Bicycle Illinois is launching a multi-day bike tour this year that piggybacks on the completion of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI).
The Northern Illinois Ride begins in Muscatine, Iowa, the day after RAGBRAI ends. The four-day bike ride will cover about 260 miles and end in Chicago.
Fully supported overnight stops are scheduled in Geneseo, Mendota, and Aurora. To help encourage cyclists to jump onto the Northern Illinois bike tour after RAGBRAI, a shuttle bus is scheduled to run from Chicago to RAGBRAI's starting point, Sergeants Bluff, Iowa.
The two bike tours will certainly be a study in contrasts. RAGBRAI, celebrating its 34th year, expects upwards of 9,000 cyclists. The Northern Illinois Ride has 38 cyclists signed up so far; about half of them riding in RAGBRAI, according to the Muscatine Journal.
Dates for RAGBRAI are Sunday, July 23, through July 29. The Northern Illinois Ride begins at 6 a.m. July 30 and ends in Chicago on Aug. 2.
See the Northern Illinois Ride brochure for more information. Also, check out other cross-state bicycle tours at Biking Bis.
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