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Comment by Clark Lasswell on September 21, 2012 at 4:47pm

I was so bummed not make this. Had the bike all clean, stuff all packed and the power went out and lost my alarm clock...awoke too late to get  to the start. I am glad you all had a great time. I will do double backups on the alarms next time. Looks like a super route.

Comment by Wolf-Pup on September 16, 2012 at 3:08pm

Wonderful ride, great company, and delicious beer. Hell yeah. 

Comment by Rico on September 16, 2012 at 9:32am

Thank you all for coming out, it was a blast!

Comment by Serge Lubomudrov on September 15, 2012 at 10:47pm

Great route (especially the secret part of it), great weather, great scenery, great company, great beer . . . outstanding! Thanks, Rico!

Comment by Rico on September 13, 2012 at 1:51pm

Nick - Thanks for the reminder.

In short the mileage is as follows:

20 bulldog
14 3 Flyods
10 Flossmoor

Bulldog (we may take a secret route near the casino):
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Chess+Pavilion%2C+Lakefront+Trai...

3Floyds:
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Bull+Dog+Brewing+Co%2C+119th+Str...

Flossmoor is a straight shot west.

The train at flossmoor back to the loop is 5.25 if you pay at the station.

Essential Gear:

Comfortable bicycle
Spare tube or patch kit
Water
bungie cable or cable lock for the metra
Sun block (if you want)
Not much else as the weather is suppose to be sunny and 79

Comment by Nick Gilbert on September 13, 2012 at 9:13am

Thanks for putting this together!  Would you be able to provide some addtional info re: Train info/fees, riding pace, total distance and gear to bring along.

Comment by Jared on September 5, 2012 at 10:43pm

There's a secret route into Whiting which avoids Indianapolis Blvd.  Basically you head by the State Line Generating Plant cross over some tracks and ride through some parking lots and along the beach there in Whiting.

Comment by Rico on September 5, 2012 at 12:18pm

Thank you fine sir, we have one individual that has done this before.

Comment by envane (69 furlongs) on September 5, 2012 at 11:29am

If you're going to use that route, be forewarned, it involves some offroad shortcuts that will not be immediatley obvious unless you've done it before.