Wisconsin Bike Fed Hosts Annual Milwaukee Santa Cycle Rampage December 6, 2025

MILWAUKEE: The Wisconsin Bike Fed joyously announces the registration information and event details for the annual Milwaukee Santa Cycle Rampage on Saturday, December 6, 2025.

“It’s the World’s Largest Winter Holiday Themed Costume Bike Ride for Charity!” explains event organizer and Wisconsin Bike Fed Assistant Director, Jake Newborn. “We expect over 2000 Santas, Elves, Reindeer, Ralphies, Grinches, and more to celebrate the joy of cycling at this fundraiser for the Wisconsin Bike Fed. Funds raised from ride registration support our programs like bike education for kids, free repairs for low income residents, and staff time for advocacy projects.

Event Details

Santa Cycle Rampage is a slow roll-style, police-escorted route with two main ride start options that end at the Bike Fed office (187 E Becher St, Milwaukee):

1. Join the start and ride a full loop ride from the Bike Fed office and back. ~13 miles
2. Join the Rampagers at Hollander Grand Cafe on Downer Ave and ride the 2nd half. ~6 miles

Explore the draft Ride Route (subject to change prior to Dec 6th due to weather conditions or construction issues or other unforeseen circumstances).

Returning due to popular demand is the 3 mile very family-friendly ride, the “Elf Cycle Frenzy,” led by our Safe Routes to School instructors. Riders will leave from the start/finish line immediately after the main ride leaves to ride through the Bay View neighborhood and return for hot cocoa and snacks at Cafe Centraal. Participants may register for this fun event in the same way as the main ride and stay tuned for more details emailed to registered riders.

Pre-Check In Event:

Friday December 5, 2025

187 E Becher St. inside Wheel and Sprocket

• 3pm – 6pm: Media invited for interviews
• 3pm – 6:30pm: Registered riders can pick up packets and merch items to avoid day of event long lines

Event Details and Registration:

Saturday, December 6, 2025

• 7 am: Staff setup. Media invited to conduct interviews until 9:15am
• 8 am: Riders begin to arrive
• 9:30 am: Ride begins
• 9:45 am: Elf Cycle Frenzy starts
• 10:15ish am: Ride reaches Cafe Hollander on Downer Ave
• 11:30 am: Ride Returns. Media welcome until 12pm

Visit the event website for details and registration.

Visit the Bike Fed online store to pre-order event merchandise by October 26th.

Be Merry:

Riders are encouraged to dress warmly and not only as Santa but their favorite holiday characters. Riders are encouraged to visit any of our “comfort and joy” locations welcoming riders in costume:

Comfort and Joy Businesses Locations

• Amorphic Beer – 3700 N Fratney St, Milwaukee
• Boone and Crockett – 818 S Water St, Milwaukee
• Boozn Sam’s Gluhwein @ Wheel and Sprocket (before Ride only) – 187 E Becher St, Milwaukee
• Component Brewing – 2018 S 1st St #169, Milwaukee
• Great Lakes Distillery – 616 W Virginia St, Milwaukee
• Hi Hat Lounge – 1701 N Arlington Pl, Milwaukee
• Hollander – Downer Ave – 2608 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee
• Lakefront Brewery – 1872 N Commerce St, Milwaukee
• Milwaukee Public Market – 400 N Water St, Milwaukee
• Mobcraft Brewery – 505 S 5th St, Milwaukee
• Nomad World Pub – 1401 E Brady St, Milwaukee
• Shake Shack – 220 E Buffalo St Suite 110, Milwaukee
• Station 1846 – 215 W Bruce St, Milwaukee
• Wheel and Sprocket – Bay View – 187 E Becher St, Milwaukee
• Zocalo – 636 S 6th St, Milwaukee

About the Wisconsin Bike Fed

The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin Educational Foundation, Inc. (AKA Wisconsin Bike Fed) was established as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 1988 to cultivate, motivate, and unite residents, communities, businesses, and political leaders to move bicycling forward in Wisconsin through education, legislation, and involvement. For 37 years the Bike Fed has been the only statewide organization that advocates for better bicycling for everyone who rides a bike in Wisconsin:

• Advocate for cycling – including encouragement for the governor to include transportation access and environmental concerns in the proposed 2023-24 biennial budget.
• Provide programs to make bicycling safer and more accessible across the state – particularly in the state’s most populous urban communities of Milwaukee and Madison.
• Promote Wisconsin as an economic engine for cycling – highlighting scenic trails and emphasizing the many large and small businesses that support bicycling as direct producers, repairers, or vendors of bikes and related accessories, as well as the hospitality industry that benefits from cycling. According to the most recent impact study released by the governor’s office in 2020, consumers spent $1.42 billion in 2017 on direct bicycle-related expenditures, bringing funds into our businesses and state budget.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.