Saturday, August 24th:

Grab your family and friends and schedule a time to meet at the park for a show-n-go bike ride.

Routes start and end at Westwood Park in Morton, IL.

There is a Casey’s on each route for a self supported rest stop.

GPS Routes…

IVW Out of Box Ride Schedule   5-10-2024 

Date Changed:

Friday, June 28:

Jim MCintyre will lead a ride from Tremont pool parking lot at 9:00 a.m. We will be traveling to Green Valley and it is called the Huff & Puff Ride. We do have some hills and beautiful country views. The ride is 34 miles. There is a restaurant for lunch and the ice cream shop for those who want to stay and socialize.

Friday, July 12,

Jana Reed will lead at the park by the library in Bradford and leave at 9:00 a.m. to Wyoming with a stop at Casey’s.  Return to Bradford for an awesome lunch. About 32 miles. 

 Wednesday, July 24: 

Randy Swensen & Ken Pope will lead the Evergreen Bloomington Lake Ride at Comlara Park in Hudson, IL Meet at Comalara Park/Front parking lot.  Time 9:30, miles: 32, Lake Road Inn is lunch.  https://www.Lakeroadinn.net

Tuesday, August 6,

Larry Trollope will do the E. Peoria to Goodfield Ride 35 miles.  Meet at 8:30 at the Fondulac Park District parking lot near the Caboose E. Peoria. We will travel to Goodfield with lunch at Busy Corner.  35 mile ride.

Wednesday, August 21,

Ken Pope will do the Alpaca Ride in Chillicothe area. 32 miles.  Meet at Pearce Community Center, 610 W. Cedar St., Chillicothe at 9 a.m. We will be visiting the Alpaca Farm. Lunch Sweet Water Kitchen a new restaurant on River Beach Rd.

Wednesday, Sept 4,

Walt & LaVerne will do the Tanners Ride 35 miles.  Meet at Pearce Community Center at 9 a.m. Lunch at Tanners. 

Wednesday, Sept. 18,

Randy Swensen will do the Brimfield to Farmington ride 33.5 

LaVerne Wilson  309-229-0984 

lvrnwlsn@gmail.com 

IVW Out of Box Ride organizer 

Ride with the EP!C Cycle Riders @ 9:00 am

July 2nd and 16th

August 6th and 20th

September 3rd and 17th

October 1st and 15th

Tuesday & Saturday Ride Group

Tuesday & Saturday are the typical days, but we use other days based on weather.

We ride all year long, weather permitting.

Start times are AM during the warmer months and PM during the cooler months.

We start from a variety of locations, mostly in Peoria County.

Ride length is about 20 miles in early season, increasing to 35 miles in summer.   Typically there is a mid-ride restroom & snack break.

Ride speed averages about 12 mph.  We regroup often and no one is dropped.

The weekly schedule is posted on the Illinois Valley Wheelm’n and the LO Riders of Peoria Facebook pages.

For questions, contact Steve Jensen at shjensen1@yahoo.com

Greetings to all IVW members!

This is a quick reminder that membership expires at the end of each calendar year.   Please consider renewing your membership!

This message should just be going out to members who haven’t renewed yet.   If you have recently sent in your renewal, or renewed online, I might not have received that yet, so please disregard this reminder.   If there is any uncertainty regarding your membership status, please let me know and I’ll try to resolve the issue.

The IVW website has info about renewing….
https://ivwheelmn.org/wordpress/?page_id=297

Membership renewal can be done online or via the mail.
The club is now using BikeReg for online signup and renewal:
https://www.bikereg.com/illinois-valley-wheelmn-annual-club-membership-2024

For those wishing to renew by mail, the blank form can be downloaded here:
https://ivwheelmn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/IVW-membership-form-2021-12-03-2.pdf
You can fill out the form, write a check, and send them to:
Illinois Valley Wheelm’n, PO Box 9129, Peoria, IL 61612

thanks!

Steve Kurt
IVW membership chair