BFW Fundraiser
November 15, 2004

The fall fundraiser was an enormous success! A huge thank you to our event sponsors. Please support them the way that they support bicycling in Wisconsin!

Saris Cycling Group
Makers of CycleOps trainers, Bones Racks, and many other fine parking and exercise products

Trek Corporation and Trek Travel
Offering bicycles, bicycle accessories, and bicycling adventure trips.

Pacific Cycle
Distributors of Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, and many other brands of bicycles and bicycle-related products

Ancora Coffee Roasters
BelGioioso Cheese
Bell Sports
Bill Hauda
Blue Marlin
Budget Bicycle Center
Capital Brewery
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
Community Car
Concourse Hotel
Crank Bros
Cronometro
David Fine
Erik's
Floyd Landis
Gino's
Gita Bike
Great Dane Brewery Fitchburg
Lao Laan-xang
Jay Ferm
Jim James and the Damn Shames
Laura Kreofsky
Liquor Town
Lombardino's
Magnus
Mavic
Natspill
New Glarus Brewery
Orange Tree Imports
Park Tools
Pizza Hut of Southern Wisconsin
Planet Bike
Quality Bicycle Products
Robbie Webber
Saph & Blau Salon/Sojo Blau
Specialized
Scram! Couriers
SRAM
UW Sports
We Are All Mechanics
Weary Traveler
Wheels for Winners
Williamson Bicycle Works
Wollersheim Winery


Thanks too to our special guests:
Floyd Landis, US Postal Team
State Representative David Ward
County Executive Kathy Falk
Fitchburg Mayor Thomas Clauder
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz

And thank you to the 300 people who attended the event and generously contributed to the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin!

Press:

Bicycle fans hear it from a pro 1:21 am 11/16/04 Gena Kittner Wisconsin State Journal Floyd Landis has come a long way since his first ride on a Huffy. All the way, in fact, to being part of the team that helped pave the way earlier this year for Lance Armstrong's record sixth Tour de France victory. Landis, a former member of the U.S. Postal Team and now part of the Phonak cycling team, answered questions for a crowd of more than 300 people Monday night at Saris Cycling Group in Fitchburg. The event was the 2004 Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin fall fund- raiser, where organizers hoped to raise $10,000 to hire a lobbyist to represent bicycling issues. The crowd peppered Landis, 29, with serious, detailed and sometimes obscure questions about his experiences in his three Tour de France races. And Landis responded honestly: Asked about his favorite climb, he said "The only real good part of the Tour is when its over." Landis said he bikes an average of 20,000 miles a year and about 2,000 a month during peak season. When asked how much he drives, Landis said: "If you ride 20,000 miles a year, you don't have much time to drive." A love of bike-time and lack of drive-time is something Landis has in common with a lot of Madisonians - including Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, who spoke at the event. "I have the only city vehicle with a bike rack on it," Cieslewicz said. And Landis fit right in with the Madison crowd - except when he asked for a Mad Cow beer instead of a New Glarus "Spotted Cow." As for what Landis consumes while competing, the answer was "just about anything." "You just eat whatever is around," he said. "It's difficult to be so obsessed with what you're eating. You just eat whatever it is and then you go to sleep." Nikolas Lemke and his dad Chris Lemke, both of Baraboo made the trip to Madison just to see Landis. "Floyd is an American racer," his dad Chris Lemke said. "There are not a lot of them." Nikolas Lemke, who at age 9 has been part of a junior bike racing team for about two years, was excited to get a couple postcards signed by Landis after the event.

SARIS CYCLING GROUP RAISES OVER $20,000 FOR BICYCLE FEDERATION OF WSCONSIN Madison, WI - Saris Cycling Group raised over $20,000 at a fundraiser held Monday, Nov 15 at its plant in Madison, WI. Over 300 people attended the event, with proceeds benefiting the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin. Attendees were able to take self-guided tours of the Saris Cycling Group facility while browsing a silent auction with items donated from cycling industry friends as well as several local companies. Pacific Cycles provided plenty of food and drink. A live band entertained the crowd before a special appearance by professional cyclist Floyd Landis. Landis answered a multitude of questions in a Q&A session, and capped the evening by drawing the raffle Grand Prize winner who took home a Trek Travel trip for two. "Our goal was to raise $10,000 for the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin to help them lobby for the voice of the cyclist in Wisconsin," said Saris Cycling Group President Chris Fortune adding, "It truly speaks to the support of cycling in Wisconsin that we were able to double our expectations." Saris Cycling Group is the parent company of the Saris and CycleOps brands. Based in Madison WI, since 1974 its products are available in over 30 countries globally. -30- For more details contact Robb Zbierski at Saris Cycling Group robbz@saris.com 608 274 6550 x130