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January

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February
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
4	Illini Chill A Red Flannel Affair	St. Joseph	Il	22/44	$20 by 1/16 $23 after	Kent D. Dunn	217-469-7566	illinichill@juno.com

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March
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
19	St. Patrick's Day Ride	Wauconda	Il	16/20/36	$10  under 12 free	Debbie & Tom Wilson	847-520-5010 x3	wheeling@wheelmen.com
25-26	Chicago Bike Show	Chicago	Il		$10

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April

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
2	Spring Forward	Union	Il	18/31/62	$12 adults $6 under 17 by 3/25	Ben Beach	847-310-0523	springforward@ schaumburgbicycleclub.org
9	Folks on Spokes Easter Ride	University Park	Il	28/38/50/68	$15 by 4/5 $20 after	Bernard O'Reilly	708-755-0653	Bern49@comcast.net
27-30	Spin 4 Life	Marion	Il					n_sujatanond@hotmail.com

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May

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
6	Tour de Stooges	Lebanon	Il	13/19/30/42/63	$15 adults $7 kids 5-12	Roger Kramer	618-236-2793	tourdestooges@rogerkramercycling.org
6	Ride the Ups and Downs	Elizabeth	Il	22/31/46/60	$15 by 4/27		815-858-2221	info@elizabeth-il.com
7	Explore Joliet Sudden Century	Joliet	Il	12/20/40/56 70/100	$15	Dale Bormet	815-478-5165	bormetdw@aol.com
13	I SPY Lincoln Bike Ride	Lincoln	Il	15-60	$10 by 4/18 $15 after		217-735-4339	ispylincoln@hotmail.com
21	Arlington 500	Barrington	Il	30/44/54/68	$10 by 5/14 $15 day of	Greg Konieczny		500@cyclearlington.com
21	Prairie Pedal	Grayslake	Il	4/7/12/24		Kathleen Fosha	847-548-5989	info@libertyprairie.org
21	Tour of the Northshore	Skokie	Il	3/10/30/50		Brooke Billings	847-328-5147	brooke.billings@cancer.org
21	Sangamon River Valley Bike Ride	Monticello	Il	16/24/34/42	$15 self $35 family	Debbie Winder	217-762-4751	kodakcam@monticellopro.net
21	Walk and Roll Chicago	Chicago	Il	15	pledges	Tracy May   Brad Grusnick	312-279-7261 312-279-7261	walk.roll@cancer.org
27-28	Stateline 60	Rockford	Il	17/30/62	$16 by 5/20 $21 after	Rick Plantz Betsy Dietz	815-399-1404 815-226-0611	rplantz@aol.com
27-31	Martha's Miles	St. Louis to Chicago	Mo/Il			Matt Howard	618-531-2452	info@marthas-miles.org
28	Privale Ride	Mt. Carroll	Il	30 miles 1 hour tour	$15 long ride $5 tour	John H McConnel Jr.	815-244-4005	johnmcfarm@aol.com
28	Bike the Drive	Chicago	Il	choose your own	$40 $5 kids	Cynthia Hodur	312-427-3325 x251	cynthia@biketraffic.org

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June

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
3-4	Ride for Aids Chicago	Chicago	Il	180		Alicia Ozier	773-989-9400 x233	rideforaids@tpan.com
4	Udder Century	Union	Il	31/50/62/100	$20 by 5/28 $25 after	Tom Baer	815-477-6858	udder@earthlink.net
4	Tri-State Tour		Il/Wi/In	85		Robert Layton	773-868-1495 877-Tour-Ill	tristatetour@bicycleillinois.com
4	Flat as a Pancake Century Ride	New Baden	Il	67/100	$30	Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	Teneau2@sbcglobal.net
8-11	Il Cops Concerns of Police Survivors Ride across Illinois	Quincy	Il	400		Mark Hannan  John Hanke		ilcopsride@ilcops.org
10	Camp Lions Benefit Ride	Ogden	Il	12/32/62	$18 by 5/29 $20 day of	Bill Gillespie	217-582-2388	LionE1Z3@aol.com
10-11	TOMRV	Bettendorf	Ia/Il			Linda Barchman	563-388-8043	lindabarchman@hotmail.com
10-11	Lake 2 Lake Ride for the Arts	Crystal Lake	Il	70	raise $200 1 day raise $300 2 day	Lori Keller	815-444-0536	mkmusik@sbcglobal.net
11	BCLC Ramble	Wilmot	Wi	30/50/70/100	$15 by 6/1 $20 after	John Serrano Vincent Steidl	847-604-0520	ramble@bikebclc.com
11	Mahomet Rotary Ride	Mahomet	Il	40/60/100 10 Family	$20 $15 Family	Camille Born	217-586-2675	bornfam4@mchsi.com
11	Tour de Cure	Wheaton	Il	25/60/100k	$20 plus pledges	Courtney DeRose	312-346-1805 x 6568	cderose@diabetes.org
11-17	GITAP Grand Illinois Trail and Parks	Rochelle	Il	315 to 555	$320 by 4/1 $330 by 6/1 $350 after 6/1 12-15 $250 under 11 $165	Chuck Oestreich	309-788-1845	oestreich@qconline.com
16-18	Prairie State Tandem Rally	Burr Ridge	Il	65-105 Daily options	$6 by 6/2 $16 day of
17	American Red Cross McLean County Wheelers Ride and Stride	Bloomington	Il	10/30/60	$20 by 6/1	Diana Nicol	309-662-0500 x58	diana@archeartland.org
17	The Great Carroll County Cycling Event	Thomson	Il	20/62		Frank Flack	815-275-2405	fwflack@hotmail.com
18	Windy 60	DeKalb	Il	20/43/63		Char Riefler	815-758-1562	dekalbwindy60@yahoo.com
18	Swedish Days Ride	Burlington	Il	25/45/62 75/100/124	$18 by 6/7 $25 day of	Byron Burns	630-584-7353	swedishdays@fvbsc.org
23-24	Le Tour de Shore	Chicago	Il	90	$40	Steve Coughlin	708-865-0301	letourdeshore@yahoo.com
24	Great Northwest Illinois Tour for Cancer and Wellness Day	Freeport	Il	30/50/70/100	$25 by 6/1 $30 after	Sandra Stengel	815-232-2121 x230	sandra.stengel@m45.biz
24-25	MS150 Tour de Farms		Il	35/75/100	fee plus pledges	Lisa Stephenson	888-343-1179	ms150@ild.nmss.org

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July

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
1	Bike for Menno Haven	Tiskilwa	Il			Paula Stoltzfus		bikemennohaven@yahoo.com
1-8	Bicycle Illinois	Cairo	Il	488	$498	Robert Layton	773-868-1495 877-Tour-Ill	bicycleillinois@bicycleillinois.com
4	4th of July Metric		Il	30/45/60+				bike67@juno.com jmlh@speakeasy.net
8	Pedaling for Kicks	Bloomington Normal	Il	15/40/50/64	$15 by 6/23 $20 after	Richard Verdery	800-676-2353	rverdery@ilfb.org
9	Firecracker 100	Greenville	Il	50/100	$30	Dennis Baute	314-644-4660	dwbaute@juno.com
15	Progressive Bike and Dine	Brookfield	Il			Pamela Brookstein		pamela@biketraffic.org
16	The LATE Ride	Chicago	Il	25	$35	Nancy Minster Swabb	773-918-RIDE	lateride@hotmail.com
16	Melon Metric	Plano	Il	15/32/62/100	$15	Meredith or Russ Wayant	630-517-4942	merewayant@hotmail.com
16	Biking with Beanzie	DeKalb	Il	23/46/64/101	$17 by 7/9 $22 after	Toney Xidis		beanzieride@yahoo.com
22	Veggie Bike and Dine	Chicago	Il	9		Dan Korman	312-427-3325 x224	dan@biketraffic.org
22	Tour de Health	Rock Falls	Il	5/25/50	5 mi family $1 ea $25 by 7/19 $30 after	Teresa Smith	815-625-0400 x4422	tsmith@cghmc.com
22	Peach Pedal	Belleville	Il	14/22/41	$10	Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	teneau2@sbcglobal.net
29	Chase the Moon	Aurora	Il	5 to 25	$35 by 7/1 $40 after	Cheryl Perez	630-299-1103	chasethemoon@adsalarm.com
30	Metro Metric	Hampshire	Il	25/62/75/100	$15 before 7/16 $20 after	Joanne DeZur	630-415-2453	metrometric@hotmail.com
30-Aug 2	Northern Illinois Ride		Ia/Il			Robert Layton	773-868-1495 877-Tour-Ill	northride@bicycleillinois.com

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August

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
July 30-Aug 2	Northern Illinois Ride		Ia/Il			Robert Layton	773-868-1495 877-Tour-Ill	northride@bicycleillinois.com
5-6	AIBR  Weekend Sampler	Morris	Il		$60 by 4/1	Brenda Alberico	815-467-5748	alberico@cbcast.com
5-7	CowaLUNGa	Gurnee	Il/Wi	65/130/190	$120 3 days $100 2 days $20 1 day all plus pledges	Niki Bartosiak	312-628-0212	niki@alamc.org
5-11	Around Illinois Back Roads	Morris	Il		$250 by 4/1	Brenda Alberico	815-467-5748	alberico@cbcast.com
6	Pedal for Wishes	Skokie	Il	10 family 35	$10 under 12 $35 others	Mara Lazar		inquire@pedalforwishes.org
6	Rotary Ride	Naperville	Il	20/40/55/85/102				ride@napervillesunrise.com
12-13	Interplanetary Bicycle Ride	Dunlap/Peoria	Il	12-100	$20 $24 after 8/1	Sheldon Schafer	309-686-7000	sschafer@lakeview-museum.org
12-18	Bicycle Illinois Premiere	Cairo	Il		$498	Robert Layton	773-868-1495 877-Tour-Ill	premier@bicycleillinois.com
13	Edward Brophy Memorial Ride	Woodstock	Il	6/12/18/30	$40 min donation	Dr. James M. Kearns Jr. D.N.	815-337-7109	Dr.Kearns@Painfree101.com
13	Flatwater Classic Pedal and Paddle	Chicago	Il	10/25		Kimberly Bevan	312-939-0490 x15	kbevan@chicagoriver.org
19	Beer and Brat Five Star Century Ride	Millstadt	Il	67/100	$30	Dave Reiter	314-406-2359	davereiter1@earthlink.net
19	Round da Manure Ride		Il/Wi	22/44/64	$25		262-736-6246	sharonmainst@elknet.net
20	Wright Ride	Oak Park	Il	10/25/50/62	$15 by 8/1 $20 after	Gail Moran	708-383-1244	gail_moran@sbcglobal.net
20	Old Mill Century	Oregon	Il	12/25/50 75/100	$20 by 8/20 25 day of	Greg Frantz	815-732-7154	frantzfamily@inwave1.com
20	Oswego Chamber Organized Bike Ride	Oswego	Il	25/50/75/100	$25	Kim Rosebraugh	630-554-3505	info@oswegochamber.org
26	CU Across the Prairie	Mahomet	Il	20/35/65		Jody Littleton	217-356-8580	jlittleton@parkland.edu info@cuacrosstheprairie.org
27	Bike Psychos' Century	Coal City	Il	35/50/70 100/124	$15 by 8/22 $20 day of	Mike Rossiter	708-802-1804	century@bikepsychos.org

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September

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
2	Rolling on the River Illinois' Ride for the Environment	Yorkville	Il	10/25/45 62/100	$25 +pledges Under 17 free	Marise Forbes	217-429-1870	mforbes@ilenviro.org
3	Tour of Hog Heaven	Kewanee	Il	5.75 Family 28/53/64	$15 by 8/21 $20 after	Jill Milroy	309-853-4431	ymca.program@kewanee.com
5-7	Ag in the Classroom	Crystal Lake	Il	30/50/100+	$75 by 8/22 $95 after	Lesley Walker	309-557-2225	lwalker@ilfb.org
9	Heartland Century	Springfield	Il
10	Boulevard Lakefront Tour	Chicago	Il	10/35/62		Ethan Spotts	312-427-3325	bltinfo@biketraffic.org
10	Capital City Century	Springfield	Il	25/40/62/100	$8 to $15	Cathy Yeaman	217-483-4912	cycycle@msn.com
10	Harmon Hundred	Wilmot	Wi/Il	25/50/75/100	$15 $20 after $5 under 12	Mary Kay Drapeau	847-520-5010 x3	wheeling@wheelmen.com
10-16	Illinois Great Rivers Ride	Rockford	Il	400		Joe Butcher	877-477-7007 x217	info@illinoisgreatriversride.com
16	Autumn Apple Pie Tour	Marine	Il	13/17/27/38	$10	Jerre Wright	314-644-4660	dwright@mail.win.org
16	Bob Galloway Memorial Amish Bike Tour	Arthur	Il	18/30/40/65	$7 by 8/23 $12 after
17	North Shore Century	Evanston	Il	8/25/50/62/100	$15 by 8/20 $20 day of		847-866-7743	ebcbike@evanstonbikeclub.org
23	No Baloney Ride	Peoria	Il	25/50/75/100	$15 by 9/12 $20 after	Mike Pula	309-243-9394	mrpula@hotmail.com
23	Southern Spokes bike ride for Special Olympics	Benton	Il	20/40/60/100	$30 by 9/15 $35 after	Jo Dodd	618-457-2969	jdodd@soill.org
23	Tour de Coal	Benld	Il	15/30/63	$15 $40 family	Mickey Robinson	217-839-4888	cccc@coalcountrychambercommerce.com
24	Ride to Discovery	Park Forest	IL	10/25/50/100	varies	Emily Kenny	708-481-2330	IronsOaks@hfparks.com

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October
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
Sept 29-Oct 1	IAITC Trail Ride	Herod	Il
1	Pumpkin Pedal	Maple Park	Il	25/45/62	$28 $80 family	Sandy Hutchins	630-377-7250	shutchins@soill.org
1	Pumpkin Pie Ride	Ottawa	Il		$15 by 9/19 $20 after	Brian Eastman	815-433-5035	bikegod@ivnet.com
14	Beautiful Southern Ride	Carbondale	Il	15 Family 30/62	$15 $40 family
15	Tour de Fox timed challenge 10 or 15 mph	Aurora	Il	17	$20 self $35 family resident discount	Loraine Beasley	630-859-8606	lbeasley@fvpd.net

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December
 

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Last Update 12/5/06