22 hearty Spinner Souls took advantage of a gorgeous Autumn evening and headed southwest into the Illinois flat lands. The group stuck together fairly well until we were on Yale Bridge Rd. and then there were several "splits" and even more "splits" @ Boswell & Forest Preserve Rd. A couple "Good Samaritan" Spinners helped a cyclist return safely home after a couple tubes bit the dust--this action epitomizes the spirit of our cycling group.
Here is a photo from "Tandem Sue" of the Spinner Peloton on Yale Bridge Rd--impressive!
All Rides will be starting from the parking lot behind the Beloit Bicycle Company at:
5pm
This start time will continue at 5pm until we "FALL BACK" which will be on Sat/Sun Nov 2nd/3rd after which the Stateline Spinner Tuesday Cycling Season will come to an end. This does not mean that bicycle riding among "friends groups" will stop because if the weather permits check out the Facebook Page of the "Stateline Spinners Bicycle Group" for postings on rides that may be occurring depending upon the weather.
Here is a flier on an upcoming Rock Trail Coalition event with Peter Diotte that will be most interesting...
Fall Festival - FREE BIKE HELMETS for Kids Saturday, October 19, - 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Mercyhealth Beloit 2825 Prairie Ave., Beloit
Guests will enjoy:
• Free bike helmet and fitting for the first 100 kids; fittings begin at 2 pm and a guardian must be present
• Raffle gift baskets from the Beloit Snappers and the Janesville Jets
• Fun games including a bounce house, carnival games, blow-up basketball hoops
• Face painting and pumpkin painting
• “Ask the Pediatrician” featuring Dr. Emarcia Peete
• Meet Dr. James Flood, our new family medicine doctor
• Free blood pressure screenings and balance test
• Flu shots: Pay out of pocket (cash, check, credit card) or we can bill your insurance
• Warm drinks and snacks
• Meet Snappy from the Beloit Snappers and Chilly from the Janesville Jets
Kids who wear a costume will be entered to win a free iPad Mini and get a coupon for a free scoop at Culver’s. This event is free and open for anyone to attend.
We completed our tour across Perú. The total tour was 19 days from the United States. There were 11 cycling days and several non cycling days at the start and finish and a two day visit to Machu Picchu in the middle of the tour.
Our weather was perfect and we had one rainy day in the low jungle which helped keep the temperature a comfortable 80 degrees ...28 C. Our coldest night was 25 degrees...-5 C when we needed to sleep at a mountain shelter at 14,000 feet ...4,700 meters.
There is a good selections of photos on the PAC Tour website https://pactour.com/ now on the homepage in the lower left hand corner. Click on Terry Lentz blog photos.
I will send you more photos next week after I start traveling on the amazon river on boat to Iquitos to visit the schools there.
For those interested in taking a survey about the Rock County Parks, here is the link:
Finally, mark your calendars for Sunday Nov 17th for our annual Autumn Gathering beginning at 5pm at the Nature At The Confluence...more details to follow.
Cheers
LiteSpeed Rick
608-751-2934 (c)
litespeedrick@gmail.com
Don't forget to periodically check the Facebook page “Stateline Spinners Bicycle Group” which is being maintained by Spinner Jon Nelson.
