2025 Tour des Sharks - Customer Appreciation and Charity Partner Training Ride 7/20/2025

Please Join us at Big Shark's Urban Shark City Foundry Location for our 11th annual customer appreciation ride. We are teaming up with STL favorites Kaldis, Companion, Urban Chestnut Brewery, and Pedal the Cause for a free training ride.

We'll have three distances - 25 miles, 40 miles, or 50 miles. We'll be rolling from the heart of the City Foundry in Downtown West. We'll have plenty of monitored parking on the West entry across from the IKEA.

The Tour des Sharks training ride feaures our support for Pedal the Cause. This year there are fewer training opportunities for www.pedalthecause.org so join us and sign up to fight cancer. If you're not registered you can sign up or donate to the Bikes, Beans, and Brews team!

Who is invited: YOU. Bring your friends too.

Cost: Free. Please RSVP HERE You must RSVP by 7/11 if you'd like to have BBQ post ride. After 7/11, come ride, have a post-ride libation, please forego chomping as a courtesy for early registrants.

When: Sunday, July 20th. Meet at Urban Shark at the City Foundy, 3765 Foundry Way Suite 187, St. Louis, MO 63108. Park on the West Lot off of Vandeventer. 

• Pre-Ride mechanical support, pastries, water, and coffee starting at 7:00am Sponsored by Kaldi's Coffee and Companion
• Wheels Roll at 8:00am, with fanfare.

Ride Option 1: Urban Shark at the City Foundry to Nutriformance Ladue and Back. Approximate Distance 25 Miles

Ride Option 2: Urban Shark at the City Foundry to Baxter Road and Back. Approximate Distance 40 Miles.

Ride Option 3: Urban Shark at the City Foundry to Big Shark West and Back. Approximate Distance 50 Miles.

The Route: A mildly rolling jaunt out and back through the central corridor from Chesterfield to the City. We will mark the route AND have turn by turn cue sheets available.

Rest Stations: Big Shark West (Mile 25) and Nutriformance Ladue (Mile 11.5 and 38.5) will be supplying cold drinks and energy food so you can complete the route with style and grace. Optional Stop at Big Shark Big Bend- (Mile 6.2 and Mile 44).

Post Ride:

• Beer, Blues, and BBQ. We'll have a band TBD playing a few sets while we hang out post ride.
• Hang out and have a cold one with the Sharks and the Staff from our partners.
• BBQ+Beer (and water) will be provided by Big Shark and Urban Chestnut Brewing Company