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Nomination submissions for this year‘s upcoming elections published to club membership today. See our Election Central page for details. Admins: Make a fresh copy of this event (never reuse an event) for each year and update all the details.

Warm up on Washington, cruise up Villa, Wooddale, Tonne, go to, but not through Busse Woods and return. One brief stop if needed. Lights are mandatory. Check website./listserv for cancellation at 5 AM Don’t forget to set your clocks back.

Join us for this hills and rollers ride to Burr Ridge and Kirsten‘s bakery via Woodridge, I55 frontage and 91st St. returning on Madison and 59th. Restroom break at McDs Rte 83 and full break at Kirsten‘s.

Consider joining me for an easy mountain bike ride at the Palos FP. We will ride easy single tracks and some double tracks at an easy pace. This is not a beginner’s ride, some experience riding a MTB on single tracks required. Please, bring water and snacks for a quick trail side break. A helmet and eye protection is required while body armor, elbow and shin/knee guards are recommended. Any type of a MTBIKE and a fat tire bike will do. Electric battery assisted bikes are not allowed by the Cook Co regulations. We will ride as a group and Karen Kiley will sweep or lead part of the ride.

From Whole Foods Ride to Wheaton for breakfast and return. Back about 12-12:30

Join Sunday afternoon ride on Illinois Prairie Path branch Elgin path to James Pate Phillip State park .All bikes are welcome .

We will ride paths, etc. south to Western Springs. Slower on paths. Road bike recommended. Here is a rough route: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/14133428 (we are still blocked from heading E on Canterbury in Oak Brook per 294 destruction) Be there, Jeff

Join me for a ride to Naperville during the warmest hours of Monday (highs in upper 50s). Mid-ride rest stop is the Peet‘s at Columbia and Ogden Ave in Naperville. Some hills and wind on the first half of the ride. Plenty of sunshine. Here is the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47737758

Join us for the traditional Tuesday morning ride to 248th Ave with a sprint option and a break at Panera Showplace on the return.

10AM DELAYED START due to temps in the 40s. Here is the 100K route and description: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46276038 This is a Randonneurs USA Permanent event from Humboldt Park to Lemont. To participate you must be a Randonneurs USA (RUSA) member, and must also register for the Permanents Program for 2025. We have approximately 20 Elmhurst Bike Club members in RUSA. Contact me directly if you plan on joining the ride.

Fall Beauty at the ARB, same as LAST week‘s ride. 9AM 9AM 9AM start in GE or meet us at Arb visitor center at 9:20. Do your thing as far as speed and number of loops. We will take a Full refuel/discharge break at the visitor center cafe at 11am after the main group‘s three complete loops. Come join the crew at our local fall treasure.

We will ride to Elk Grove Village to witness all its splendor :^) Road bike recommended. Here is the route: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/13476743 Be there, Jeff

Consider joining me for an intermediate MTB ride at the Palos FP. This is not an easy or beginner’s ride, good bike handling skills and endurance are necessary. We will mainly ride single tracks with some connecting double tracks. Any type of mountain bike or a fat tire bike would work. A battery assisted bikes are prohibited by the Cook County regulations. Eye protection and helmets are required while body armor is recommended. Please, bring enough water and snacks for a trail side break. Karen Kiley will sweep or lead part of the ride.

TEN AM start. Join us for this great route on mainly residential streets to Krema Coffee in Plainfield with a quick stop at Commissioner‘s and a full break at Krema in Plainfield; sprint options on the return.

Forecast is calling for warmish temperatures and clear skies once overnight showers pass. Let‘s try to do this again! Watch for time change or cancellation if showers linger to mid-morning or conditions remain dangerously wet at start time. I will keep posting as long as weather and my schedule permit. Expect pace to be a bit slower with the cool weather upon us. Check mid-week going forward to see if we‘re a go! Join me for a road ride from Lombard to St. Charles. Note that our return route will be through downtown Wheaton rather than Jewel to Gary, as Gary is closed for construction. Our midpoint rest stop will be at Panera in St. Charles. I expect to maintain the upper end of the posted rolling speed, with optional sprints. I expect to do the Munger Loop (Powis to Stearns to Munger to Smith), so anticipate total mileage closer to 50 miles. Others are always free to bypass or shorten the loop. We will face some hills, rollers, and open road with narrow shoulders, so a road bike and some road riding experience is highly recommended. Ample regroup opportunities. No one will be dropped. Please don‘t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43898989

Warm up on Washington, cruise up Villa, Wooddale, Tonne, go to but not thru Busse Woods and return. Lights are mandatory. One brief stop if needed. Check listserv/website for cancellation at 5 AM.

We will meet in the parking lot of th restaraunt (in a strip mall). We will be riding primarily on local crushed gravel trails in St James and Blackwell as part of the Prairie Path. Bring a FATBike, trail bike or gravel bike. We will be on bikes for approximately 2 hours. This will be followed by lunch at the Hummingbird Restaraunt for socialization. Ebikers welcome. glatrofa58@gmail.com 630-661-1247 Joe bwetman@gmail.com. 847-767-5745 Bob

Join the Minnesota Randonneurs on their Rosemount - Miesville Gravel 115k event. Must be member of Randonneurs USA and also sign up via Minnesota Randonneurs website to participate: https://www.mnrando.org https://rusa.org From the Minnesota Randonneurs website: "Join us for a fun, class B gravel spin from Rosemount out to the Miesville Ravine Park Reserve along the Cannon River, stopping for lunch at Kings Place in Miesville, one of the best small town burger joints (and some veggie options too) anywhere. There are some hills, mostly near Miesville, and one short gnarly descent on an unmaintained road but generally an easy cruise on quiet country gravel. 76% of this route is on gravel roads." Please contact me if you are coming so we can coordinate meet up am or possibly the night prior.

We did this Fall ride in 2021 and 2022 and it was a blast. We are way overdue for another one. At this point in the season, many riders are in great shape and yet the trails are deserted, which is awesome. This ride will definitely be on the faster side of all of our club‘s trail rides, but will be nothing near a hammer fest or the speed of a road ride. I will be riding a road bike though, with 28 mm tires. I think that this might be too fast and far for fat bikes, but you be your own judge. Hybrids, cross bikes, gravel bikes, and lighter MTB‘s should work. The destination for lunch will be Rosie O‘Hare‘s, which more than met the test in our previous visits. The route is a pretty simple, almost out-n-back: GWT-to-IPP out and hooking up with IPP back. This is the basic route from the 2022 ride, and I will tweek it as necessary for this year: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41122987 See you there! Rosie O‘Hare‘s Public House 702 Water St., East Dundee, IL 60118 http://www.rosieohares.com | 847-426-1116 (the pub)

We will ride to various places around Elmhurst. Some suburbs, some city. I will post specifics before the ride. Be there, Jeff W

Moved out due to cold wx. Jeff We will ride to various places around Elmhurst. Some suburbs, some city. I will post specifics before the ride. Be there, Jeff W

Please see the link in the center of our Home Page. Then go to the Election Central web page and cast your votes while the elections are open. (Admins, make a copy of this event for the same date on the following year.)

EBC Community Rich Aycock and myself are working on finalizing the details for this year‘s 4th edition of Braver Than The Elements. Just a quick note about a few things until I can get something more formal out early next week: • Start Date: Sunday, November 23rd • End Date: Sunday, March 29th • More details next week, exciting things on the horizon and will be unveiling our amazing and sweet sticker for this year and prizes! • See attached photo of the previous 3 year prizes, what color do you think the carabiner will be? More early next week- Dawn Piech

Closed at midnight. / Please see the link in the center of our Home Page. Then go to the Election Central web page and cast your votes while the elections are open. (Admins, make a copy of this event for the same date on the following year.)