Moving to Milwaukee

Welcome!!!!

I cannot speak much of Milwaukee riding or swimming, as I live in the NW corner of the region, but we do some rides out of New Berlin, Sussex, and the Holy Hill area (HILLS!!!).

Swims, I know a group gets together on a weekly basis to do swims in Lake Michigan. Personally, I find some of the smaller local lakes that aren't too full of the 'itch' and get my opportunity there!

Congrats on the move, you'll love the Milwaukee area, so much to offer!

From Shorewood there is great biking north--I lived there for 12 years. Just follow along Lake Michigan all the way up to Port Washington for a nice ~50 mile ride, and stop at the cafe on the marina for a sandwich and Coke.

From Wauwatosa (aka Tosa) great riding is west--I live in Elm Grove, on Tosa's west border. From Tosa to the lakefront at Pewaukee Lake would be about 30 miles round trip, go around Pewaukee Lake to add another 12 miles or so. Lots of group rides leave from Wauwatosa. There are also nice railroad grade paved trails that you can take for many miles if you want to stay off the roads. http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/defaultwc.aspx?id=39532and http://www.glacialdrumlin.com/

For outdoor swimming there aren't very many pool options, but the outdoor pool at Hart Park in Tosa was redone a couple years ago and has lap swim. http://www.friendsofhoytpark.org/ Bonus is the beer garden that opened there a couple years ago (there is a beer garden in Shorewood too). There is also a group that swims in Lake Michigan regularly in Shorewood and Whitefish Bay. http://lakemichiganswimmers.blogspot.com/

Milwaukee is an awesome town to live in. You will like it here. Join www.triwisconsin.org and come to the workouts to meet fun people. We do workouts in quite a few locations around Milwaukee.

I'm a mortgage loan officer--send me a PM if I can be of help with financing your new home or if you need any connections related to your search!

Wow, great info...thanks you guys! I don't expect that many tris will happen this summer with moving and a trip to Alaska, but we're both super excited to explore the city and region and now I'm even way more excited! The thought of rolling out of my driveway for a 50 mile ride is heavenly!

Our masters group swims at Wilson Park pool on some days in the summer. It's outdoor and 50m.

If you join The WAC at any point, the Menomonee Falls one has a outside lap pool as well. On a side note, the Downtown WAC is probably walking distance from the museum.