Great Lakes - Roll Call -- Great Lakes area locals

Downers Grove, IL

I live down in Greenwood and commute to IUPUI campus. When it is less than 94 degrees.

Greenwood to IUPUI? That's a pretty healthy commute. Good for you. I work over on the west side near Rockville Rd and 465. It would be a tough and circuitous ride for me.

howdy! i'm in the cincinnati area (mason to be exact). i ride most of my miles at work and rest away from town. so yeah, there you go...

I just got my first road bike (a Basso from a friend, though I'm not sure which model it is....maybe you guys could help?) and live in Huntington Woods, MI, 10 minutes outside of Detroit. I started commuting to work on Monday, only to find that the ride is pretty bumpy, and cars in Troy (particularly SUVs) tend to honk at bikers on the road. But it feels better than driving! I'm a total newbie, but glad to have found this forum. 'Hoping to learn the basics of bike repair and some good routes in the area!

I just got my first road bike (a Basso from a friend, though I'm not sure which model it is....maybe you guys could help?) and live in Huntington Woods, MI, 10 minutes outside of Detroit. I started commuting to work on Monday, only to find that the ride is pretty bumpy, and cars in Troy (particularly SUVs) tend to honk at bikers on the road. But it feels better than driving! I'm a total newbie, but glad to have found this forum. 'Hoping to learn the basics of bike repair and some good routes in the area!

welcome. A good group in your area to get in group ride with is the Wolverine Sports Club. They have a number of group rides not far from you.

Here is their web site: http://wolverinesportsclub.com/

Downers Grove, IL
bolingbrook here, and i'm starting a job at 75th and lemont this week. maybe we could ride sometime?

Monroe, MI. Just off of Lake Erie, where the winds are predictable, and predictably suck. Soon to be getting a job in downtown Detroit which will cut into my riding a bunch, but anything to pay the bills, right?

Eastpointe,Mi chiming in.Just getting back into riding.I'm having a '76 Motobecane Grand Jubilee rehabbed and I just picked up a $25 Schwinn World Sport and an unknown vintage $30 Schwinn Varsity to help keep the wear and tear off of the Motobecane.I realized I can use the Varsity for weight training too-lifting it is good to build my shoulder muscles and biceps! Long live the cheap gas pipe bike! :)

Johnsburg, IL here

columbus/gahanna, oh... anyone have any suggestions for organized group rides/clubs to ride with around this area? (i recently moved from up north but it's about 45 min away so mid-week night rides have gone kinda out of my grasp)

Cleveland Heights, OH

Fort Wayne. I ride in NE Indiana, NW Ohio, So. Mich.

Chrcoe - Columbus Outdoor Pursuits (http://www.outdoor-pursuits.org/bicycling.php) club is legendary. They host many outstanding organized rides. I'm sure they've got regular club rides too.

I live in Buchanan, MI. It's a small town in southwest Michigan near South Bend IN.

Port Huron, Michigan. Port Huron is about 50 miles directly north of Detroit. I live right where Lake Huron feeds into the St. Clair River.

Chrcoe - Columbus Outdoor Pursuits (http://www.outdoor-pursuits.org/bicycling.php) club is legendary. They host many outstanding organized rides. I'm sure they've got regular club rides too.

Thanks! The site looks pretty interesting, I am sure I can find something there.

I live in Woodridge, Il and do most of my riding between Woodridge and Glenview since my best friends live up there, so I go through Elmhurst and around O'Hare on the commute.

Hey folks,
Live in Plymouth, MI. Drive my trike as much as I can. Try to make my way onto Heinz Parkway. I like to do intervals, so I will give a roadie a bit of a head-start, and then reel him in while climbing up a hill. Then I hammer it down the other side of the hill. Most times I just reel in the roadies and then let them go - after they have gotten an earful of my gears clicking as I coast. Have met more people on this trike; I love it. Waiting for them to finish work on the I-275 bike path. It will be nice when the path hooks up to the connector to the bike trails of Willow Metro park, Oakwood park, and to Lower Huron park. Might take another year. Cheers, UncleD

There's a new bike website:

http://www.ThinkBicycles.org/

It's a LOCAL bike website, for Johnson County. And I had to look under "Maps" before I found it is Johnson County , IOWA.

There's a new bike website:

http://www.ThinkBicycles.org/

It's a LOCAL bike website, for Johnson County. And I had to look under "Maps" before I found it is Johnson County , IOWA.

I think I'll have pancakes and sausage for breakfast tomorrow:rolleyes:

Lafayette, IN here.

Ride mostly between downtown and Armstrong Park. Or bomb campus. Love me some Salisbury St hill and fast sidewalks through campus.

Ruin everything.

Traverse City, Michigan here, northwest side of the state. Who else is representing?

Alexandria, Minnesota right here! About 130 miles west of Minneapolis/St. Paul.

I'm new to the forums and new to the experience.



Represent! :thumb:

I'm from Augusta, Wisconsin - About 25 miles South East of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Home of the almost world famous Stage Coach Bicycle Route.
Approximately 21 miles round trip with alternate loops. Mostly easy but a few steep hills. A scenic route that follows along a lightly traveled road and is perfect for a family bicycle outing. Available year round and no pass is required for route use. Trailhead located in Augusta just off Hwy. 12/27 on Stone St.

If you ever come and ride the route, give me a heads up and I will give the the guided tour.

Mishawaka IN.

hey everyone. Eagan, MN (just outside minneapolis) for me. Hoping to get in some good riding this year!

PS: If anyone ever wants to ride im all ears. I plan on trying to attend some local charity/club rides

West bend wi here

Traverse City, Michigan here, northwest side of the state. Who else is representing?

are you going to ride the 2011 Speicalized in your pic? I have the 2010 model and it is an awesome ride. Absolutely love it. I am in Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids, MI here. Ready for the riding season to get here.

Waterford, MI .... Problem is that we don't have any bicycle trails here, so I'm biking everywhere else.

Brookfield IL, looking for a group to ride with in the western suburbs...non competitive until my knee recovers from surgery.

Perham / New York Mills area in MN. I just bought a Trek 1.1, my first road bike. I will be commuting 12.6 miles to work once the snow melts. Should be fun (better than riding on a trainer in the basement)!

Lansing IL not Michigan. Just south of Chicago.

Brookfield IL, looking for a group to ride with in the western suburbs...non competitive until my knee recovers from surgery.

Consider www.downersgrovebicycleclub.org

I'm in Columbus, OH....I travel a little over 12 miles a day(6.1 miles one way to work)

I'm in Columbus, OH....I travel a little over 12 miles a day(6.1 miles one way to work)

It appears again that Rick Nash and the boys will have plenty of time this spring to ride with you:(

checking in from Milwaukee. I'm a student at UW-Milwaukee and was inspired to shift toward daily commuting via bike while living in China. I now get about 6 miles in a day and look forward to longer rides on the weekends. I ride a Kona fixed gear.

Hi, Elkhorn Wisconsin here. About 45 minutes SW of Milwaukee. My wife and I usually ride the rail/trails on the weekends throughout Wisconsin.

Just south of Door County, WI. anyone want to ride Forestville/Green Bay and back, I'm game. (40-50 miles depending on which roads) I try to average 20 mph for up to 60 miles.

Waterford, MI .... Problem is that we don't have any bicycle trails here, so I'm biking everywhere else.

I'm in Clarkston MI. We're neighbors, and there definitely ARE trails around here.

I'm in Clarkston MI. We're neighbors, and there definitely ARE trails around here.
Right.... there ARE... in Clarkston.
I'm in Waterford, MI, not Clarkston, MI and at least 10 miles from your place, since I'm on the border with West Bloomfield...
We DON'T have any trails in Waterford, MI

I live in Oak Brook, Illinois - about 25 miles West of Chicago. I've just gotten back into riding after two years out due to a severely broken left ankle, and I moved to Oak brook during the recovery, so I'm still learning where I ride and getting my riding legs back. Before that, I lived in Plainfield, IL, and I'm m originally from Beloit, WI and went to high school in Madison, WI. Back in the day, I rode all over both Beloit and Madison on a 1975 Schwinn Varsity, which was stolen. Now I'm restoring a 1975 Schwinn Continental. ( http://1975continental.blogspot.com )

Dan

Fredonia, WI, north of Milwaukee and not far from The Lake. From here, quiet county roads lead in all directions, but my favorite rides are north into the glaciated hills of the Kettle Moraine State Forest.

I live in Milwaukee, Wi.
New Berlin to be exact.
I ride anywhere between 50-150 miles per week.
The Oak Leaf Trail is my main path.

Uptown neighborhood of Chicago! No suburb for me... you can keep it for yourself!

crown point, IN



Uptown neighborhood of Chicago! No suburb for me... you can keep it for yourself!

and you can keep your property taxes, city sticker taxes, daily family security detail taxes, fuel taxes, oh and did i mention taxes? :thumb:

crown point, IN




and you can keep your property taxes, city sticker taxes, daily family security detail taxes, fuel taxes, oh and did i mention taxes? :thumb:

Yeah and you and your family can go look for a job in the suburbs and stop walking around Downtown looking clueless. I don't pay for city stickers because I do not drive, no fuel tax either and the other taxes I do pay I am glad to pay and contribute. Like I said... you can keep the Suburbs or whatever you consider Crown Point!:thumb:

Edit: Oh, when it comes time to do some real shopping, partying, and dinning out, why not do that in Crown Point? Deal? Thanks...

Yeah and you and your family can go look for a job in the suburbs and stop walking around Downtown looking clueless. Like I said... you can keep the Suburbs!:thumb:

maybe im taking that the wrong way and you were being as factious as I was. But, if not, please do let me know.

maybe im taking that the wrong way and you were being as factious as I was. But, if not, please do let me know.

Work on that and get back to me.