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TRI-STATE
TOUR
Updates
Updates for
the 2012 Season
1/23/12
- The Hammond bike shop has changed names from
City Cyclery to GoodSpeed Cycles. All other
information is the same.
1/9/12
- Based on participant feedback from last season
we will not be offering the same box lunches any
more for any of our events. Even though we are
working
on
finding a suitable alternative, currently we cannot
commit to serving any type of lunch on the road.
All information has been updated as necessary.
9/12/11
- The Tri-State Tour #1 will occur on Sat. July
14th, 2012.
- The Tri-State Tour #2 will occur on Sun. August
5th, 2012.
Major
Updates for Previous Seasons
- Showers may not be available in Kenosha if the
swimming pool closes early due to unusually low
air temperatures.
- In order to accomodate a different Chicago hotel
for participants of Bicycle Illinois, the Return
Transportation Staging Point in Chicago has changed
to the northeast corner of E. Harrison St. and
S. Wabash Ave. This is only two blocks away from
our previous location. Click
Here for more information.
- The Tri-State Tour #2 will be held on a Sunday
to give people who normally work on Saturdays a
better chance to participate. The Tri-State Tour
#1 will still occur on the Saturday immediately
following Bicycle Illinois.
- We
have combined our first two rest stop locations
in Chicago at 31st St. Beach and Foster Ave. Beach
into a single rest stop location at the new DuSable
Harbor Boat House. The DuSable Harbor Boat House
is still directly on the Chicago Lakefront path
and will have bathrooms and full rest stop services
available. Combining these two rest stops into
one has the following advantages:
- You will have even more time to make it to
Kenosha within our
route
cut-off
times because you’ll have one less stop
to make
- It eliminates the confusion at the 31st
St. rest stop due to overlapping marks for
participants
travelling north on the Lakefront bike path
on the Bicycle Illinois event
- It makes the first ride
overall ride segment shorter for
participants who don't bother stopping at the
31st Street
rest stop becuase it's so close to the start.
- This change sgnificantly improves our ability
to
ensure support service coverage along the
entire route.
- The change affects the route mileages in
the following ways:
- It has (not) added (any) mileage
onto the route.
- Combining the rest stops has changed
the following ride segments and mileages:
- Previous ride segment 1: Hammond
to 31st St. Beach - 15.0 miles
- Previous ride
segment 2: 31st St. Beach
to Foster Ave. Beach - 10.7 miles
- Previous ride segment
3: Foster Ave. Beach to Morton
Grove - 14.5 miles
- To the following
new
ride segments and mileages:
- New
ride segment 1: Hammond to
DuSable Harbor - 18.8 miles
- New ride segment 2: DuSable Harbor
to Morton Grove - 21.4 miles
- In
addition the average
distance between rest stops
has only increased by 2.4
miles to 16.7 miles.
- The route has changed in several significant
ways
- Just after crossing the Illinois/Indiana
border, the route has changed so
that there will not be any confusion from
similar road
markings from
the
Bicycle
Illinois event.
- We will no longer doubleback on the route
out of the Morton Grove rest stop.
This will make it much less likely to miss
this
rest
stop and easier to get back on the
route out of the rest stop.
- In order to eliminate confusion the only
option to follow the road or a path
will be from Waukegan to Kenosha. The following
gravel
path options have been removed from
the route:
- 2.0 miles of gravel path from Morton
Grove to Lake Forest
through Glencoe and Highland Park
- 1.3 miles of gravel path into the
Waukegan rest stop
- We have modified several of the route segments
to make the route shorter, safer, and easier
to follow by eliminating segments where there
were numerous turns especially through North
Chicago, Waukegan, and Zion.
- The ending location in Kenosha at Anderson
Park has changed (same park, different
shelter). The new shelter has separate
men’s and
women’s bathrooms located directly
at it, and is much bigger than the
previous shelter.
- As a result of the route changes the shortest
possible ride length is now 1.4 miles
shorter at 81.8 miles with the on-path
option.
- To make up for the decreased overall mileage
1.9 miles have been added onto the
century route. The added route is
a beautiful ride - it directly follows the
lakefront in Kenosha
for a significant
portion and passes by the Kenosha
harbor
and lighthouse and we are very pleased
to be able to offer it!
- The start time has been moved back 30 minutes
from 6:30 am to 7:00 am to better accomodate
participants staying in the supported hotel the
previous
night. All other appropriate event times have
also been adjusted accordingly.
- Late registration has
been added and a $15 fee will apply to late registrations.
Late registrations will not be accepted without
first
contacting us for availability and we reserve
the right to refuse and refund late registrations
received without first contacting us for availability.
Late registrations must be completed online
to ensure that we receive proper payment; paper
registrations will not be accepted after the
regular registration deadline.
- In town cues and map posted for Hammond, IN.
Click
Here to download the in town cue sheet
and map for Hammond, IN including the route from
the supported hotel to the event starting location.
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