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 David of the North (David606xx) on January 7, 2015 at 6:58am

Perimeter Ride! We've had about 75 riders every time since we took over for John Greenfield and moved the ride to September three years ago. There's now beer involved, courtesy of Argus Brewing in Pullman, and some lovely new routing in the SE corner of the map that took us out onto Wolf Lake.

I'm thinking of a major tweak to the route next time that might bring us to an even Century and put us on some lovely nature trail.

Perimeter 2015 will most likely be on the 26th of September so as not to interfere with Midnight Marauders.

Check out the video TK made of last year's ride:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVTdlqCk9hc

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Permalink Reply by Jared on January 7, 2015 at 7:18am

Pierogi ride, perimeter ride, CBES rides, FBC, tweed rides...

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on January 7, 2015 at 9:56am

Le Tour de Shore has to be on the short list of favorite rides. Camping makes the ride with the pizza truck and hanging with folks around the camp fire, as do the extra stops for meals with fiends outside of the official SAG stops.

The Lake Pepin 3-speed tour is on my bucket list. It's a long haul from here though. I've got a 7-passenger minivan now and maybe I can find some folks who want to share the fuel costs up there and back. If only I had a small enclosed trailer for the bikes and gear...

The Apple Cider is a really fun ride but it's sort of too far to drive all the way out there on the morning of, and almost too close to justify a hotel room to go the day before.

The Northshore Century is an OK ride. It's nothing really special, IMHO, but then again I ride a lot in that area area on my regular rides so I might be a bit jaded.

I need to put the Perimeter Ride on my radar this year. It sounds like fun.

RAGBRAI would be awesome but the time commitment might be a little bit much for me.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Nedza on January 8, 2015 at 1:19pm

The American Diabetes Association's Chicagoland Tour de Cure!!!!! CHITOUR.ORG

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/TourdeCureContent?fr_id...

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Permalink Reply by Melanie M on January 8, 2015 at 2:22pm

Had a great late season ride with Slow Roll Chicago this year. Always love the south lake trail as well! Hoping to get on more of these rides next year - especially Tour de Shore if I can swing it!

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Permalink Reply by Dave Grossman on January 8, 2015 at 3:15pm

I love the Night Bison in Dekalb, 60 miles of nighttime mayhem.

As for the winter bike swap season, it is something I look forward to.

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Permalink Reply by Michael A on January 8, 2015 at 3:18pm

Chalk up another vote for the Night Bison... there are SO many great rides around it is impossible to pick just one

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Permalink Reply by Amber on January 8, 2015 at 4:41pm

BARRY BARRY BARRY BARRY BARRY!!!!

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Permalink Reply by buddaa38 on January 8, 2015 at 8:09pm

Well, this isn't a ride ! But is an /was an biking event . Which just found out that no longer runs. Is Bar night!!! Best place & way to meet who your talking with online, plus replenish your body after riding to meet others with barley & hops...

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on January 9, 2015 at 4:37am

Amber, I agree! BFF Barry with a BFF house is going to be epic. ;-)

Hi Buddaa38, Totally agree about bar night and that is why we are bringing it back very soon. I will make sure we start planning ASAP. :-)

buddaa38 said:

Well, this isn't a ride ! But is an /was an biking event . Which just found out that no longer runs. Is Bar night!!! Best place & way to meet who your talking with online, plus replenish your body after riding to meet others with barley & hops...