Three Floyds and/or Flossmoor Station Ride

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Time: January 12, 2013 from 8:30am to 4pm
Location: Daley Plaza or Promontory Point
Street: Washington & Dearborn or 55th & Lakefront Trail
City/Town: Chicago
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/m…
Phone: 773-726-3227
Event Type: drunken
Organized By: robert hsiung and Kevin C
Latest Activity: Jan 21, 2013

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OK, not everyone loves Three Floyds. Different spokes for different folks! This year, you have the option of going to Flossmoor Station instead. (It remains an option to go to Flossmoor Station in addition.)

We depart Daley Plaza at 9:00 AM and collect riders at Promontory Point at 9:45 AM. We stay together (more or less) down to I-80, then split up into Three Floyds and Flossmoor Station groups. The goal of the Three Floyds group will be to get to Three Floyds by noon, when they open, and not have to wait outside.

Neither snow nor rain nor sleet nor gloom of night stays these couriers (and other riders) from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Depending on the weather, however, returning from our rounds via Metra from Flossmoor Station is sometimes a very attractive option. Total distance: Three Floyds round trip: 60 miles, Three Floyds and Flossmoor Station one-way 40 miles, Flossmoor Station one-way 35 miles. Here’s a link to the routes (there may be adjustments if it snows).

We ask that you RSVP if attending.

The fine print: There is no support vehicle. You are responsible for yourself. The pace is 12-16 mph with a short break at Wolf Lake. Mid January weather may be extreme. Be prepared for cold as well as flats/mechanical problems.

Checklist:

Growler

Snacks

Lights

Lock

Pump, tube, tools

Extra layers of clothing (more than you expect to use)

Money

The inaugural Three Floyds ride was conceived and organized by Mark Sinclair and took place on January 14, 2006. As many of you know, Mark died on April 14 of that year, at age 34, a few days after suffering a brain aneurysm. It was Mark’s hope that it would become an annual event.

Thanks,

Bob and Kevin

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Comment by ilter on January 9, 2013 at 9:56pm: Here is a neat hourly forecast graph from National Weather Service, for engineers and the like among us :)

Comment by Jared on January 9, 2013 at 9:56pm: 27 is really frigid now?

Comment by Kevin C Dormant on January 9, 2013 at 9:39pm: Thanks for mentioning that Serge. It is shaping up to be a very pleasant _day_ for a bike ride. Sometime after sundown, predictions are for more seasonably frigid temperatures-really frigid temperatures. Please bring suitable clothing to accommodate a broad range of temperatures.

Comment by Kevin C Dormant on January 9, 2013 at 8:37pm: Per "Joe:" Flossmoor will fill growlers from other breweries. Their growler pours are 64 oz.

Comment by Mark Potts on January 9, 2013 at 8:37pm: Can anybody use a 700c/27"x 1.5" (28-32c I think) schrader valve tube? Got one i kept as a spare but now I have presta.

Comment by Duppie on January 9, 2013 at 8:06pm: Does Flossmoor fill growlers from other breweries? Does every brewery do that?

Comment by Raul Rodriguez on January 9, 2013 at 11:36am: I like Kevin's idea (Wabash or State), probably a bit easier to keep everyone together to the point. But that's just me.

Comment by Kevin C Dormant on January 9, 2013 at 11:23am: If you don't like the "critical mass" approach, I probably won't be able to talk you into the "ramming speed" approach, then will I? Something like this might work. Saturday mornings State, Wabash, Michigan are all pretty lightly traveled south out of the Loop. I picked Wabash. Somewhere (26th? 31st? we want to pick up MLK south through Bronzeville-very wide with long stretches of frontage road off the Boulevard itself. East on 47th to South LakePark Drive. East on 55th Street to Promontory Point. Total distance 8.5 miles.

Comment by bobweiser on January 9, 2013 at 8:42am: a critical mass approach might not make us many friends. do any of you have a way you like to go on streets? maybe state to indiana to king to cottage to drexel and then east in hyde park? something like this?

Comment by Duppie on January 8, 2013 at 8:48pm: @Jennifer,

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