August 30, 2022 – The Chicago Area Tandem Society (CATS) is proud to be hosting the 46th annual Midwest Tandem Rally (MTR) in Decatur over Labor Day weekend in 2022. MTR is a weekend-long tandem bicycle rally based somewhere in the larger Midwest United States each Labor Day weekend.
MTR 2022 will be based out of the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel (DCCH) beginning Friday, September 2 with an afternoon ice cream ride and photo hunt around Decatur. Cyclists have a choice of different route options on Saturday and Sunday with strategically placed rest and lunch stops for cyclists. Many riders will participate in a breakfast ride on Monday Labor Day to finish the weekend. MTR includes seminars, vendor areas and social activities.
MTR registration is open to all bicyclists but targets tandem cyclists. Participants come from all over the United States and this year includes a tandem team from France.
Because the DCCH is not be able to accommodate all of our participants, we have overflow hotels identified in nearby Forsyth.
We look forward to showcasing Decatur, surrounding communities and area history as part of MTR. We are expecting more than 200 tandem teams (over 400 total participants) based on recent MTRs. We’ll be using local caterers and businesses for this event and we’re sure you’ll see participants out and about town dining, shopping, and sightseeing when they’re not riding.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Midwest Tandem Rally can go here.
