

06/14/2021

Happy Flag Day!

06/06/2021

We are now accepting proposals for presentations for the National Bicycle Tourism Conference to be held November 10-13, 2021 in Tempe, Arizona. Registration is also now open!

Visit https://biketournetwork.com/ for details!

04/20/2021

Please join us for our next virtual Town Hall on May 6, 2021 at 10:00 AM Pacific. As vaccinations are more prevalent and conditions improve, we will discuss how our events and tours are coming back and share ideas. We are looking to provide a forum for discussion once again to help us all stay connected and work together on getting back to business in the months ahead. If you have something specific you would like to share at the Town Hall, please email andy@sdbikecoalition to arrange for time on our agenda.

Register in advance for this meeting:
When: May 6, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-yuqDMtGt05dRd7eTpoYKMBPpd4RosE

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Town Hall Agenda (60 Minutes)
Welcome
BTN Update and Conference Update
Status of Events & Tours
- Have you hosted a tour or plan to move forward with a bike tour in 2021? We want to hear about it!
Small Group Breakouts
Return to Large Group
Adjourn
Please register in advance using the link below. We look forward to catching up with you again soon.

02/20/2021

It is with sadness that we share the news of one of the pioneers of the bicycle touring world. Jerry Colley, the founder of BRAG Bicycle Ride Across Georgia has passed away. Jerry touched the lives of so many riders as well as tour directors over the decades. Tailwinds Jerry!

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/roswell-ga/jerry-colley-10062891?fbclid=IwAR3kDpNmSWz1HW3vOrwGVLuZQaX26W9c20ZDqtHZHOmWDlU8_o31eHkD3Og

Celebrate the life of Jerry Colley, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Roswell Funeral Home.

02/12/2021

SAVE the Date - Bicycle Tourism Network Town Hall - March 11, 2021 (Free to register)

Please join us for our first virtual Town Hall of 2021 on March 11, 2021 at 10:00 AM Pacific. As vaccination efforts ramp up and conditions improve, we will discuss how our events and tours are planning to come back and share ideas. We are looking to provide a forum for discussion once again to help us all stay connected and work together on getting back to business in the months ahead. If you have something specific you would like to share at the Town Hall, please email andy@sdbikecoalition to arrange for time on our agenda.

Please register in advance using the link below. We look forward to catching up with you again soon.

Bicycle Tour Network Board of Directors

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Mar 11, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkceuqqj8tGdXK9T5NhOn1O8xXJbCyEWNo

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

10/21/2020

The National Bicycle Tourism Conference will be Virtual! Join us for this FREE conference on November 12 and 13th. There will be two keynotes per day with interactive discussions to follow. Friday will also have the BTN Annual Meeting, Bright Ideas and conclude with a Social.

When:
November 12, 2020 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
November 13, 2020 09:00 AM - 12:00 Noon Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this FREE virtual conference:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuduquqD4jEtH3M-WGJQQMRP_8Vde2N3VH

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

04/16/2020

Dear valued member and supporter of the BTN,

I hope this note finds you and your families safe and healthy. Our thoughts continue to be with you as we all face the uncertainty of the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on our events. We are hopeful that the majority of us will be able to host or reschedule our events later this year. Our work that brings people together for the joy of bicycling, travel and giving back has never been more important and we should all look forward to those happy days ahead.

For the past several weeks, the BTN Board has been considering the path forward with our annual National Bicycle Tourism Conference and whether we felt we could put on the same high quality networking and meeting event that you have come to expect and enjoy. We were looking forward to our reunion in Tempe, Arizona, however we have made the difficult decision to cancel the conference this November. There were several factors in our decision including travel budgets and the impact on rescheduled spring events for later this year. At this time, we felt we could not proceed with the planning for the November conference. We have made arrangements to host the conference in Tempe in 2021 and 2022 and hope that you can join us then.

In the meantime, we'd like to invite you to join us in our first Bicycle Tourism Network Town Hall - COVID-19 via Zoom on Tuesday. April 28th at 10am Pacific Standard Time. This moderated call will allow us to share information and ideas about our own events and provide opportunities to ask questions. We hope this will be a helpful virtual gathering that we are also considering on a regular basis in the months ahead. Please RSVP here:

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Uvc-mpqj0rTSgTUca6DFGBmE3933RMMQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We are trying to gauge concerns of our membership including what events have been postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic and help set an agenda for the town hall. Please take a minute to provide some feedback to this quick survey: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=r4wNHaebu0yduEGj8qRM2auWt2s4G6dGsvAbExeFvFVUNFU2U05HUVBOWlBIM0NWVVRLU1owUEhGWi4u

Thank you for your continued support which unites us and will help us get through these challenging times. Stay strong and pedal on.

Andy Hanshaw
President

A Board facilitated discussion to share ideas and resources on the impacts of COVID-19