Bicycle industry looks for ways to promote tourism in Montana

Bike season has given way to snow season, but the bike tourism industry is already planning next year’s routes.

"This year, we had 1,200 people come to our office during business hours," said Adventure Cycling’s http://www.adventurecycling.org/ Jim Sayer. "That may not sound like a lot, but if you’re riding through Montana, you have to peel off the main route to get to Missoula. And we went from 500 a year to 1,200 in the last few years. We take a picture of every visitor who comes in. This year, we not only filled our huge pin board, we had to get three more portable pin boards because we had so many visitors."

By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian

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