Saturday's bike ride offers a mini tour of Downriver

NEW BOSTON — The third annual Tour de Tom Bike Ride will take place June 8. The tour will depart at 9 a.m. Saturday from downtown New Boston. Registration is still open.

The tour is hosted by Destination Downriver and "Under the Radar Michigan."

"This year, the tour will feature a sampling of a few Huron-Clinton Metroparks, while raising funds for the Downriver Linked Greenways and waterway development projects," event organizers said.

Tom Daldin, host of PBS's "Under the Radar Michigan," and show producer, Jim Edelman, will lead the tour, which will depart from Doc’s Ice Cream & Coffee on the banks of the Huron River.

The ride will travel approximately 10 miles round-trip along paved trailways. Riders also will have the option to ride through the nature center at Oakwoods Metropark.

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"Tom will once again pedal with riders along paved trailways beside the Huron River and through scenic Lower Huron and Willow Metroparks," organizers said. "Riders will experience great scenery through stretches of the metroparks and have an opportunity to sample cool rural sections of western Wayne County’s most charming tree-lined, riverfront trails. Tom and Jim will also do a book signing and socialize at Doc’s at 11 a.m., after the ride."

The cost is $55 a person. A vendor market and ice cream also will follow the ride.

To learn more or to register, visit swcrc.com/events/tourdetom2024.

This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: 10-mile bike ride raises money for Downriver Linked Greenways