Prairie Cycle Club – Bicycle Club for Champaign County, Illinois

Get your Illini Chill Registration in (see two stories down), check out the Darwin Ride (see newsletter - link below) where we're promised excellent chili - bring your own delicacies and enjoy! If the roads are like last year, the "ride" will be to get there - but your weather goddess is negotiating.

CrowDawg Bike Fitters
CrowDawg Bike Fitters FREE bike fitting clinic at shop space at The Bike Project in downtown Urbana. Attendees will learn:

• The importance of a well-fitted bike – to increase comfort, improve performance and help prevent injuries.
• The components of a professional bike fit.
• The four core measurements of a bike fit and the best ranges for e...ach.
• Have opportunity to measure inseam and calculate their seat tube length and saddle height—a key measurement for sizing bikes to riders.
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Free Bike Fitting Clinic @ The Bike Project
Time:2:00PM Sunday, January 31st
Location: The Bike Project 202 S. Broadway (corner Elm & B'way, downtown Urbana - a.k.a. basement of old Post Office near Lincoln Square Mall)

CrowDawg Bike Fitters
www.crowdawgbikefitters.com

Illini Chilltm 02º06º10º. -- February Sixth 2010 --

The Chill Is On!
The Ninth Annual Illini Chill Ride will be held in St. Joseph on
Saturday, February 6, 2010. Folks have participated at various levels – from getting the ticket, eating the food and swag, and laughing at people who rode, to "just" doing the 20 miles with the hot
chocolate and reminding your legs what a bicycle is, to riding out
from Champaign, doing the "extra 20 miles for pro-ficient riders,"
and making it an endurance event.
The ride includes a lumberjack breakfast, hot chocolate break and spaghetti lunch, and is held *regardless* of the weather.
http://www.stjoechamber.org/illini_chill.html has more information, or
E-mail: illinichill@yahoo.com or call Todd 309-824-8684

Darwin Ride is also "go" the weekend before that - see your upcoming newsletter or click on "contact pcc" for details. You *can* get in some winter miles... (the bike shops are carrying studded tyres, by the way...)

Holiday Party and other assorted happenings!

Cranksgiving is a scavenger hunt of sorts where you bike to the various checkpoints (in this case grocery stores) and complete certain tasks at each checkpoint (buy a food item from a list you will be given) and then ride to the next checkpoint. It is a relatively simple concept and last year was a resounding success. We had 41 riders participate and gathered over 600 pounds of food that was then donated to the Eastern Illinois Foodbank. As with last years event we have a number of sponsors and there will be prizes given away for the people who gather the most food. This is a great way to get some exercise, have some fun, and donate to those less fortunate. Hope to see you out there. I'll be sending out another email closer to the date with any updated information (including a full list of sponsors and some of the prizes).

Important Information
When: Novermber 14th, Registration starts at 12PM and the ride kicks off at 1PM
Where: The start at end will be at the Bike Co-op
What you need to bring: Money (at least 5$(hopefully you'll bring more)), a bag or method of carrying food, and a lock

Helmets are very strongly encouraged!