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What is your favorite ride or bike-related event?

What is your favorite ride, race or bike-related event? e.g. Bike the Drive, Full Moon, a Tweed ride, North Shore Century, Barry Roubaix

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 2, 2015 at 8:13am
Any ride organized under the banner of CBES is usually a good ride.

Also RAIL North, a one day, 175 mile ride from the Quad Cities to Union Park in Chicago is a great ride. Well organized, small, with over 100 continuous miles with a traffic light.
Permalink Reply by Matt Talbert on January 2, 2015 at 8:44am

North Shore Century for sure. It's a great way to wrap up the road season. Glencoe Grand Prix at a close 2nd.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 2, 2015 at 9:27am

Tour de Shore!

Permalink Reply by David Altenburg on January 2, 2015 at 9:32am

Tough to choose between the Perimeter Ride and Tour de Fat. 

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on January 2, 2015 at 9:33am

Lisa, what an awesome ride that is! Beautiful scenery and the best rest stops. Pancakes at the first rest stop, donuts to start out day 2. I am planning to go back for my third TdS this year. 

Lisa Curcio 4.1mi said:

Tour de Shore!

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on January 2, 2015 at 12:24pm

Bike the Drive is my favorite event because of the vast variety of riders out there.  

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 2, 2015 at 12:26pm

Heading back for my third, too.  Such an easy, friendly way to ride 100 miles.

Yasmeen said:

Lisa, what an awesome ride that is! Beautiful scenery and the best rest stops. Pancakes at the first rest stop, donuts to start out day 2. I am planning to go back for my third TdS this year. 

Lisa Curcio 4.1mi said:

Tour de Shore!

Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on January 2, 2015 at 12:37pm

I'm sure I speak for many in saying world naked bike ride, by an order of magnitude.

Chicago broke its own record last year with a turnout of over 2000 riders.

Followed by Tour De Fat, Perimeter, Underwear, BikeTheDrive, Marauders and masses.

Permalink Reply by Brett Miller on January 2, 2015 at 12:42pm

The Four-Star Bike & Chow was a great way to see some different neighborhoods in a very well organized group ride. Plus, it featured a variety of distance options to appeal to a wider variety of riders and proceeds benefit the Active Transportation Alliance.

 

http://www.activetrans.org/blog/kleisner/bike-eat-repeat%E2%80%A6de...

Permalink Reply by Rich S on January 2, 2015 at 1:14pm

Ride to Pierogi Fest is one of my favorites! Besides that I'll second CBES rides. 

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on January 2, 2015 at 1:14pm

Tour de Fat and the big critical mass.

There were some other smaller groups formed a few years ago that were crazy fun but have disbanded.

When I was a commuter the ride home during rush hour was almost like an event up Milwaukee.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on January 3, 2015 at 8:01am

The older I get, the more curmudgonly I become. So, I don't do much for invitationals anymore. That said, it's the Lake Pepin 3 Speed Tour, hands down.

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