Fruit Loop photos found !!!!

Thanks for your patience on this blog. Whatever happened to having time to write stuff? I don't have an answer to something I have been thinking about for a long time. The days and weeks just keep flowing like a creek. I was communicating with Slender Fungus member Sucharski asking whether he had any Fruit Loop photos he hadn't shared. 

After a few days I get a massive email full of images I had not seen. I was really happy that he found them. The fruit loop was a ride we did a long time ago. Over 10 years now. We started the ride out of my then house in Sycamore. The group was great and featured a lot of people who have now moved out of state. We basically left Sycamore, rode to the Mississippi river, up to Galena, north along Wisconsin border, down back towards RTE 64 and back to Sycamore. About 255 miles worth of riding. 

Hills, more hills, lots of heat and humidity and more hills. A good time was had and its a ride we often reminisce about. With further ado, here are the images. Thank you for reading and I hope to ride with you again. There is so much more to say. Too bad the words don't come out. Maybe next time.

ari 

The Fruit Loop Loop is ready for viewing.

Let me know if you have any questions. This will be a very long day in the saddle. There will be a ton of hills, some places for food and traffic. Please beware that you are responsible for yourself and if you need to bail have a plan in mind. Print out the map and cues if you can. Everyone should have a map in case you get lost. Any questions please let me know. We will be leaving 4am sharp since it is a long ride and we will be out ALL day. Bring front and rear lights for the morning hours and for night time since we will arrive home in the complete darkness.
Here goes the route. I highly recommend bringing a cross bike with 35mm tires since we will possibly ride some gravel or you might the tires in case you have to bail on a shoulder. I do not advise road bikes.

Ari

FRUIT LOOP JULY 31ST, 2011

Fruit Loop
will
commence
July
31st
2011
@
4:00 a.m.
and will go
over
200 miles
Destination
will be
Sycamore
towards
the
Miss. River
and
back
Self Supported
on your own
type
ride
Cross bikes with chub tires recommended
We dare
you to show
UP.
SFCA
SFCA
SFCA
SFCA
SFCA
SFCA


Ari

Ride is starting to shape up nice. We are seeing interest in a long ride and I think the weather will be perfect. I wanted to mention that the ride is open and you can ride as much as you like. It is up to you to ride as much as you want and then turn around or go out as far as you want and then have somebody pick you up. We will be providing maps and such. I would also like to see everyone have lights (front and rear) since we are leaving in darkness and most likely will return in darkness. I would suggest a cross bike with either touring or cross tires since we will see varided terrain. Once we get out to the Big River there will be big,long, steep, sometimes gravel hills to deal with. Bring plenty of liquids, food, meds, booze, phones, cameras, whatever you think you will need. Also bring cash, ID and such. I would suggest bringing a jacket and such in case we get cold or it starts to rain. If you have any questions feel free to comment or shoot an email at andonos63 [at] the yahoo dot the com thingy.
Ari

Roster:

Ari

Cookie

B.B.

Chad

Bald Eagle

Mike Huntley

Jelly Boy

Mo-mi-Ti

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