KEESEVILLE — Bike the Barns, a half-day bicycle tour centered around farms and the region’s local food movement, is set for Saturday, Sept. 21.
The tour, co-hosted by the Adirondack North Country Association and Bike Adirondacks, features a 22-mile road cycling route that will take riders to farms and other agricultural points of interest in the AuSable and Champlain valleys. The event is currently full at 200 riders, but community members are still invited to register to be added to the waitlist.
The seventh Bike the Barns ride will begin at Ausable Brewing Company in Keeseville, continue to the Babbie Rural Farm and Learning Museum and Northern Orchard in Peru and cross over the scenic Ausable Chasm to stops at Mace Chasm Farm and North Country Creamery in Keeseville. Riders will end back at the brewery for a celebration of live music and local food and drink.
“We look forward to bringing Bike the Barns back to the AuSable Valley and highlighting some of the small farms along this beautiful route,” said ANCA Executive Director Elizabeth Cooper. “We’re excited to share the rich agricultural history of this area and introduce riders to some of the hard-working farmers and food entrepreneurs who are continuing that legacy today.”
Read the full article in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.