Tour de Tow 2026

The Tour de Tow 2026 is back for our Fall ride! Cultivating a healthy lifestyle and love for cycling! Pre-registration is Recommended.

Hats off for the 18th year to Road & Trail Bicycles for their continued support and sponsorship of the Tour de Tow AND the Blooming Bike Ride. We appreciate it more than you know. Thanks, Jason and crew at Road & Trail.

I hope you like the 2026 event logo! This is Ken Sanders and Jim Haley from Parrish who are the featured cyclists this year on the logo. I took the pic of them at the Lake Buffum Rest Stop at the Bloomin Bike Ride this year and I loved it because of their patriotic jerseys. I gave AI the prompt and this is what it came up with.  I have to say, all those years of doing over 40 logos, I LOVE this one. Yes! It's better than I could have done it.  

We are LOVING staging BOTH rides now at the FABO Front Page Brewing!! We are thankful to Bill and Manager Cassie, as they are the perfect Hosts!

If you haven't ridden with us before, the Tour de Tow scenic road tour features a 17-mile family fun ride and 35-mile and 65-mile road tours. Ride along and experience our tranquil countryside, and settle into some hometown cycling hospitality when you return from your ride here in Beautiful Bartow.

Registration is at 7 a.m., with an 8 a.m. ride start. DOORS OPEN AT 7am.

Main Street Bartow, Inc. and Bartow Cycling Events are dedicated to promoting the quality of life in Bartow using various cycling events, which currently include the Bloomin' Bike Ride in March and the Tour de Tow in September. Our objective is to promote Bartow as an active community that fosters and encourages a healthy lifestyle and a love of cycling.

This year's T-SHIRTS run pretty true to size, so order accordingly. We will not be able to change sizes on the event day. THERE WILL BE NO EXTRA SHIRTS, SO SIGN UP TO SECURE A SHIRT. RIDE SUPPORT!

Yes, every route has a SAG vehicle following to be there in case you need us. It will have drinks, snacks, tubes, and a pump. Everyone will receive a ride map with a number for emergencies or problems. REST STOPS - Of course! The "Barn," which everyone LOVES, and Homeland Heritage Park, which is a county park.

If you have any requests for "food fuel" for the rest stops, please let me know. We aim to please: We WILL have dill pickles, PBJs (I sneak one or two of these myself), bananas, coke, Gatorade, Water, cookies, and what else???? FOOD? Absolutely! I love trying to get you guys the best food from our favorite restaurants here in Bartow.

Parking is in the Oaks Parking lot just south of the staging area. GPS address is 220 S. Central Avenue, Bartow, Florida 33830 We look forward to seeing you at the Tour de Tow!!! Trish & Bob

The Tour de Tow 2026 is back for our Fall ride!  Cultivating a healthy lifestyle and love for cycling!   Pre-registration is Recommended.

Hats off for the 15th year to Road & Trail Bicycles for their continued support and sponsorship of the Tour de Tow AND the Blooming Bike Ride. We appreciate it more than you know. Thanks, Jason and crew at Road & Trail. 

I hope you like the 2026 event logo! 

We are LOVING staging BOTH rides now at the FABO Front Page Brewing!!

We are thankful to Bill and manager Cassie, as they are the perfect Hosts!

If you haven't ridden with us before, the Tour de Tow scenic road tour features a 17-mile family fun ride and 35-mile and 65-mile road tours. Ride along and experience our tranquil countryside, and settle into some hometown cycling hospitality when you return from your ride here in Beautiful Bartow. Registration is at 7 a.m., with an 8 a.m. ride start.

Main Street Bartow, Inc. and Bartow Cycling Events are dedicated to promoting the quality of life in Bartow using various cycling events, which currently include the Bloomin' Bike Ride in March and the Tour de Tow in September.

Our objective is to promote Bartow as an active community that fosters and encourages a healthy lifestyle and a love of cycling.

This year's T-SHIRTS run pretty true to size, so order accordingly; we cannot change sizes the day of the event. THERE WILL BE NO EXTRA SHIRTS, SO SIGN UP TO SECURE A SHIRT.

RIDE SUPPORT! Yes, every route has a SAG vehicle following to be there in case you need us. It will have drinks, snacks, tubes, and a pump. Everyone will receive a ride map with a number for emergencies or problems.

REST STOPS - Of course! The "Barn," which everyone LOVES, and Homeland Heritage Park.

Please let me know if you have any requests for "food fuel" for the rest stops.  We aim to please: we WILL have dill pickles, PBJ's (I sneak one or two of these myself), bananas, coke, Gatorade, Water, cookies, what else????

FOOD? Absolutely! I love trying to get you guys the best food from our favorite restaurants here in Bartow. 

Parking is in the Oaks Parking lot just south of the staging area. GPS address is 220 S. Central Avenue, Bartow, Florida 33830

We look forward to seeing you at the Tour de Tow!!!

Trish & Bob