Prairie Cycle Club – Bicycle Club for Champaign County, Illinois

This ride will traverse scenic ILlinois roads including portions of the historic Lincoln Trail. Riders can do the full CHampaign-Danville loop for 90 miles, or ride to Kelley's Tavern and back (22 mile trip) or to Homer Lake and back (32 mile trip). Proceeds (after costs) will go to the Champaign County Historical Museum - but it's cheap :) $10 if you sign up ahead of time, $15 day of.

Printable Brochure (PDF - you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it, but it's probably on your computer. Just click!)
HTML version (just click... it won't print as nicely but you could cut and paste the words onto a word processing document and mail it in to us. Checks to Prairie Cycle Club; send to P.O. Box 115 Urbana, IL 61801)

Come on out!

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

22 miles - or more for those so inclined (or more if you ride out there)- on the lovely country roads from St. Joseph. It's a "red flannel affair" - come on out and meet and greet, even if you don't get on the bicycle seat!
Illini Chill Ride : http://www.stjoechamber.org/index_files/Page427.htm

The Darwin Ride will be held snow or shine Jan. 27, 1:00 for riding, 3:00 for feeding frenzy. See your newsletter for details & directions!

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

www.prairienet.org/mattslaw/

Septemer 8, 2007 at 9:00 a.m., Meadowbrook Park, Urbana (Race Street lot - *not* where we normally start rides from) – short, slow ride through town and campus. You don’t have to bike to join us at the park.
No entry fee- T-shirt, drinks & snacks to first 50 riders.
Matt was struck and killed by a driver distracted while using her cell phone. Please join us as we celebrate Matt’s life and promote safety awareness.

Met at Pages for All Ages (Curtis & rt. 45) fourth of July, 7:45 so we can leave by 8:00 a.m.
The route went around c-u tho' we did it backwards :)
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1090123 41 miles...

Monticello Lions Club's annual ride is May 20. More info
http://www.monticellolions.org

BIKE To Work Week
May 14-18

This week is U.S. Bike to Work Week, culminating in Bike to Work Day on Friday May 18.
Local coffee shops are offering Bicycle Commuter Discounts Friday!
The League of American Bicyclists offers a few reasons why cycle commuting is a good idea:

* Three hours of riding per week can cut the risk of heart disease and stroke by half.
* Maintaining a car for a year costs more than $3000 dollars, compared to less than $300 for a bike.