Victim of High Gas Prices

The 2011 Superior Bike Fest in Marquette has been canceled. They had a total of 58 riders registered and they would normally see 200 registered with a total for the race of over 500.

The Superior Bike Fest was scheduled for June 24-26 and is a three-day event with varied races. Included are 35-mile, 55-mile and 100-mile road bike races, a mountain chase race and circuit races.

One-third of the profit benefits should have benefited the YMCA Strong Kids Foundation, and the rest is used as seed money for future races and to support first aid education for the Marquette Mountain Ski Patrol.

It a great loss to the area and, unfortunately, there are probably more events like this that will also be cancelled. Better now than before the sponsors have a lot invested in the event.