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January
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
1	MS Polar Ride	Glenview	Il	10		Randy King	312-423-1195	rjking@msvolunteers.org
1	New Years Day Ride	Lena	Il	10		Karl Byerley	815-369-4199	EasyRiderBike@hotmail.com

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February
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
7	Illini Chill A Red Flannel Affair	St. Joseph	Il	22+	$30	Kent D. Dunn	217-469-7566	Tnek.Tnias@juno.com

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March
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
14	St. Patrick's Day Ride	Wauconda	Il	12/20/36	$10  under 12 free		847-520-5010	wheeling@wheelmen.com
26-28	Chicago Bike Show	Chicago	Il		Adults $9 $4 under 12 under 6 free

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April
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
4	Spring Forward	Union	Il	15/31/62	$12, $15 late	Bob Estrada	847-619-9125
17	Trails for Tails Bikeathon	DeKalb	Il	10/20/55	$10 before 4/10 $15 after	Dahlia Furlager	815-919-8091	veg@niu.edu
18	Folks on Spokes Easter Ride	University Park	Il	28/38/50/68	$15 by 4/4 $20 after			ebunny@bicycling.com
18	Spring Chicken's Ride & Recumbent Rally	St. Libory	Il	23/34/43	$8		314-965-1444
24-25	STE. Genevieve Weekend	Columbia	Il	47	$30	Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	cylist@aol.com
25	Silver Springs 60	Yorkville	Il	25/45/62	$18 by 4/19 $23 after 4/19  under 10 free	Byron Burns	630-584-7353	silver60@fvbsc.org

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May
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
1	Ride the Ups and Downs	Elizabeth	Il	22/31/46/60	$15 by April 24; $20 race day	Gerald Bausman	815-858-2002	bausmana@juno.com
1	Tour De Stooges	Lebanon	Il.	13-63	$15 under 5 free		314-644-4660	tourdestooges@rogerkramercycling.org
1	Kish Classic	Malta	Il	10/20/40	$15	Andy Bramer		abramer@kishwaukeecollege.edu
1	Trail Breaking the Illinois Mississippi River Trail		Il	35 to 40	Free	Chuck Oestreich	309-788-1845	oestreich@qconline.com
1	Tunnel Hill-Cache River Spring Bike Ride	Harrisburg	Il	47	$15 by 4/16 $20 after		618-634-9678
2	Sudden Century	Joliet	Il	30/45/60/80/100	$10 before 4/24 $15 after $25 family	Lois	815-609-0509
8	Tour de Chicago	Chicago	Il	25	$25		773-868-3010	mail@chicagoevents.com
15	Donna's Ride	Huntley	Il	25/40/60	$10 ride fee $20 donation	Dr. J Pedal	847-695-7964	drjpedal@webtv.net
16	Tour of the North Shore	Skokie	Il	3/10/30/50	$35 minimum pledge	Greg Eklund	847-328-5147	greg.eklund@cancer.org
16	Walk & Roll Chicago	Chicago	Il	15	Fundraiser	Tracy Jensen	312-372-0471	walk.roll@cancer.org
16	Sangamon River Ride	Monticello	Il	16/24/34/42	$15 self $30 family	Gary Nixon	800-952-3396 217-762-7921	gnix@pdnt.com
16	Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Bike Ride	Hartford	Il	14+	$8		314-966-5505
16	Prairie Pedal	Grayslake	Il	4/7/12/18	$18 under 17 $9	Nathan Aaberg	847-548-5989	naaberg@libertyprairie.org IrishLois@aol.com
23	Arlington 500	Barrington	Il	30/44/54/68	$9 by 5/16 $13 after	Greg Konieczny	847-255-3468	konie@mindspring.com
23	Strawberry Festival Ride	St. Jacob	Il	15/25/37/48	$11		314-781-9566
29	Stateline 60	Roscoe	Il	12/35/68	$15 Late $20	Dave Morgan Arlan Brass	815-874-6824 815-874-7208
29	Giro d'Festa	Herrin	Il	30/60/100	$10	Jim Rasor	618-985-2333	jrasor@wsiltv.com
29-30	Weekend Getaway to Okawville	Columbia	Il	Sat 35/55 Sun 32/51	$135	Julie Snyder	314-306-3996	snyderjulie@charter.net
30	Bike the Drive Bike & helmet rentals are available	Chicago	Il	15/30	$35 adults $20 kids	Cathy Haibach	312-427-3325 x23	cathy@biketraffic.org
31	The Great Pizza Ride	Millstadt	Il	24/34/43	$8		314-965-1444

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June
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
5	Route 66 Bicycle Ride & Festival	Edwardsville	Il	16/36/46/66	$8		618-692-0070
5-6	Chicago Ride for Aids	Chicago	Il	90/180	$65, pledge goal $1000	Jeff Allen	773-989-9400	events@tpan.com
6	Tour de Cure DuPage County	Wheaton	Il	25/60/100k	20	Denise DiCianni	312-346-1805 x6568	ddicianni@diabetes.org
6	Udder Century	Union	Il	31/50/62/100	$20 before 5/28 $25 after kids 6-12 $8	McHenry County Bicycle Club	815-477-6858	mcbcinfo@comcast.net
11-13	Lake Tour Bike Trek	Crystal Lake	Il	100/150	45 before 3/15 60 after	George Schabow	630-260-9600	GSchabow@Lungil.org
11-13	Prairie State Tandem Rally	Thomson	Il		$6 per person	Paula Myszczak		PSTR04@yahoo.com
12	Safari Bicycle Tour	Pekin	In	8/17/23/33/ 44/52/60	$15 before 5/12 $20 until 5/31 $25 day of	Tim Maudlin	812-967-5082	info@mustdorides.com
12	Kiwanis Super Trek Bicycle Ride	Metropolis	Il		$15 by 5/31	Dean Hinners	618-524-8146	metropoliskiwanis@hotmail.com
12	Bike for the Roses	Oswego	Il	6/12	$10 $5 under 12 Family max $30	Oswego Optimists		bikefortheroses@aol.com
13-19	Gitap Grand Illinois Trail and Parks	DeKalb	Il	450	$310	Chuck Oestreich	309-788-1845	oestreich@qconline.com
13	BCLC Ramble	Wilmot	Wi/Il	30/50/70/100	$12 by 6/1 $17 after	Cynthia Simmons	847-604-0520	smithia_simmons@hotmail.com
19	Tour de Cure	Alton	Il	25/50/100	fee plus donations		314-739-5180	tctours@touringcyclist.com
19	C-U Across the Prairie	Mahomet	Il	20/35/65		Jody Littleton	217-356-8580	jlittleton@parkland.edu
19	Spring Metric Ride and Stride	Bloomington- Normal	Il	15 mile family short 30-35 long 60-70	$20 before 6/1 $25 after	Diana Nicol	309-662-0500 x 58	diana@arcmclean.org
19	Great Carroll County Cycling Event	Lanark	Il	30/60	$25	Frank Flack	815-275-2405	fwflack@grics.net
19-20	Bike Ride Across Illinois National Road	Troy	Il	150	$25	Darin Koelm Belinda Nickles	618-238-4045 888-268-0042	nationalrd@rr1.net
20	Windy 60	DeKalb	Il	20/43/63	$13 by 6/1 $16 after	Char Riefler	815-758-1562	dekalbwindy60@yahoo.com
20	Ride the River		Ia/Il	9/16/up to 60	$8 adults $2 kids in carriers		563-322-2969	riveraction@netexpress.net
26	The Saki Century	Goreville	Il	20/40/62/100	$20 by 6/5 $25 after	Tim Woods	618-983-3043	thesakicentury@hotmail.com
26	Great Northwest Illinois Tour for Cancer	Freeport	Il	30/60/100 daily	$25 1 day $50 both days	Wendy Gustafson	815-232-2121 x230	wendy.gustafson@m45.biz
26	Tampico Fest Ride	Tampico	Il	6/18/40	$15	Don Lester	815-438-7447	dlester@cin.net
26-27	MS 150 Tour de Farms	Sugar Grove	Il	Sat 35/75/100 Sun 35/75	$20 by 12/31/03 $30-$75 later	Kelly Ligozio	888-343-1179	ms150@ild.nmss.org
27	Swedish Days Ride	Burlington	Il	25/45/62 75/100	$14 before 6/21 $20 after $30 family		630-584-7353	swedishdays@fvbsc.org
27	Judy's Day Tour Judy's Family Ride	Deerfield	Il	Family 5/10 Tour 25	$45 adults $15 kids	Perry Dlugie	773-282-5819	judysday@aol.com
27	Ride For Wishes	Dunlap	Il	10/20/40	$20 $30 family	Rebecca Richardson Bob Widmer	309-745-9287	rebe-@richardsondesignassoc.com
27-July 5	Grand Excursion	Rock Island	Il	35 to 70 daily 400 miles total	$225	Tom Bolton	941-613-1731 563-386-7157

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July
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
3-9	Bicycle Illinois	Cairo	Il	70 daily 420 total		Robert Layton	773-868-1495	info@bicycllinois.com
4	Fourth of July Metric	Plainfield	Il	30/45/62	$10 before 6/24, $15 after	Brenda Alberico	815-467-5748	alberico@cbcast.com
4	Fair St. Louis Riverfront Bicycle Ride	East St. Louis	Il	14/26/39/48	$5
10	Pedaling for Kicks	Bloomington- Normal	Il	15 mile family 25/40/50/64	Family $20 $15 before 6/30 $20 after	Richard Verdery	800-676-2353 evenings 309-454-1675	rverdery@ilfb.org
10	Biggsville Hill and Hollow Charity Ride	Biggsville	Il	20/50	$25 self $50 family	Dick Johnson	309-627-2091	natures@hcil.net
10	Tour de Donut	Staunton	Il	30	$10 by 6/30 $15 after	Beth Greg	314-837-8576 636-940-8985
10	Fun Ride for Camp New Hope	Matoon	Il	20	Donations		217-234-6738 800-768-8654	pzoll-@consolidated.net
11	The LATE Ride	Chicago	Il	25		Nancy Minster Swabb		lateride@hotmail.com
11	FireCracker 100	Greenville	Il	up to 100 miles		Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	cylist@aol.com
11	Big Bottle Ride & Summerfest	Collinsville	Il	18/30/44	$8		314-918-1004
12-13	Heart of America Ride for Aids	Ottawa	Il	Day 1 75/125 Day 2 50/100			877-343-7433	info@aidsride2003.org
14-18	HOPE Ride	Quad Cities	Il	350	$100 entry, $1400 pledges	Jeana Stewart	630-588-9165	info@hope-ride.org
17-18	Peach Pedal	Belleville	Il	14/22/41	$8	Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	cylist@aol.com
17-22	BILL Bike Illinois Land of Lincoln	Quincy	Il	60-75 miles daily	$150	Dough Boehm	708-403-6276	dboehm@orland-park.il.us
18	Biking with Beanzie	DeKalb	Il	23/43/63/83/103	$15 before 7/10 $20 after	Toney	815-758-3742	beanzieride@yahoo.com
18	Ultimate Neighborhood Ride	Chicago	Il	10/20/30/40	$18 by 7/2 under 16 $10	Rob Sindelar	773-509-8093	unr@chicagocyclingclub.org
18	Foot High Pie Ride	Highland	Il	33/42/51	$8		314-821-0216
18	Ride for Wishes	Dunlap	Il	10/20/40	$25 $55 family	Rebecca Richardson Bob Widmer	309-745-9287	rebe-@richardsondesignassoc.com
25	Metro Metric	Hampshire	Il	25/62/75/100	$15 before 7/9 $20 after		630-415-2453	metrometric@hotmail.com
30-Aug 1	Heart of America Aids Ride Chicago	Chicago	Il	225		Steve Cole	877-343-7433	info@aidsridechicago.org
31	Triangle of Opportunity Cycle Tour	Minier	Il	45	$15 self $35 family	Dale Colaw	217-648-2825	eschemk@aol.com

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August

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
1	Chase the Moon	Aurora	Il	5-25	$35 until 7/3 $40 after	Cheryl Perez	630-299-1103	cperez@adsalarm.com
1	Rotary Ride	Naperville	Il	10/25/50/75 miles				events@rotaryride.com
7-9	CowaLUNGa	Gurnee	Il	130/190	$75 2 day  $90 3 day  $250 in pledges	Niki Bartosiak	312-628-0212	niki@alamc.org
7-13	AIBR Around Illinois Back Roads	Morris	Il	50-80 daily		Brenda Alberico	815-467-5748	alberico@cbcast.com
8	Fahrradtour Und Augustfest	Mascoutah	Il	16/23/36/50	$8		314-645-4447
14	Interplanetary Bicycle Ride	Peoria	Il.	12-100	$18 by 8/1 $22 after	Sheldon Schafer	309-686-7000	sschafer@lakeview-museum.org
14-15	Mississippi Valley 24 hour Challenge	New Baden	Il	$50 before 7/31 $80 after		Mike Hahn		mochalleng@aol.com
15	Tour of Lake County	Mundelein	Il	10/25/65	$25 each by 8/2 $20 each/team $30/25 after 8/2	Amy Scheele	847-317-0025	amy.scheele@cancer.org
15	Melon Metric	Plano	Il	15/32/63	$20 self $30 family	Susan Munsterman	630-499-7507	munssn@aol.com
15	Edward Brophy Memorial Ride 4 Life	Woodstock	Il	30	$30	James Kearns	815-337-7109	Dr.Kearns@Painfree101.com
21-22	Mahomet Rotary Ride	Mahomet	Il	10/30/60	$15 one day $25 both days	John Alumbaugh	217-586-4995	jalumbaugh@ms.k12.il.us
21	Yellow Dog Bicycle Ride	Hamel	Il	26/37/44	$8		314-966-5505
22	Old Mill Century	Oregon	Il	up to 100		Greg Frantz	815-732-7154	gbfrantz@inwave.com
28	Tour de Witt	Clinton	Il	15/35/54/65	15 mile $10 All others $15	Tom Cooper	217-935-8904	wyatt38@yahoo.com
28	Kiwanis Fun Day Bike Ride	Mt. Vernon	Il	15/30/60/100		Bernie	618-244-5632	bfc@mvn.net
29	Bike Psychos Century	Coal City	Il	35/50/70/100	$14 before 8/23, $19 day of	Ray Hodson	708-802-1804	Century@BikePsychos.org
29	Annie's Frozen Custard Ride	Edwardsville	Il	25/36/46	$8		314-862-1188

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September
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
7-9	Ag in the Classroom	Quincy	Il	30/50/100+	$75 before 8/16 $ 95 after	Lesley Walker	309-557-2225	lwalker@ilfb.org
11	Olney Classic	Olney	Il	6 mile family		Carrie Hallam	618-393-2329	challam@pacific-cycle.com
11	Heartland Century	Hampton	Il	25/50/62/100	$20 before 9/1 $23 after	Mike Desch	319-755-4722	mikedesch@aol.com
11	Riding for Pastor Support Program	Elk Grove Village	Il	10 mile loop	Pledges Donations	Ed Johnson	630-963-0636	EJohniloveJesus@aol.com
11	Apple Challenge	Grafton	Il		$25	Katie Herroitt	217-223-3862	kherriott@soill.org
12	Boulevard Lakefront Tour	Chicago	Il	15/35	$30 adults, $15 kids	Cathy Haibach	312-427-3325 x23	cathy@biketraffic.org
12	Community Ride	Schaumburg	Il	5/10/15	$4 pancake breakfast	Bob Estrada	847-619-9125 630-668-5204	restr5@comcast.net
12	Harmon Hundred	Wilmot	Wi	25/50/75/100	$15 by 9/27 $20 after $5 under 12	Mary Kay Drapeau	847-520-5010 x3	wheeling@wheelmen.com
12	Capital City Century	Springfield	Il	12/25/40/ 62/100	$8 12 mile $10 25/40 mile $15 62/100 mile	Jerry Ihnen		Jerry423@aol.com
18	Amish Country Memorial Tour	Arthur	Il	18/25/40/65	$7 till 8/23 $10 after	Mark McClure	217 454-9896 217 875-0092	president@decaturbicycleclub.org
18-19	Apple Pie Ride	Marine	Il	13/17/38	$8	Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	cylist@aol.com
19	North Shore Century	Evanston	Il	8/25/50/62/100	$15 before 8/20 $20 after	Ben Shapiro	847-866-7743	evbike@evanstonbikeclub.org
19	Apple Cider Bicycle Ride	Millstadt	Il	23/31/41	$8		314-843-5586
19	Pedal Across the Prairie	Ringwood	Il	10/20/50k	$22 by 8/20 $27 day of	Roland Lauer	815-759-9390	pedalap2004@yahoo.com
19	Fall Frolic	Chicago	Il	37	$25	Sarah Strong	312-857-2757 x 14	strongs@fotp.org
25	No Baloney Ride	Peoria	Il	25/50/75/100		Mike Pula	309-387-6761	mrpula@hotmail.com
25	Southern Spokes	DuQuoin	Il	10/20/40/60/100	$25 plus pledges	Jo Dodd	618-457-2969	jdodd@soill.org
25	Ride the Nine	Charleston	Il	10/30/40/60	$25 by 9/7 $30 after	Katie Keeline	217-345-2424	kkeeline@soill.org
26	Flat as a Pancake Ride	New Baden	Il	40/60/100	$15	John Jost	636-464-1700	jostrider@yahoo.com
26	Diamond Mineral Springs Ride	Troy	Il	20/35/46	$8		314-962-7715
26	Pedal for Peace Bike-a-Thon	Chicago	Il	26	$10 self $20 family + pledges	Martha, Erica or Megan	773-293-3680	cmsa@chicagosanctuary.org

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October
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
3	Pumpkin Pie Ride	Ottawa	Il	25/50/75/100	$15 by 9/20 $20 after 12 and under $5	Brian Eastman	815-433-5035	bikegod@ivnet.com
3	Pumpkin Pedal	Maple Park	Il	25/42/62	$28 by 9/23 $28 day of	Sandy Hutchins	630-377-7250	shutchins@soill.org
9	Tunnel Hill-Cache River Fall Bike Ride	Harrisburg	Il	up to 47	$20 before 9/27 $25 after		618-634-9678
16	Leaf-Peeper's Tour	Elizabeth	Il	22/31/46/60	$15 before 10/11, $20 day of	Gerald Bausman	815-858-2002	bausmana@juno.com
16	Art Harvest Festival Bike Ride	Hillsboro	Il	15/22/45	$5 $20 family	Bill Menchak		wm1888@sbc.com

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November
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email

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December
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
4	Reindeer Ride	Gurnee	Il			Katie Kerrigan	847-651-9137	ktkerrigan@comcast.net
17	Toys for tots Ride	Niles	Il				847-692-4240

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Last Update 11/30/04