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Permalink Reply by dan brown on September 1, 2010 at 2:46am

jen - I am up for any distance Sat or Sun. Also - XXX / Athletico goes to highland park from
wicker park Saturday at 7am.

Dan

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on September 1, 2010 at 2:51am

Great Dan. Let's see if we get any other interest.
And thanks for the XXX tip, I've heard about that ride but never done it. Have you?

Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on September 1, 2010 at 10:30am

If anyone is interested, Saturday I'm riding out to Joliet then east to Flossmoor which is about 75 miles total, but from there I'm taking the Metra home.

Monday I'm up for a ride anywhere.

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on September 1, 2010 at 11:19am

Your Saturday plan sounds interesting. what's your planned route to Joliet?
It reminds me I've meant to do the I & M canal to Centenial trail... is that the one that goes out there?

I've used that Flossmoor station to train home from both this year's Three Floyds rides.

Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on September 1, 2010 at 12:23pm

(btw Jen, I'm Alex of Jamis Aurora fame.)

Yup, it goes on the I&M Canal trail. The idea behind the route is that it hits three paved bike paths (Salt Creek Trail, I&M Canal Trail, and the Plank Road Trail) so that about half the milage is on bike paths. The Plank Road Trail ends a few miles south of Flossmoor, so that makes a logical end point.

I've got the route mapped on my work computer and I can post it tommorrow.

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on September 1, 2010 at 1:20pm

Oh hey!
I like that plan. What time are you thinking of heading out?

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on September 1, 2010 at 6:08pm

i may be up for something this weekend as well.

Permalink Reply by Jamie Elenbaas on September 2, 2010 at 1:29am

Jen,

Monday's CCC ride was my first with that group, and I'm glad to hear that ride isn't the norm.

I have a flight early Saturday afternoon, but if anyone wants to get some miles in before 10:00 I'm in.

Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on September 2, 2010 at 2:15am

I am going to leave around 8:30 or so. Here is the route:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4006788

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on September 2, 2010 at 2:46am

Jamie, oh, that was a tough first ride. Don't hold it against us though, because it is usually much better than that. Things seem to happen in waves, we either have zero flats and get in 30+ quick miles or have four flats like Monday night when 30 miles took like 3 hours.

Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on September 2, 2010 at 4:12am

I've been informed that Metra has a bike blackout Sep. 2-5 for the stupid Jazz Fest, so I will be doing the Joliet-Flossmoor ride on Monday, the Labor Day.

Still up for a ride wherever on Saturday.

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on September 2, 2010 at 6:04am

oh rats!
Well ok, then our Monday ride is all set.

so I'm back to the original question: where / when do we ride on Saturdy? I say we imitate a CCC Monday night route on Saturday morning, starting at 8am. Are you up for that?

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