The 2023 Tour Is On! See You August 19th
Roun'da Manure Bicycle Tour
Make Every Mile Count.
Roun'da Manure Bicycle Tour
Make Every Mile Count.
About Us
History of the Tour
Starting in 1987, Lon Haldeman & Susan Notorangelo organized a series of one-day rides that would qualify cyclists to participate in Paris-Best-Paris. These rides were called Randonneur rides. Most of them were held in the dairy country of Southern WI, so cyclists started saying “We're going to ride Around the Manure”.
A similar version of the previous rides, called “Around the Manure Century,” was added a few years later. Lon's uncle suggested changing the name to “Roun’da Manure”, making it more similar to Randonneur. The name stuck like manure on a bike tire & it has been called Roun’da Manure ever since.
In 2005 the tour was revitalized to include a clover leaf series of four different loop routes & ice cream shop rest stops along the way. Riders could pick the routes they wanted to ride and redeem coupons for a snack or drink at the local ice cream shops. Everyone returned to Downtown Sharon, the hub in the center of the loops, for a wonderful pig roast.
This is a major fund raising event for the Sharon Chamber of Commerce and helps support their other projects during the year.
We hope all cyclists can attend this fun and traditional bike ride around the Illinois and Wisconsin State line area.
History of Sharon, WI
Sharon, Wisconsin was founded in 1841 and established in 1856. It is centrally located along the southern Wisconsin Stateline border and is between the cities of Rockford and Chicago, Illinois & Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sharon currently has a population of 1,605 people. Rich in history and the promise of a bright future, we offer the perfect location for this once-in-a-lifetime ride.
2023 Tour
General Information
The 2023 Roun'da Manure Bicycle Tour is taking place on Saturday, August 19th.
Register before August 1st you can reserve your spot for $40 per Adult (18 and older) and $15 per Child. After August 1st Adult registration will be $45 per person. We ask that everyone follow the rules of the road and wear helmets for your protection.
Registration is at 6:30 am to 10:00am. We ask that whoever will be doing the Fontana loop arrive as early as possible as well as those that will be doing all the loops. We would like the riders to take the Fontana Loop early in the day because this is the hilliest route and would like you to take it before it is too warm.