Summer Beer Run to Three Floyds

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Time: August 21, 2010 from 10am to 4pm
Location: The Clock Tower
Street: 3700 N. Recreation Drive
City/Town: Chicago
Website or Map: http://chicagocyclingclub.org…
Phone: 773-726-3227
Event Type: drunken, ride
Organized By: bobweiser
Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2010

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There's been a ride to the Three Floyds brew pub in Munster, IN, every January since 2006, and the beer is great ("there are few places more exciting from a beer lover’s perspective", says the NY Times), and the food, too, but January weather, ugh! We'll leave the clock tower at 10, pick up South Siders at the 31st Street beach house at 10:45, take a short break at Wolf Lake, have lunch at Three Floyds, and return. Those who are interested may want to stay for the brewery tour at 3. Going, we'll take the Daniel Burnham Centennial Century route, coming back, the traditional winter route. (A quick-and-easy alternative way back: ride just 10 miles to Flossmoor Station and hop the Metra.) This will be a "tour" ride with few stops. We won't necessarily stay together. Faster riders may go ahead, and slower riders may drop back. It's probably better if we all don't all arrive and try to order at the same time, anyway. Bring money, a lock, snacks to have en route, and panniers for beer you can't get in Chicago. Anyone interested is more than welcome to meet us at the brew pub even if they don't care to participate in the bike ride. The inaugural Three Floyds ride, on January 14, 2006, was conceived and organized by Mark Sinclair. He died April 14 of that year after suffering a brain aneurism.

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Comment by bobweiser on August 12, 2010 at 2:23pm: Good news, the construction on the Burnham Ave bridge is finally finished!

Comment by bobweiser on August 8, 2010 at 11:39am: Just received these from a friend:

Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
-Babe Ruth

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
-Lyndon B. Johnson

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
-Paul Horning

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.
-H.L. Mencken

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!
-George Bernard Shaw

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-Benjamin Franklin

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
-Dave Barry

Remember "I" before "E," except in Budweiser.
-Professor Irwin Corey

Well, ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members! ; In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
-Cliff Calvin on Cheers

Comment by bobweiser on August 8, 2010 at 11:00am: Ben, thanks for letting me know. Hope you find some beer wherever you're going! I'm thinking maybe another trip in October?

Comment by Ben R. on August 8, 2010 at 4:54am: Sadly I will be out of town. That was a good ride this spring and I would have loved to go again.

Comment by bobweiser on July 6, 2010 at 5:13pm: It turns out I have to be out of town 7/31, so I've rescheduled this ride for 8/21. Sorry if this throws off your plans. On the bright side, a couple people weren't going to be able to make it on 7/31 because of RAGBRAI, and maybe now they'll be able to join us.