<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Sunday's Bike Ride
Folks on Spokes PO Box 763 Matteson, IL
Serving Chicago's Southland

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Sunday's Ride and Route Map

2007 Ride Schedule

The 2007 Ride Schedule has not been finalized yet. Riders may expect to see the schedule here when it becomes available. The 2006 schedule is shown below to give you an example of the rides we do as a club.

During biking season, EVERY Sunday FOS sponsors a club ride.  All rides start at the Old Plank Trail by the Target store parking lot on the west side of Cicero Avenue, just south of Lincoln Highway (Rt 30).  Off season rides are "Show and Go". Click here for map to Start

2006 Ride Schedule for FOS Sunday Rides--2007 Rides in planning stage

The 2006 riding season' schedule is posted below. Riders can expect the 2007 riding season to include many of these favorite routes although the dates and some information may change.

Individual maps can be downloaded by clicking and printing on your printer. Adobe Acrobat required.

Click here for the entire 2006 season maps in one large PDF file.

Date Target Start Distances
Starting time Long Route Medium/Short Long, Med/Short
April 9   Easter Ride    
April 16 9:00am Pilcher Park Frankfort 41, 26
April 23 9:00am Peotone Monee 34, 22
April 30 9:00am Lake Katherine Tinley Park 47, 20
May 7 9:00am Joliet New Lenox 48, 33
May 14 9:00am Beecher Crete 54, 27
May 21 9:00am Manhattan Frankfort 56, 28
May 28 9:00am Thornton Quarry Glenwood 54, 27
June 4 8:00am Lemont Joliet, Mokena 60, 47, 27
June 11 8:00am Lockport Joliet 59, 50, 32
June 18 8:00am Crown Point Crete 70, 28
June 25 8:00am Kankakee River Manhattan, Frankfort 72, 46, 33
July 2 8:00am Midway Lake Katherine 35, 63
July 9 8:00am Grant Park Peotone, Monee 61, 36, 25
July 16 8:00am Elwood Manhattan, Frankfort 62, 51, 30
July 23 8:00am Crown Point Trails Glenwood, Crete 72, 57, 30
July 30 Picnic Ride
Hickory Creek
8am

Manhattan

  54, 27, 14
Aug 6 8:00am Long Way to Breakfast Grant Park, Crete 67, 46, 34
Aug 13 8:00am Channahon Joliet 69, 46
Aug 20 8:00am Tinley Trails Frankfort 24, 43, 60
Aug 27 8:00am Aroma Park Grant Park, Monee 86, 64, 31
Sep 3 8:00am Coal City Elwood, Joliet 100, 66, 40
Sep 10 8:00am South of the River Grant Park, Peotone 80, 61, 36
Sep 17 8:00am Lockport Joliet 59, 50, 32
Sep 24 8:00am Momnence Grant Park, Monee 65, 54, 25
Oct 1 9:00am Joliet New Lenox 48, 33
Oct 8 9:00am Beecher Monee 46, 27
Oct 15 9:00am Lake Katherine Tinley Park 47, 20
Oct 22 9:00am Winter Show n go Resumes Destinations Vary To be determined by group.

 

Alternate Scheduled Rides
Tuesday and Wednesday
Turtle Rides start at 6:30pm until June 1st
Turtles & Friends meet at Target
at Cicero and Old Plank Road Trail
Lights strongly recommended
Wednesday,
6:30 p.m.
Chicago Turtles & Friends meet Candace McFadden at 116th and Avenue L near Rowan Park in Chicago for rides until sunset. Paced at 9-10 miles/hour
9-10 MPH

Saturday
9:00 a.m. start

Meet in Frankfort at Greidert Green (Old Plank Trail by the Always Open Store).

This Show & Go ride is usually fairly fast paced and could be up to 50+ miles depending on the interest of those who attend.

The group stays together or re-groups periodically and generally stops for breakfast

Fast breakfast rides

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