Annual Spring Ride to Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL

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Annual Spring Ride to Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL

Time: March 14, 2015 from 9am to 5pm
Location: Two Brothers Roundhouse, Aurora IL
Website or Map: http://www.twobrothersroundho…
Phone: 312-970-9328
Event Type: social, training, drunken
Organized By: daWillinChi
Latest Activity: Mar 15, 2015

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With spring possibly springing early this season, I think it's time to schedule my Annual Spring Ride to Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora.

The meeting point:

  • 9:00 AM at UIC and Halsted station to take the Blue line to Forest Park then ride the IPP to Aurora and drink and eat lunch at Two Brothers Roundhouse. We will leave no later than 9:15 on the Blue Line toward Forest Park
  • 10:00 AM at Forest Park Blue Line station
  • If you are riding all the way from the city, then please make sure you make one of the above meeting point.
  • Call/Text me if you're running behind

Bring water and snacks for the trip there, a jacket to keep you dry and warm. Plus, you are responsible for fixing your own bike mishaps - bring spare bike tubes, tires, pump, tire levers and whatever else you'll need to get you up and going again.

Route:

We'll take the Illinois Prairie Path. This will be a gravel ride for ~30 miles. Bring a cross bike or a gravel grinder bike or even a mountain bike! If you've got a road bike with tires thinner than 700x28, I'm sorry! I guess you can follow the proposed paved route - which we took last year and meet us there.

The ability to maintain a minimum average of 10-12 mph on your bike is required and is a an expectation that we will need to be met. If you are slower, you may be able to ride with slower riders and are responsible to get there on your own. This ride is really meant to go on the IPP and it will be dirty. Some part will be un-ridable and must be walked!

The lunch crowd should be dying down by 1 PM and we'll have some time to enjoy our food and possibly a bomber or two before heading back to Chicago.

Some will take the train back to Union Station and some will choose to ride back. You are free to do either - Bring bungy cord. I'll ride back!

Metra will run every two hours from 2:20 - 8:20 pm. After that, the last run will be at 11:20

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Comment by Phil Ness on March 12, 2015 at 12:56pm

Ugh.  Just discovered a broken spoke.  There's no way I can fix it in time, think I might have to bow out...

Comment by daWillinChi on March 12, 2015 at 4:24am
Update #2

Please be prepared to ride back as there will be Metra restrictions for bikes.

http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/utility_landing/riding_metra/bik...

They may ease the restrictions by the time we are done with Two Brothers but ultimately it is the conductor's prerogative.
Comment by Jose A. Terrazas on March 11, 2015 at 4:41pm
It's on like Voltron!!
Comment by Jose A. Terrazas on March 11, 2015 at 3:26pm

Guess I'm gonna have to break out the beast...

Comment by djm on March 11, 2015 at 11:53am

Don't forget to pack a personal floatation device for the Illinois Prairie Path.

Comment by Kevin C Dormant on March 11, 2015 at 11:05am

Don't forget to pack a personal floatation device for the Illinois Prairie Path.

Comment by Rich S on March 11, 2015 at 10:39am

You can't fry rice without the appropriate coffee can muffler!

Comment by daWillinChi on March 11, 2015 at 9:24am
That's a myth!
Comment by daWillinChi on March 11, 2015 at 9:00am

I'm riding my Fried Rice!

Comment by daWillinChi on March 11, 2015 at 7:18am
Please note the location change of the first meetup point. I had to move it out of the way of the river with St. Patrick's parade and all

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