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April

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
18	Folks on Spokes Easter Ride	University Park	Il	16/28/38/50/68	$15 by 4/4 $20 after	David Majkowski	312- 320-8275	davidmajk@ ameritech.net
24	Tour de Exchange	Charleston	Il	10/25/50	$20 by 4/10 $25 after		217-348-1271
24	Bike Swap	Arlington Heights	Il		$10 minimun if any item sells 10% of bike sale	Dave Martin		swap@ cyclearlington.com

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Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
1	Ride the Ups and Downs	Elizabeth	Il	25/31/52/61	$15 by 4/30 $20 after	Anette Bausman	815-275-0041	bausmana@ gmail.com
1	Tour de Stooges	Highland	Il	15/22/31/42/62	$20 $25 day of	Roger Kramer	314-644-4660	tourdestooges@ rogerkramercycling.org
1	I & M Canal Walk or Ride	Morris	Il	10 to 25	$20		815- 223-1851	pcannon@ canalcor.org
8	Route 66 Recreational Trail Ride	Litchfield	IL			John Fritsche	618- 656-0700	john_fritsche@ yahoo.com
15	Ride the Rock	Joliet	Il	16 mile loop	free	Morgan Drdak	815-722-1244	mdrdak@ fpdwc.org
15	Beautiful Southern Ride	Carbondale	Il	15/30/62	$15			info@ carbondalebreakfastrotary.org
16	Arlington 500	Barrington	Il	31/44/55/69	$10 by 5/8 $15 day of	Don Ami		500@ cyclearlington.com
19	Peoria Ride of Silence	Peoria	Il	10	free	Michael Honnold	309-696-2591	cannondale_25@ juno.com
19	Chicago Ride of Silence	Chicago	Il	10	free	Elizabeth Adamczyk	773-370-2038	rideofsilence.chicago@ gmail.com
19	Ride of Silence Joliet Il	Joliet	Il	9	free	Sara Jo Briese	815- 715-2851	sjbriese@ yahoo.com
22	Cycling for Safe Families	Union	Il	16/32/48/64	$20 by 5/8 $25 after	Rob Rennix	815-978-8151	rrennix@ lydiahome.org
23	Strawberry Ride	Belleville	Il	14 to 30				clerk@ moonlightramble.com
23	Ride United	Decatur	Il	10/40/60	$30	Carissa Stengel	217-422-8537	cstengel@ uwdecatur.org
29	Flat-as-a-Pancake Century	New Baden	Il					clerk@ moonlightramble.com
29 or 30	Blackhawk Country Roads	Rockton	Il	10/30/45/60	$16 by 5/16 $21 after	Rick Plantz Linda Tipton	815-399-1404 815-871-6379	rplantz@aol.com
30	Bike the Drive	Chicago	Il		$42 members $37	Ethan Spotts	312- 427-3325 x 251	btd10info@ activetrans.org

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Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
5	CAMA Teens Bike Rally Tour de Parks	Clark County	Il	8.5/25/41.5/72	$25 by 5/21		217-465-4118 x267
6	Udder Century	Union	Il	31/50/62 75/100	$20 by 5/23 $27 after	Tom Baer
6	Road to Recovery Benefit Bike Ride	Belleville	Il	6/15/30/50	$25 adults $15 kids 13-17	Roger Kramer	618-236-2793	bike2eat@ rogerkramercycling.org
11-13	Lake Tour Bike Trek	Crystal Lake	Il	50 daily  2 or 3 day options	$55 by 5/1 $75 after Plus pledges	Erin Petschow	312-781-1100	events@ lungil.org
12	Ogden Lions Ride	Ogden	Il	12/32/62	$20 by 5/12 $25 after	Bill Gillespie	217- 621-9943	LionE1Z3@ aol.com
12-13	TOMRV	Bettendorf	Ia/Il	115/196	$57			tomrv_dt@ msn.com
12-13	Tour de Farms	DeKalb	Il	Day 1 35/75/100 Day 2 35-75	$50 by 5/1 $75 after	Elle Ullum	312- 423-1172	Elle.ullum@ild.nmss.org
13	BCLC Ramble	Wilmot	Il/Wi	12/30/50/70/100	$20 by 6/1 $25 after	Bill Grimm		ramble@ bikebclc.com
13	Tour de Cure	Wheaton	Il			Lisa Poppe	888-diabetes	lpoppe@ diabetes.org
13-18	GITAP	Freeport	Il	260 to 465	$375 by 4/1 $385 by 6/1 $410 after 6/1	Chuck Oestreich	309- 788-1845	chuckace2@ gmail.com
18-19	Le Tour de Shore	Chicago	Il/In/Mi	98	$60 by 5/1 $70 after	Steve Coughlin	708- 865-0301	letourdeshore@ yahoo.com
18-20	Northern Illinois Metric Tour	Union	Il	73/51/72	$349	Jim Clark	815- 477- 8425	info@ weekenderbicycletours.com
20	Windy 60	DeKalb	Il	20/43/63	$17 before 6/1 $22 after		815-758-8879 815-758-1562	windy60@gmail.com
22-27	Swiss Cheese and Spotted Cows	Mineral Point	Wi/Il	60-65 daily		Mary Derks	651- 335- 6505	scscbiketour@ yahoo.com
26	Tour for Cancer	Freeport	Il	30 to 100	free w/donations	Dave Fonda	815-616-5341	cycleupperleftil@ gmail.com
26	Firecracker 100	New Athens	Il					clerk@ moonlightramble.com
27	Swedish Days Ride	Burlington	Il	25/45/62/75 100/124	$15 by 6/13 $25 after	Jane Hankison	630- 587-2570	swedishdays@ fvbsc.org

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July

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
4	4th of July Metric Century	Plainfield	Il	30/45/62	$15 by 6/21 $20 after	Diane Walsh		Dianew3miles@ sbcglobal.net
5-9	Tri State Ride	McGregor	Wi/Il/Ia	275	$179/$199	Rick	608- 341-6089	info@shuttleguy.com
9-11	Southern Wisconisn Century Tour	Union	Il/Wi	117/106/102	$349	Jim Clark	815- 477- 8425	info@ weekenderbicycletours.com
10	Pedaling for Kicks	Bloomington- Normal	Il	10/20 Family 25/40/50/67	$20 family $15 self	Richard Verdery	800-676-2353	rverdery@ilfb.org
10	Tour de Donut	Staunton	Il			Cara Dexheimer		caracrook@ hotmail.com
11	LATE Ride	Chicago	Il	25	$40 by 4/30 $45 after	Nancy Minister-Swabb
18	Biking with Beanzie	DeKalb	Il	23/46/64/100	$20 by 7/9 $25 after			bikingwithbeanzie@ yahoo.com
18-24	Tour des Trees	Chicago	Il/Ia	500	$100 by 6/1 $125 after $3500+ pledges	Mary DiCarlo	630- 369-8300	marydicarlo@ treefund.org
30-Aug 7	Route 66/Great River Road Tour	Union	Il/Wi	95 daily	$1049	Jim Clark	815- 477- 8425	info@ weekenderbicycletours.com
31-Aug 1	Chase the Moon	Batavia	Il	25		Carrie Thompson	630- 428-4500 x10	chasethemoon@ theconservationfoundation.org

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