Tanner's Orchard Vintage & Steel bike ride, Peoria, IL USA, Sept 17, 2022
For anyone within range of central Illinois, this is a chance to ride with fellow vintage & steel bike enthusiasts and perhaps show off the pride of your fleet! It's intended to be a medium speed ride along quiet rural roads north of Peoria, IL, including a stretch along the scenic Illinois river... nothing too serious, and no dropped riders.
Date: Saturday, Sept 17th. Meet at 8:30am. Roll out at 9am.
Start/Finish location: Shore Acres Park, 100 Park Blvd, Chillicothe Illinois 61523
Meet in the parking area adjacent to the swimming pool.
http://www.chillicotheparkdistrict.org/shore-acres-park
Distance: roughly 42 miles.
Speed: Previous rides were nominally 16mph. There has been some interest in making it available for slower riders, perhaps as slow as 13mph. Since I can only lead one group, that will be the group at the front. We regroup periodically to get folks back together, and hopefully that will be sufficient to handle the variety of speeds. If speed differences become problematic, it may be necessary to ask the slower group to use the map to navigate the route, or to use a shortcut to reduce the distance. This may require some discussion to work out, so let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Mid-ride destination & break: Tanner's Orchard, Speer, Illinois.
http://www.tannersorchard.com/
baked goods, hot cocoa, coffee, water, and restrooms. Plenty of apples and cider are available too, but you'll want to bring a pannier or big saddlebag to carry it in. Fortunately, it's mostly downhill from Tanner's.
Other ride info:
-- Support: This is an unsupported ride. Bring your own food and water, and be prepared to handle any mechanical issues that might occur.
-- Terrain: There are a variety of moderate rolling hills as well as some flat ground in the river flood plain. As usual, road work has required changes. The route goes up Blue Ridge road instead of Hallock Hollow, with a 1/4 mile stretch of about 4% grade instead of the continuous 2% grade of Hallock Hollow. A bit less pleasant, perhaps, but shouldn't be a problem.
I've entered the route on RideWithGPS:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40660491
-- Road conditions: primarily narrow rural roads with chipseal surfaces and very little traffic. No potholes or gravel that I've noticed. The road crews reserve the right to freshly chipseal the route at any time, of course!
-- Cue sheet and map: posted to a google drive folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...TP?usp=sharing
… but cue sheet and map (without extra notes) are also available on the RideWithGPS link.
-- COVID-19 considerations: none at this time, and no expectations for this to change.
photos from last year's ride...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kurtsj...57719597513224
last year's thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...l#post22169635
Please let me know if you plan to attend or if there are any questions.
Steve in Peoria
p.s. I've done a little pre-riding of the route, and finally stopped in while they were open. Initial evaluations of the donuts are positive.
