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The Last of the Summer Tweed Rides

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The Last of the Summer Tweed Rides

Time: October 3, 2010 from 12pm to 7pm
Location: O'Sullivan's Public House
Street: 7244 W. Madison
City/Town: Forest Park, IL 60130
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q…
Phone: 773.278.5669
Event Type: social, microbrews, picnic, bummel, tweed
Organized By: The BBC
Latest Activity: Oct 5, 2010

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DO YOU TWEED?
Then help us bring Tweed to the Burbs!

Please join the BBC on Sunday, 3 October for The Last of the Summer Tweed Rides. We will gather at O’Sullivan’s Public House around noon.

We hope to depart at 1pm for Villa Park's Lunar Brewpub. We'll be following the Illinois Prairie Path, the oldest Rails to Trails bike-path in the Colonies. The route map is here.

Lunar is a palace for craft beer fanatics. it creates 40 different beers a year, with at least one new brew each week. On tap all the time are Moondance IPA, Raspberry Cream Ale and Total Eclipse Oatmeal Stout. Expect big Belgians during the holidays and season beers for Oktoberfest and St. Patrick's Day. If you're craving something more substantial that the snacks on hand (pizza, popcorn, pretzels and nuts), choose from the delivery menus behind the bar and have a meal brought in from a local restaurant.

After quaffing a few choice pints, we'll proceed to our picnic at The Sheldon Peck Homestead. You can pick up victuals & libations at any number of fine establishments in close proximity to the brewery. The homestead was a station on The Underground Railroad where escaping slaves hid. Peck was an abolitionist as were many of the townspeople in the area. His youngest son, Frank Peck, recalled as many as seven slaves at a time hidden in the house.
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Comment by John on October 1, 2010 at 2:56pm
Holly, I can loan you a pair of 26"x2.25" wide whitewall Schwinn Typhoon tires (non-crusty) if that would help. Don't know where you are located, but I'll be riding WP mass tonight and will be around tomorrow getting my bike ready for Sunday.
Comment by Alan Lloyd on October 1, 2010 at 2:48pm


Almost ready to go! Perhaps I should set off now, it's quite a way from here to the gathering point for the start ...

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Comment by globalguy on October 1, 2010 at 2:15pm
BTW, Sunday's Specials at O'Sullivan's Public House $4.00 Bloody Mary's $5.00 BBQ Beef Brisket
Comment by globalguy on October 1, 2010 at 2:03pm
Some sun with a 30% of A few showers Sunday, according to Weather.com. It'll make the Lunar Brewery very cozy indeed. If if gets too much we can return from there as the picnic area is only two miles further west. Either way...

Comment by globalguy on October 1, 2010 at 1:55pm
Holly! Check with Sir John the Lad(ner), what he doesn't know about sourcing exotic parts ain't worth a knowin'
Comment by Holly on October 1, 2010 at 11:28am
A-HA! That's perfect, Cameron. Thanks for the tip. I think we're safe to just get it on there on Sunday morning. We were gonna do a "dry run" on Saturday just to see if we could manage it.

We're also bringing spare tubes and tires since the balloon tires on this rig are a little crusty.

We've got spare MTB tires, but does anyone know where we might find some white walled balloon tires? I haven't looked and the bike's owner is too busy to call around to find some. (Sorry don't know the size.) I was wondering if there's an LBS that specializes in vintage cruisers or carries things that might look age appropriate.
Comment by Holly on October 1, 2010 at 10:18am
Liz--I suspect you could hop on the train w/it. We're thinking that it's got to be possible to get on there...it always just depends on who's working/paying attention.

We're going to try to figure out how to get the tandem on a rack as a (very) wide load with lots of lashing and rope. Then, we'll drive very slowly from Rogers Park to Forest Park. This bike is old and heavy so I'm a little concerned about how we'll get it strapped on the car.

Anyway--if our car plan doesn't work, we'll probably get on the train if the allow us to do it.
Comment by Alan Lloyd on October 1, 2010 at 8:59am
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, high=53° & low=35°.

"Variably cloudy, breezy, unseasonably chilly. Highs 15 degrees below normal and coolest since last May. Lake effect showers are again possible across portions of the Illinois/Indiana shoreline. " Tom Skilling, Chicago Tribune.
Comment by globalguy on September 29, 2010 at 11:18am
Sunset this Sunday will at 6:30pm. Temps are predicted to ranged from a High of 55°F to a Low of 42°F so I'm imagining that we'll be heading back around 6ish. Of course, there's no problem if folks want to peel off sooner; the route is pretty straightforward and the Blue Line from Forest Park to the Loop takes about 35 minutes.
Comment by Liz on September 28, 2010 at 6:19pm
Other idea is to rent from Millenium park and ride back to the city afterwards. Of course it is a sketchy area and since there is safety in numbers will other be riding back also?

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