Prairie Cycle Club – Bicycle Club for Champaign County, Illinois

Wind gusts over 40 mph rather preclude a "saunterly" level ride, so I'll go out to Meadowbrook but don't expect to go out on the prairie. Perhaps we can go around the block and athen to Wines at the Pines :)

Get your sedentary friends out on this one :)

Art Gallery
Bicycle Tour
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009

They took Art to the Streets
We're taking the Streets to Art

Join us for an urban bicycle tour of the galleries and unique shops in Champaign-Urbana. This is a leisurely ride for which you set your start time, 10 AM to Noon, ride at your pace, stop for lunch, and visit each gallery for as long as you desire. Discover galleries that you may not know and see art of all kinds including glass, painting, fabric, and sculpture. You will also receive chances on a drawing for a new Trek 7100 Hybrid bicycle donated by Champaign Cycle and additional prizes donated by the participating galleries. Participating local restaurants will offer discounts so you can enjoy lunch on your tour or a snack at the end. Your entire $10 entry will be donated to 40 North | 88 West Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council.

Urbana Galleries: Champaign Galleries:
Beads & Botanicals Boneyard Pottery
Cinema Gallery GlassFX
Fleurish Indi go
Furniture Lounge Larry Kanfer Gallery
Heartland Gallery Wind, Water, & Light
Kalarte Gallery Springer Cultural Center
Madeline's Confectionary Arts Studio

Restaurants: The Great Impasta, Le Gourmandise, The Morning Cup, Jim Gould, Silvercreek, and more by the day of the event.

Start: Anita Purvis Nature Center, Crystal Lake Park, Broadway & Country Club Rd, Urbana. The galleries open at 10 AM so we suggest you start at your leisure between 10 AM and Noon. Figure in time for lunch and a snack after the tour to enjoy an easy day of urban bicycle touring and visits to the many varied galleries and shops in Champaign-Urbana.

Entry Fee: $10. The entire amount will be donated to 40 North | 88 West. Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council. You can enter on the day of the tour. Fee $12.

Drawing: Your registration will enter you in the drawing for the prizes. For each gallery you visit you will receive another entry in the drawing. The drawing and reception will take place at ~5 PM 9/26/2009 at Indi go. If you are not present you will be notified by email.

Prizes: A Trek 7100 Bicycle from Champaign Cycle Value $440
A pair of hand painted plates by Laura O'Donnell from Cinema Gallery
A women's merino wool cap & men's tweed hat from Heartland Gallery
A Guatemalan sash from Kalarte Gallery
An Illini fused glass plate from GlassFX
An orchid of your choice from Fleurish
...and more

This event is presented by Champaign Cycle.

Scroll down for the whole list. See you out there!

Pre-season Social & Membership Kickoff
Village Inn, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 6:30pm

Pizza and beverages... come and see who's riding when, with whom! Get your membership paid - no stamps and free food!

It's at 1801 W Springfield Ave
Champaign, IL 61821
(217) 359-1736

Bring a friend!

P.S. Rides start April 20 or thereabouts. It WILL be warm.

As you may have noticed, the days are getting shorter. The last Wednesday night ride for 2008 will be October 8. It was going to be the 15th, but we are really running out of light. Next year the last ride will be the first Wednesday of October. Ride your old school, strange or neglected bike for our last ride which will only be 15-20 miles.

Hope to see you there.

These are hour-long sessions to introduce folks to vehicular cycling.

Check them out (see http://www.dps.uiuc.edu/bikeworkshop.htm ) !

Starting September 3rd the Wednesday night ride will leave Burwash Park at 5:30 pm.
The last ride will be October 16th.

http://www.miumu.com/phpbb/wildcardcycling.html

Fritz Miericke Memorial Bike Tour

Sponsored by the Champaign Touring Society

RIDE TO THE DEPOT
Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007
More info at http://www.resourceroom.net/pcc/fritzdepottour07.htm
Registration PDF
Poster and Registration PDF (2 8 1/2 by 11 pages).
ABOUT THE DEPOT TOUR

By Ed Pavelka of www.RoadBikeRider.com

Cycling is full of prodigious numbers -- the distances ridden, the calories consumed, the tires trashed. Another statistic that can seem astounding is the number of pedal strokes made.

Let's suppose it takes you six hours to ride a century and you pedal at the rate of 90 rpm throughout. As you cross the finish line, you will be making pedal stroke number 64,800.