There are a variety of bicycle tours offered in Michigan.
Michigan, with its varied landscapes and demographics, offers a wide variety of bicycle tours for cyclists to enjoy. The tours can take you lakeside, into the countryside or even give you a glimpse of city life. Bicycle tours offer a different perspective on the state of Michigan.
Lakefront Tours
Each year, the League of Michigan Bicyclists set up a series of tours that take place throughout the summer in different locations in Michigan through its Shoreline Bicycle Tour. The tours generally last anywhere from two days to a week, according to its website. In summer 2010, the tours went along the shorelines of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, as well as up into the Upper Peninsula.
City tours
While the shorelines of the Great Lakes are a beautiful setting, there also are bicycle tours that take you into Michigan's largest city-Detroit. Wheelhouse Detroit is a bicycle company offering a variety of tours that go into the city. They offer day-long tours that focus on different aspects of the city, including public art and architecture, as well as historical and ethnic neighborhoods like Hamtramck.
Statewide tours
The Tri-County Bicycle Association, based out of Lansing, offers its members a variety of tours that take cyclists across the state. One of the most well known tours, the Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw tour, takes tourists from East Lansing Michigan, through the countryside, up to the Mackinac Bridge. In addition, they offer a tour of northwest Michigan that takes the rider through some of Northern Michigan's most picturesque countryside, some of its quaintest towns and some of its most gorgeous lake shores.
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