100 Mile Routes/DIY Century

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Permalink Reply by WillG on July 16, 2013 at 12:32pm

I rode it last month, it was all paved......or am I losing my mind?

Duppie 13.5185km said:

Will,

Parts of it are on crushed lime-stone, especially west of approx. Villa Park.

Will G - 10mi said:

Rob,

Batavia and back via the IL Prairie trail would be 100+ miles and is 100% paved. I rode it last month, it was a little sketch through Maywood but otherwise an awesome ride.

Rob McKinney said:

How bad are the trails? I have a track bike that does not like rough stuff at all...

Tony Adams 7 mi (dirtbag hipstr) said:

Yes - get out of town! If you can tolerate crushed limestone, you also might want to consider the Illinois Prairie Path and the Fox River Trail. From Logan Square if you make a triangle of those trails I think you'd be somewhere around a century. 

http://www.ipp.org/pdf/IPP-free-map-color.pdf

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Permalink Reply by WillG on July 16, 2013 at 12:33pm

Or let me rephrase, if portions of it were crushed limestone, it was apparently such a non issue that I don't even remember it being that way. I was riding a SS with 700x38 tires.

Will G - 10mi said:

I rode it last month, it was all paved......or am I losing my mind?

Duppie 13.5185km said:

Will,

Parts of it are on crushed lime-stone, especially west of approx. Villa Park.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on July 16, 2013 at 12:44pm

You're correct. It is partially limestone, but especially during dry weather it is effortless to ride on, especially if your tires are not too narrow.

Will G - 10mi said:

Or let me rephrase, if portions of it were crushed limestone, it was apparently such a non issue that I don't even remember it being that way. I was riding a SS with 700x38 tires.

Will G - 10mi said:

I rode it last month, it was all paved......or am I losing my mind?

Duppie 13.5185km said:

Will,

Parts of it are on crushed lime-stone, especially west of approx. Villa Park.

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Permalink Reply by Rob McKinney on July 16, 2013 at 12:59pm

You guys are awesome. Thanks for all of the ideas!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on July 16, 2013 at 1:05pm

My favorite DIY century is Logan Square out to the Des Plaines River Trail, ride north till the end of the DPRT, ride east five miles to the Robert McClory trail, take the McClory south to the Skokie Valley trail, connect to the North Branch trail, and take that back to Elston and south back to Logan Square.

Should be about 115 miles. 80% car-free century.

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Permalink Reply by Bill W. on July 16, 2013 at 8:43pm

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/342406211

I do this ride regularly...plus a slightly extended version (135 miles). I ride from downtown. Hit me up for the cue sheet.

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Permalink Reply by Michael A on July 16, 2013 at 11:19pm

Here are a couple of my Garmin routes < I have not done either this year but normally I do one of these about once a month  

Kenosha   http://connect.garmin.com/activity/226272591

Long Grove  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/179876705

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Permalink Reply by Ben Gray on July 16, 2013 at 11:50pm

Kelvin Mulcky said:

My favorite DIY century is Logan Square out to the Des Plaines River Trail, ride north till the end of the DPRT, ride east five miles to the Robert McClory trail, take the McClory south to the Skokie Valley trail, connect to the North Branch trail, and take that back to Elston and south back to Logan Square.

Yes to this. ^^^ I've done it a couple times and it's a great ride. Lots of different vistas to stay interesting.

Should be about 115 miles. 80% car-free century.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on July 17, 2013 at 6:24pm

Look on mapmyride.com for posted routes. The North Shore Century goes from Evanston to Kenosha (and back). I believe there are several year's worth of routes. Pick one and modify to suit...

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