Ride the Big BAM on the Katy Trail
Group Event Tour
Two Hotel Options
What is the Big BAM?
Big BAM (Bike Across Missouri) on the Katy Trail is a 7-day supported group event ride. You will explore Missouri in a way like never before. The bike ride takes you through pastoral farmland, meadows full of wildflowers, and majestic forests, and explores charming small towns.
Who Runs the Big BAM?
The Big BAM is operated by Tour Director Todd White. The Big BAM event provides coach bus ride to the beginning of the tour, the daily logistics of the ride including lunch options, assistance on the trail, SAG stop each day, music every night, themed t-shirt and goodie bag are all provided by the BIG BAM event.
Crossroads Bike Tours : Hotel Options
Crossroads Bike Tours is the exclusive provider of hotels for the Big BAM event. We provide 2 hotel options for the Big BAM Ride:
Premium Services
Economy Services
The two options start in St. Charles, at 11:00am to pick up the Chartered Bus on the first day of the tour and takes you to Clinton for our Welcome Party and then your hotel for the night. You will then ride from Clinton to St. Charles over the next 6 days back to where your cars have been parked. If you are driving in from the West, you can meet us in Clinton and ride the shuttle back on the last day of the tour.
* Price for Single: Price for solo cyclist or one person in a room.
** Extra night in St. Charles is $210/room not per person
Our coach buses meet you at 11:00am in St. Charles and departs at 12:30pm for Clinton. We meet at by the Lewis and Clark Boathouse Museum where you can park for free in this parking lot. In Clinton you have the Kick Off celebration followed by your first night's hotel. The St. Louis airport (STL) is a 10-minute Uber ride from Country Inn in St. Charles and the pick-up point.
Our Premium Option has our guests staying in the nicest accommodations on the Katy Trail in the host towns with luggage shuttle to each location by Crossroads. These hotels are the closest to the trails and are used by Crossroads Bike Tours for our Guided Tours. Our guests always compliment us on how nice these hotels/B&B’s for their tour. In addition, your premium option provides you with Crossroads Tour App, dinner reservations every night, morning updates from Crossroads personnel at your accommodations, beverages every night after your ride, Music Venue Shuttle and a wine tour and tasting.
The Economy Hotel rooms are in or near the host towns and are clean and comfortable. These hotels would be considered “no frills” hotels. This is an option for those who want a better place to stay than camping. Your luggage will be moved everyday by Crossroads. There are no dinner reservations, beverages after the tour, wine tours, Music Venue Shuttle nor morning briefings.
Both options include Shuttle from St. Charles to Clinton on Charter Bus, luggage shuttle and the Big BAM Bracelet which gets you into all music venues, 1 complimentary daily drink and daily SAG stops.
Your purchase of both the Hotel Options provides you the $450 Big BAM bracelet which allows you into each music night, free drink coupons as well as the daily SAG stops. You also get all the other features that are added by Crossroads Bike Tours listed on the chart above.
The Katy trail is all crushed limestone surface from end to end. Built on abandoned rail beds this surface is compact but if heavy rains, can be soft. We recommend 32MM width tires or wider.
Cancellation Policy
Deposits of 50% of tour and 100% of all “Extras” are due at the time of tour reservation.
Balances are due 60 days before the tour – your tour can be cancelled if balance is not paid on time
If you give notice of cancellation before the tour:
Written notice by e-mail to tours@crossroadsbiketours.com no later than the above deadlines to apply proper credit to your account.
We highly recommend trip insurance. We have seen many reasons people need to cancel due to accident, illness, family members having illness, jury or military duty, fire and pregnancy. All of these are covered with our trip insurance which you will have the option to purchase at checkout or you can purchase your own trip insurance or check your homeowners’ or credit card policy.
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Want to bike ride the Katy trail with a group of strangers that you will call friends at the end of the week? Join us for a great tour of the Katy trail for 6 days from Clinton to St. Charles.
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