If you would like to take the Jaycees Wing Crawl in all its saucy glory, this Saturday, June 16th, just bring your bicycle, an appetite, and maybe a little thirst. That's basically it.

You may not be fit to ride the Tour de France, but there is no question about your fitness for Tour de Wings - a BikeLakewood-led, scheduled tour of Lakewood's finest wing joints.

Travel Lakewood under human power, at an easy pace. No smoky motors. Stop here and there with friends to get better acquainted with at least 15 different wing recipes. There’s no better way to spend a Saturday!

Consider: You will not have to go searching for a parking space. You will not have to pump a gallon of gas into your car for all those start-ups and little quarter mile jaunts from joint to joint. You will not pollute the air.

Bonus: You will burn off some of those wings and the sauce in which they are slathered while you're making your way to the next stop. You will meet friendly cyclists. And many wing joints do, as it happens, serve beer.

The route is online at www.bikelakewood.org/wingroute. Lakewood’s own Mike Gill and Tim Liston will lead the group. You can ride with us from start to finish or join us along the way.

Show your support for Lakewood and all of us who ride our bikes here. We need you. By the way, BikeLakewood is also a sponsor of this event. Proceeds go to Lakewood youth programs. Tickets are $12 (discounted) for BikeLakewood members and $15 for non-members and entitle you to one basket (three wings) for each of two flavors at each establishment. And we’re making it easy to order tickets. Simply RSVP at tourdewings@bikelakewood.org. We’ll arrange to deliver your tickets (probably by bike) right away.

And by the way, if it’s raining when the ride commences, we’ll simply meet at the first stop (Crazy Rita’s at 11:30 AM), and take Lolly the Trolley like many others. But we’re sure that won’t be necessary.

So please join us. Show your support for BikeLakewood, and we gaurantee you'll have a great time!