Time: September 29, 2012 to September 30, 2012
Location: Buckingham Fountain
Street: South Columbus Drive
City/Town: Chicago
Website or Map: https://maps.google.com/maps?…
Phone: 773 865 7445
Event Type: century, mass, alley, cat, scavenger, hunt, awesome, social
Organized By: David of the North (David606xx)
Latest Activity: Oct 2, 2012
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Organized 11 years ago by the venerable John Greenfield, this beloved annual ride takes an moderate pace for a 100 mile route around the edge of our beautiful city.
An excellent first "Century" ride with it's many CTA bail-out options for peace of mind, this ride is perfect for those who think they might, but aren't sure yet that they can handle a full 100 miles in a day. (Spoiler Alert--Turns out, you totally can!)
John is stepping aside this year to work on other rides, so some of us that love this ride are keeping the tradition alive with a few minor alterations.
Start getting excited, start getting your friends excited, and stay tuned here for emerging details!
Meet-up time--8:00 am, y'all!
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crap--slept in a little. will be there by 8:30
Welcome, Andrew, come one come all!
Ryan--Superdawg for sure, but you'll miss out on the fantastic action in the SE corner of the route if you don't get up early with us
Olatunji--we're guessing that we'll get back to the fountain around 1 or 2 am and then head to Cal's for a drink.
I'll probably be meeting up at Superdawg for dinner.
what time do we expect the ride to end?
Found out about this ride from reading The Derailleur. Me and a work buddy are coming and looking forward to David's oatmeal cookies!
this is looking sweet yall!
THIS JUST IN!!!
Our dude with Friends of Pullman just reached me with a scheme whereby our route becomes an historical re-enactment going through a factory and ending at the brewery. Bad. Ass.
Andrew, that is a awesome map!.
One comment: Midway Airport is a few block west of the route. You can ride down 59th street (?) and hop the orange line.
Welcome, Sarah!
Bring snacks--carbs mostly--eat them before you start to feel too hungry. Bring enough to share a little bit with someone who forgot and is feeling woozy.
Bring plenty of water--there are stretches of the route with very little in the way of drinking fountains.
Check your bike over beforehand--tires topped off, cables good, wheels trued.
Other than that, it's all gravy!
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