<![CDATA[SAM – Senior Active Men’s Group of Illinois - Biking]]>Fri, 17 May 2024 17:57:46 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[2023 GEL BIKING GROUP]]>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:39:16 GMThttp://samgroupil.org/biking/2023-gel-biking-groupSAM is invited to participate with the 2023 GEL BIKING GROUP 

If you wish to be added to the SAM/ GEL Biking Group list, send your E-Mail and your cell phone number to;

Steve Blonz @  blonz1@comcast.net. His cell phone number is 847-212-8533

Mike Kaplan (847-650-1639) will be leading the rides until May.


All interested riders should plan to meet on April 20th and/or April 27th at 9:30 am at the Kayak and Boat Rental launch at 1770 Tower in Glencoe at Skokie Lagoons. We will get on the North Branch Trail and ride south to Starbucks at Dempster, stopping for coffee. We will return the same way we came.  (This ride is estimated to be a total of around of 16 miles long.) 


For those of you interested in something longer, you can ride all the way to Foster, and return the same way stopping for coffee at Starbucks on the way back. (This ride is estimated to be 37 miles long.)


For those who are not in biking shape, you can meet the group at Willow Road at the Forest Preserve just east of Edens Expressway at 9:50 AM (This ride is estimated to be 10 miles long.


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<![CDATA[Join the Biking Group!]]>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 04:32:45 GMThttp://samgroupil.org/biking/join-the-biking-groupIf anyone in SAM interested in getting on the email list for biking contact Bill Gurolnick of the (MEL)  group at:

2455g@comcast.net or 312-316-3225

They ride the North shore trails and occasionally the City lakefront. Minimal street riding.

Usually 20-25 miles, with a break half way.

Others add another 5-10, they're younger and faster.

We’ll go until the temperatures fall below 50, starting about 9:30am on Monday mornings.
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