Prairie Cycle Club – Bicycle Club for Champaign County, Illinois

Get your sedentary friends out on this one :)

Art Gallery
Bicycle Tour
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009

They took Art to the Streets
We're taking the Streets to Art

Join us for an urban bicycle tour of the galleries and unique shops in Champaign-Urbana. This is a leisurely ride for which you set your start time, 10 AM to Noon, ride at your pace, stop for lunch, and visit each gallery for as long as you desire. Discover galleries that you may not know and see art of all kinds including glass, painting, fabric, and sculpture. You will also receive chances on a drawing for a new Trek 7100 Hybrid bicycle donated by Champaign Cycle and additional prizes donated by the participating galleries. Participating local restaurants will offer discounts so you can enjoy lunch on your tour or a snack at the end. Your entire $10 entry will be donated to 40 North | 88 West Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council.

Urbana Galleries: Champaign Galleries:
Beads & Botanicals Boneyard Pottery
Cinema Gallery GlassFX
Fleurish Indi go
Furniture Lounge Larry Kanfer Gallery
Heartland Gallery Wind, Water, & Light
Kalarte Gallery Springer Cultural Center
Madeline's Confectionary Arts Studio

Restaurants: The Great Impasta, Le Gourmandise, The Morning Cup, Jim Gould, Silvercreek, and more by the day of the event.

Start: Anita Purvis Nature Center, Crystal Lake Park, Broadway & Country Club Rd, Urbana. The galleries open at 10 AM so we suggest you start at your leisure between 10 AM and Noon. Figure in time for lunch and a snack after the tour to enjoy an easy day of urban bicycle touring and visits to the many varied galleries and shops in Champaign-Urbana.

Entry Fee: $10. The entire amount will be donated to 40 North | 88 West. Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council. You can enter on the day of the tour. Fee $12.

Drawing: Your registration will enter you in the drawing for the prizes. For each gallery you visit you will receive another entry in the drawing. The drawing and reception will take place at ~5 PM 9/26/2009 at Indi go. If you are not present you will be notified by email.

Prizes: A Trek 7100 Bicycle from Champaign Cycle Value $440
A pair of hand painted plates by Laura O'Donnell from Cinema Gallery
A women's merino wool cap & men's tweed hat from Heartland Gallery
A Guatemalan sash from Kalarte Gallery
An Illini fused glass plate from GlassFX
An orchid of your choice from Fleurish
...and more

This event is presented by Champaign Cycle.

Two extra chances for riding this week - the All Member Welcome Ride on Thursday May 7, Assembly Hall Parking Lot First and St. Mary's (SW corner), 6:15... your fearless leaders will go at a very gentle pace but you can set your own agenda... then those so disposed can drift over to Houlihan's on the corner afterwards.

Then Friday evening, it will be something like a Full Moon rising around 8:30 - which is also when Civil Twilight ends. Hey, even if it's cloudy, let's sneak out to MEADOWBROOK PARK to see what the East Side of the World looks like. Suggest routes would be the 9-mile horsey loop http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2795158 or Anne's Favorite Almost-Philo, Almost-Tolono 20-mile loop http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2795175 (and those miles are what Google says, not some random rider ;))

It should be linked to, below!
Rides start April 18... and lots more is happening.

On the 18th, hopefully the snow will be a memory and official rides will start - here's the list!
Monday Moderate Ride - Level 2 Averaging 20 miles at 12 to 15 m.p.h. 6:00 P.M. from Countryside Day School, corner of Kirby and Staley, Champaign. Emphasis on socializing, not speed. One of the most popular rides.

Monday Moderately Manic Ride–Level 3-4 Same as above but faster. No leader —but lots of fun folks to ride with.

Tuesday Pedal for Pleasure – Level 1 Averaging 12 to 16 miles, 12 to 13 m.p.h. 6:30 P.M. from Champaign Cycle, 506 S. Country Fair Drive, Champaign. Suitable for beginners and any rider who wants to meet people and enjoy a leisurely ride. Mountain bikes welcome.

Tuesday Morning Tour – Level 2 30- 50 miles Time varies w/season; sometimes show and go depending on leader availability. 8 a.m. June-Sep. Hessel Park (Kirby & Grandview) Champaign. Ride will gradually increase in length as season progresses, from 30 to 50 miles, including brunch stop. Leader Ed BonDurant 359-1529

Wednesday Long Ride – Depart: Burwash Park, corner of Burwash & Prospect, Savoy Time: 5:45 pm
This is a ride for folks who want to ride hard and don't mind getting dropped. Usually average around 20mph, distances of 30-50 miles.

Thursday New Member Ride (1st Thursday of the month) – Level 1 6:15 P.M. from First Street & St. Mary's Road (Assembly Hall Lot), Champaign. For new members and anyone who feels like they’re starting over.

Saturday Club Rides – Meadowbrook Park, (Windsor & Vine) Urbana 8:00 June-Aug. for all the rides; Saunter ride starts at 9:00 in April and May, then move to 8 in June when it's hot.
Fitness ride - level 3/4: leader Rick Francis (351-7587, rikfrancis@hotmail.com) Saturday Scramble – Level 3 Leader: Brian McKneight
Level 2/3/4 8:00 A.M., Emphasis on fitness. June-August. Medium & often extended rides.

Saturday Saunter – Level 1/2 Averaging 10 to 20 miles at a leisurely pace (10-13 mph), Common destinations are Philo, St. Joseph or Tolono, with water and rest stops. Smaller groups often break away for longer/faster rides. All frame types of cycles and riders welcome.

Sundry Show and Go Rides: Any day or night (sometimes under the full moon), we may get on the phone or email and get together and ride. Sometimes it becomes a regular thing—if you want to get the word out, hit ‘contact’ and let us know!

As you may have noticed, the days are getting shorter. The last Wednesday night ride for 2008 will be October 8. It was going to be the 15th, but we are really running out of light. Next year the last ride will be the first Wednesday of October. Ride your old school, strange or neglected bike for our last ride which will only be 15-20 miles.

Hope to see you there.

Starting September 3rd the Wednesday night ride will leave Burwash Park at 5:30 pm.
The last ride will be October 16th.

Monday 8 a.m., Pages for All Ages - meet & greet for a "show and go" (no leader) ride around Champaign-Urbana.
PDF MAP LINK of the route (with some shortcuts included); LINk TO GIF if you want to do your own Fireworks :)

http://opensource.boxwith.com/

Starting November 12, the “in the dark” version of Monday night rides will resume. The ride will feature a 20 mile loop around Champaign-Urbana, starting and ending in the Biaggi’s parking lot on South Neil. Pace will depend on who shows up, level 3 and 4 riders have been known to ride.

We will leave the parking lot at 7pm on Monday nights. The ride will continue as long as the roads are clear, and the weather is >15-20 degrees. This ride is IN THE DARK, so headlights and taillights are required. Appropriate clothing and reflective gear is highly recommended.

Fritz Miericke Memorial Bike Tour

Sponsored by the Champaign Touring Society

RIDE TO THE DEPOT
Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007
More info at http://www.resourceroom.net/pcc/fritzdepottour07.htm
Registration PDF
Poster and Registration PDF (2 8 1/2 by 11 pages).
ABOUT THE DEPOT TOUR