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London Strawberry Bicycle Tour 2025

Registration & Info

June 14, 2025

ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

(NOTE: After 8:00 PM on Friday, 6/13, registration will only be available at the sign-in desk on Tour morning, Saturday, 6/14 – credit cards, check, or cash.)

The What

REGISTER BEFORE JUNE 9th – Save $$ and Time!

Now…22nd year…wow

Early-bird register for only $35!

REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES ALL THIS: detailed tour maps, identification bracelet (which must be displayed at all times), support services, pre-packaged food stops with pandemic safety measures in place, and an FMCPT membership through 2025! Food items provided at rest stops include PB&J, granola bars, fresh fruit, water, and sports drinks such as Powerade or Gatorade, and more. The 62-mile and 100-mile routes also pass through several small communities where facilities and items are available for your purchase.

NEW!!! Sweet after-ride treats, strawberry ice cream cake & strawberry cider..VERY YUMMY!

We plan much of our Tour support & rest stop supplies based upon the number of early registrations received, so please help us out by signing up early.  PLEASE NOTE: We’re sorry, but refunds can’t be made if you’re unable to ride after you’ve registered.

IMPORTANT: All registrations received after 8:00 PM, Monday, June 9th, including in-person on the day of the Tour, will be $50.00.

👕  SAVE A COOL 5 BUCKS EACH! 👕 

After you register, you’ll be sent to our “private store” where you can order official Tour tee shirts & save! 😃

The Where

Prairie Grass Trailhead

The 2025 London Strawberry Bicycle Tour actually consists of four different routes: a 21-mile, 44-mile, 62-mile, and a 100-mile “Century Ride.” Pick up rider numbers and wristbands at the registration desk in the shelter at the Prairie Grass Trailhead located at 262 West High Street in London behind the Madison County Senior Center. All rides kick off with a rolling start between 6:30 and 8:00 AM. The courses will wind through Madison, Clark, Fayette and Greene Counties, featuring flat to gently rolling terrain.

  • 21-mile Route: solely on the Prairie Grass Trail, and will include one rest stop at the turn around point in South Charleston
  • 44-mile Route: features additional mileage on the Prairie Grass Trail, along with some roadways around Cedarville
  • 62-mile and 100-mile Routes: include rest stops in Jeffersonville and South Charleston, and feature some wonderful bucolic scenery

FIT, GPX & PDF downloads will be available on the "Payment received. You are registered!" page.

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ONLINE REGISTRATION – OPEN!

REGISTER HERE!

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Register, sign waiver, pre-pay, even order an official tee at (5 bucks off!) if you want – all at once!

Register, sign your required pre-ride release form, pre-pay, and if you want official 2025 London Strawberry Bicycle Tour tee shirts at a discount, you can even do that…all at once…eezy, peezy!

(Problems with registration? We can help! Let us know here.)

Official Gear, Officially Groovy! Click & Get!!

Prefer to print and bring with you? Or maybe mail it in? Here’s a printable PDF you can use!

(NOTE: If it gets too late to mail it, please bring it with you on Tour morning so you can save time at the registration tables.)

REMEMBER: If you wait to pay at the registration desk on Tour day, we accept credit cards, cash, checks, or money orders...or large bars of gold, silver, or even platinum!

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Top

Around 2009, an idea first developed during a conversation between Wayne Roberts with FMCPT and Van Viney, CEO of MATCO Services. It took a while, but in 2019 work began in earnest to begin construction of a "welcome" area on the east side of London. This was envisioned to compliment our beautiful "welcome" on the west side of town, the Prairie Grass Trailhead with its camping area, shelter house, and many other amenities. The original vision to create a multi-panel mural using the bricked-in windows of the old tile factory building that MATCO now owned was expanded upon to include a mini-park, a respite with benches, pleasant landscaping, and more.

Many local people have contributed many, many hours of brain power and sweat equity to bring this project from an old factory wall and overgrown grounds to the trail highlight it has become. We have kept costs extremely low though all of the in-kind donations and almost innumerable hours of donated labor. But also, we received great support support for the funding we required, all from Madison County-area companies and people. It was, and is, a true "community" project.

An added benefit was realized a couple of years ago when we found that we could easily create access to Roberts Pass for MATCO clients and employees. They previously had found  handicapped-friendly trail access difficult if not downright impossible. For the first time, they are able to safely access their next-door neighbor, the Roberts Pass section of the Ohio to Erie Trail!

Further value was gained when Michele Bouquet and Sue Cline joined our efforts bringing the wisdom of the Madison County Master Gardeners with them. They, and many of their cohorts, contributed tons of time developing and implementing a gorgeous native plants garden in our mini-park, along with several pollinator plant zones. We hope to build on the value of this by adding educational kiosks throughout the mini-park. We also plan to work with area groups, including the OSU Extension Center, on educational opportunities for local schools, seniors, etc.