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January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
14/15	Chicago Bike Show	Chicago	Il
21	Reid's Ride for Research	Glen Ellyn	Il	5k		Kathy Colliander	630-545-1605	Reidslemonaid@gmail.com
21	Tour de Exchange	Charleston	Il	10/25/50	$20 by 4/1 $25 after		217-348-1457	hutti@ consolidated.net
22	Folks on Spokes Easter Ride	University Park	Il	26 to 62	$20	David Majkowski	312-320-8275	davidmajk@ameritech.net
29	Spring Forward	Union	Il	18 to 62	$12 by 4/14 $15 after	Freda Brown	847-891-6010	springforward@ schaumburgbicycleclub.org

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May
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
5	Tour de Stooges	Lebanon	Il	13 to 63	$25 adults $10 kids	Roger Kramer	314-516-4647	tourdestooges@ rogerkramercycling.org
5	Ride for the Ups and Downs	Elizabeth	Il	22/31/46/60	$15 by 4/30 $20 after	Annette Bausman	815-275-0041	bausmana@juno.com
6	Sudden Century	Joliet	Il	10/20/40/56 70/100	$20 for family of 3	Diane Walsh	815-730-1883	dianew3miles@sbcglobal.net
16	Ride of Silence	Joliet	Il			Sara Jo Briese	815-715-2851	sjbriese@yahoo.com
16	Ride of Silence	Chicago	Il			Elizabeth Adamczyk	773-370-2038	rideofsilence.chicago@ gmail.com
16	Ride of Silence	Arlington Hgts	Il			Gary Gilbert	847-577-4275	rideofsilence@ cyclearlington.com
19	Beautiful Southern Ride	Carbondale	Il	15/30/62	$15 self $40 family	M. Daniel Becque	618-529-3307	mdbecque@gmail.com
20	Arlington 500	Barrington	Il	30/44/54/68		Greg Konieczny	312-240-7812	500@cyclearlington.com
20	Prairie Pedal	Grayslake	Il	4/7/12/23		Kathleen Fosha	847-548-5989	info@libertyprairie.org
20	Am Cancer Society Walk & Roll Chicago	Chicago	Il	15	$50 min pledges	Tracy May	312-279-7258	Tracy.May@cancer.org
20	Walk & Roll North Shore	Skokie	Il	10/30/50		Carissa Esmon	847-328-5147	walkroll.northshore @cancer.org
20	Sangamon River Valley Bike Ride	Monticello	Il	16/24/34/42	$15	Debbie Winder	800-952-3396 217-762-7921	dwinder@mont.hfmgt.com
26-27	Blackhawk Country Roads	Rockton	Il	10/30/45/60	$29 by 5/19 $34 after	Rick Plantz	815-399-1404	RPLANTZ@aol.com
27	Bike The Drive	Chicago	Il	15/30	$40		312-427-3325	btd07registration @biketraffic.org

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Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
2	Route 66 National Trails Day	Statewide	Il	369
2-3	Ride for Aids Chicago	Chicago	Il	180	$85	Rhett Lindsay	773-989-9400 x233	r.lindsay@tpan.com
3	Udder Century	Union	Il	31/50/62/100	$20 by 5/27 $25 after	Tom Baer		udder@earthlink.net
3	Flat as a Pancake 5 Star Century	New Baden	Il	33/67/100		Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	teneau2@sbcglobal.net
8-10	Lake Tour Bike Trek	Crystal Lake	Il	50 daily		Frank Dietrich	630-260-9600	fdietrich@lungil.org
9	Ogden Lions Bicycle Benefit Ride	Ogden	Il	12/32/62	$20 by 5/30 $23 after	Bill Gillespie	217-582-2117	LionE1Z3@aol.com
9-10	TOMRV	Bettendorf	Ia/Il	Sat 65/106 Sun 41/86		Linda Barchman	563-388-8043	TOMRV30@mchsi.com
10	BCLC Ramble	Wilmot	Wi/Il	12/30/50 70/100	$15 online $18 by mail	Jan Benzuly	847-636-4921	president@ bikebclc.com
10	Tour de Cure	Wheaton	Il	25/60/100k		Courtney DeRose	312-346-1805	cderose@ diabetes.org
16	Ride and Stride	Bloomington	Il	10/30/60/100	$25 by 6/1 $30 after	Scott Vogel	309-662-0500 x25	scott@archeartland.org
17	Swedish Days Ride	Burlington	Il	25/45/75 100/124	$18 by 6/7 $25 after			swedishdays@fvbsc.org
17	The Great Carroll County Cycling Event	Chadwick	Il	20/62		Frank Flack	815-275-2405	fwflack@hotmail.com
17-23	GITAP	Batavia	Il	315 to 565	$345 by 4/1 $355 after	Chuck Oestreich	309-788-1845	oestreich@qconline.com
22-23	Le Tour de Shore	Chicago	Il	90	$50	Steve Coughlin	708-261-2905	letourdeshore@ yahoo.com
22-24	MS Bike Tour		Il	35 to 175	$25 early Plus pledges	Lisa Stephenson	888-343-1179	msbiketour@ild.nmss.org
30	Tour for Cancer Century Ride	Freeport	Il	100	donations	Dave Fonda	815-541-3923	dfonda@heatnhearth.com

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July
 

Date(s)	Ride Name	Start City	State	Mileage	Cost	Contact	Phone	Email
4	Fourth of July Metric Century	Joliet	Il	30/45/62		Joanna Hosteny Dorothy Curry	773-779-3251	bike67@juno.com jo5851@wowway.com
7	The Firecracker 100	Greenville	Il	50/100	$30	Judy Meyer Deedie Cote	314-997-5005 314-645-6978	judy1@mfic.us bobdeedie@aol.com
7	Pedaling for Kicks	Bloomington Normal	Il	15 family 25/40/50/64	$15 by 6/22 $20 after	Richard Verdery	800-676-2353	rverdery@ilfb.org
7-14	Tri-State Tour	Chicago	Il	500	$498 early	Rob Layton	877-868-7455	tristatetour @bicycleillinois.com
14	Tour de Dount	Staunton	Il		$20 by 6/30			david.l.sweeney@ boeing.com
15	The LATE Ride	Chicago	Il	25	$35-$40	Nancy Minster Swabb	773-918-RIDE	lateride @hotmail.com
15	Biking with Beanzie	DeKalb	Il	23/46/64/100		Toney Xidis Timothy Duez	815-758-7502	drduez01@aol.com
15	Bike to Galena Cellars Vineyard	Galena	Il	12		Deb Malone	815-776-9425	feverriver@scbglobal.net
21	Tour de Health	Rock Falls	Il	7/25/50	$1 for 7 mi $25 for 25 or 50	Sherry DeWalt	815-625-0400 x5716	sdewal@cghmc.com
21	Bike for Menno Haven	Tiskilwa	Il	13/40/60/80	$15 by 7/1 $20 after	Rebecca Kauffman	815-646-4344	info@mennohaven.com
22	Peach Pedal	Belleville	Il	14/22/41	$10	Billie Teneau	314-291-7860	teneau2@ sbcglobal.net
22	Melon Metric	Plano	Il	32/62/100	$18 by 7/12 $20 after	Meredith Wayant	630-517-4942	merewayant@hotmail.com
22	Ride for Rescues	Chicago	Il	$25 by 7/13 $35 after
28	Chase the Moon	Aurora/Batavia	Il	25		Pam Bellm	630 844-6300	information @chasethemoon.com
28	Northern Illinois Ride		Il	65 daily		Rob Layton	877-868-7455	northride @bicycleillinois.com
29	Metro Metric	Hampshire	Il	30/50/62/100	$20 adult $5 under 12	Phil Keller

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