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Pre-Ride Checklist

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
27	Tour De Exchange	Charleston	Il	10/20/50	$20 by 4/11 $25 after	Deborah Miller	217- 345-8426	CityClerk@ co.coles.il.us
28	IVCA Dirty Mudd'r	Streator	Il	35/62	$25
28	Easter Ride	Park Forest	Il	17/28/33/50/62	$15	Al Sturges	708- 481-3429	alsturges@ sbcglobal.net

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Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
4	Tour de Stooges	Highland	Il	17/22/30 42/64	$20 $25 day of	Jerry Whittle	618- 977- 4296	bicycle2eat@ gmail.com
4	Ride the Ups and Downs	Elizabeth	Il	25/31/52/61		Rori Koepfler	224- 489-8552	Rkoepfler@ aol.com
11	Ride the Rock	Joliet	Il	16	Free	Jim McFarland	815- 722- 1244	webmaster@ fpdwc.org
15	Ride of Silence		Il	Varies	Free
15	Ride of Silence	Joliet	Il	9	Free	Sara Jo Briese	815-715-2851	sjbriese@ yahoo.com
18	Ride to Recharge	Chicago	Il	4/10/20	Fee + Pledges		872- 202-9623	info@ climatecycle.org
19	Arlington 500	Barrington	Il	28/42/54/69	$10 by 5/13 $15 after			500@ cyclearlington.com
25/26	Blackhawk Country Roads	Rockton	Il	18/21/31/36	$16/25	Linda Tipton Lisa Day	815-871-6379 815-979-3892	Register here
26	Tour de Cure	Chicago	Il	15-30	$40	Lisa Adams	312- 346-1805	chicagotour@ diabetes.org
26	Freedom Ride	Wauconda	Il	5 family 15/40		Cari Berrelez	847-526-RIDE
26	Bike The Drive	Chicago	Il	30 mile loop	$45 early $58 day of

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Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
1	Ride Across Illinois RAIL South	St. Louis to Vincennes,	Mo/Il In	160		Robert Layton	877- 868- 7455	bicycleillinois@ bicycleillinois.com
1	Taste of Tunnel Hill Trail Bike Ride	Tunnel Hill	Il	15/30/45 62/100
2	Udder Century	Union	Il	32/50/62/100	$22 by 5/24 $27 after	Judy Matzen		udder@ charter.net
8	Cycling for Safe Families	Union	Il	16/32/48/64	adult $20 under 12 $5	Robb Rennix	815-978-8151	rrennix@ lydiahome.org
8	McLean County Wheelers Metric Ride	Hudson	Il	10 family 20/40/60	$20 by 5/17 $25 after	Francesca Erb	309-825-2058	mcleancountywheelers@ gmail.com
8	Ogden Lions Ride	Ogden	Il	12/20/32/62	$20 Under 12 $12	Bill Gillespie	217- 621-9943	lione1z3@ aol.com
8	Metropolis Kiwanis Superman Bicycle Ride	Metropolis	Il	10/38/60	$20 by 6/1 $25 after			metropoliskiwanis@ gmail.com
8-9	TOMRV	Bettendorf	Ia/Il	Sat 69/106 Sun 46/90	$60 by 3/29 $70 by 5/27 $85 after			Contact
9	Tour de Cure	Chicago	Il	10/20/35 62/100	$25	Lisa Adams	312- 346-1805	chicagotour@ diabetes.org
9	BCLC Ramble	Wilmot	Wi/Il	30/50/70 100/124
9-14	GITAP	Channahon	Il	235-505	$440 $415 LIB members	Chuck Oestreich	309- 788- 1845	chuckace2@ gmail.com
14-15	Le Tour de Shore	Chicago	Il/In Mi	100				letourdeshore@ yahoo.com
14-16	Fight for Air Ride	Crystal Lake	Il		$75 + min pledges $600 one day $800 two day	Heidi Hoffman	312- 445-2508	Heidi.Hoffman@ lungil.org
16	Ride the River	Davenport Moline	Ia/Il	20 to 60
22	Ride Across Illinois RAIL North	Moline to Chicago	Il	170		Robert Layton	877- 868- 7455	bicycleillinois@ bicycleillinois.com
23	Swedish Days Ride	Burlington	Il	27/45/62/80 100/124	$17 self $35 family by 6/1 $25/$45 after	David Struck		Swedishdays@ fvbsc.org
29	NW Illinois Tour for Cancer	Freeport	Il	30/70/100		Dave Fonda	815- 990-9396	cycleupperleft.il@ gmail.com
29	M & M Vineyard Bike Ride	Mackinaw	Il	15/30/40/60		Mikayla Eldridge	309- 676-3832	meldridge@ metec1.org
29	Pedaling for Kicks	Bloomington- Normal	Il	25/40/50/67	$15 by 6/8 $20 family $20/$25 after	Richard Verdery	800- 676-2353	rverdery@ilfb.org
30	LATE Ride	Chicago	Il	25	$40 by 4/30 $45 after	Nancy Minister Swabb		lateride@ hotmail.com

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Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
4	4th of July Metric Century	Plainfield	Il	30/45/62	$20 by 6/21 $25 after	Diane	815- 325-8053	jabianch@ sbcglobal.net
6-13	Bicycle Illinois	Cairo	Il	500-700	$699	Robert Layton	877- 868-7455	bicycleillinois@ bicycleillinois.com
13	Tri-State Tour #1	Hammond	In/Il/Wi	85-100	$50	Robert Layton	877- 868-7455	bicycleillinois@ bicycleillinois.com
14	Biking with Beanzie	DeKalb	Il	3/5/8 Family 20/40/60 80/101	$22 by 7/5 $30 after	Jennie	331- 442-4166	BikingwithBeanzie@ yahoo.com
20	Z Tour	Princeton	Il	10/29/40/50 62/100	$25 by 5/15 $30 family $30/$35 after	Brian Church	815- 875-2335	ztourinfo@ gmail.com
20-21	GITy Up	Wheaton	Il	17/50	$85 Under 5 free	Steve Buchtel	708- 365-9365	steve@ trailsforillinois.org
21	Ride Ataxia Chicago	Channahon	Il	4/12/32/52	$25/$45 by 6/21 After 6/21 +$5 Day of +$10	Kyle Bryant	484- 879-6160	kyle@ rideataxia.org
28	ACE Hardware Century	Matteson	Il	12-100	$25-$45			cmnace@ acehardware.com
28	Venus de Miles	Lake Forest	Il	25/61	$79/89/ 99/129			teresa@ venusdemiles.com

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Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
3	TOOC Tour	Danvers	Il
3	Hop on for Hope  for the Village of Hope	Leroy	Il	10/25/50	$25	Dick West	309- 962-7092	dickw6858@ aol.com
4	Two Rivers Century	Kankakee	Il	22/47/62 80/100/124		Steffen	815- 922-9873	stefnlaw@ comcast.net
4	Night Owl Ride	Crystal Lake	Il
4	Tri-State Tour # 2	Hammond	In/Il/Wi	85-100	$50	Robert Layton	877- 868-7455	bicycleillinois@ bicycleillinois.com
3-5	CowaLUNGa	Gurnee	Il/Wi	65 day one 130 day two 190 day three	Discounted reg before 6/30 + pledges	Niki B.	312- 628- 0212	nbartosiak@ lungchicago.org
10	Sweet Corn Century	Mendota	Il	up to 100	$20 self $30 family +$5 after 8/1	Dave Brewer	815- 538-2425	davebrew@ mtco.com
11	Rotary Ride	Naperville	Il	20/40/55 62/100	$40	Rich Goulet	630- 546-9658	rgoulet@ wideopenwest.com
17	Kiwanis Fun Day Bike Ride	Rend Lake	Il	15/30/60/100	$25 self $50 family	Jim Shurtz		shurtzjm@ aol.com
17-18	Climate Cycle Dunes to Downtown	Indiana Dunes	In/Il	62/125	fee + Pledges		872- 202-9623	info@ climatecycle.org
18	Bike Psychos Century	Coal City	Il	30/50/64 100/124	$25 by 8/11 $30 after	Deanna	708- 220- 2769	century@ bikepsychos.org
18	Wright Ride	Oak Park	Il	10/25/50				oakparkcyclecub@ yahoo.com
24	No Baloney Ride	Morton	Il	25/50/75/100	$20 early $25 day of	Morgan Grigsby	309- 363-3066	NoBaloneyBicycleRide@ gmail.com
24	C-U Across the Prairie	Urbana	Il	15/34/66				president@ prairiecycleclub.org
25	Wrigley Field Road Tour	Chicago	Il	100	$100 reg min $500 pledges		312- 664-3836	info@ worldbicyclerelief.org

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