Volume 33, Issue 3 March 2019 Inside this issue: 2019 Chili Bowl 2 July 4 Metric Century 3 Door County 2019 4 St. Patrick’s Day Ride 5 Winter Hiking 6-11 JBC Ride Definitions / 12 Member Info 13 Joliet Bicycle Club Newsletter March 2019 Joliet Bicycle Club Message from the President Hello Fellow JBC Members, Does anyone see some light at the end of the winter tunnel? I did notice the sun is setting a little later everyday, and everyday is a day closer to spring. And just think the 10 th of this month our days will get even longer. Don’t forget Spring ahead 1 hour for Daylight Savings Time. Yippee!! I can’t help but daydream about the great days to come when we can all get on the road for what will seem like endless days of rid- ing. I know all of us look forward to spring. For many of us March is the month of anticipation. So, anticipate this. We’ll have our hopes up for a good St. Patrick’s day ride. As many of you know, St Patrick’s Day is on Sunday March 17 th , however our ride is Saturday the 16 th at 4pm. Think Green and think warm. You can contact Steve Geary regarding the plans for the St. Pat’s Day ride. It is on the March Ride calendar. You know how I found out? I looked on our web page. We should all give a big shout out to Steve Geary and Shirl Boatman for our new and improved web site. They have both worked very hard to improve our website and keep the content fresh. Their hard work shows the minute you visit www.jolietbicycleclub.com I for one love how easy it is to navigate now. Thanks Steve and Shirl!! A couple of things to look forward to in March. Our outstanding VP Dominick Chellino is putting together a JBC hike and pizza. The date, location and after hike festivities will be announced soon. The second item, that I’ve really been looking forward to is an entertaining presentation by Janae Hunziker and Conrad Brouwer of their June 2018 trip from Portland, OR to New Lenox, IL. The presentation will be at the New Lenox Library Meeting Room. The time and date will be announced soon. With all this going on, I hope everyone will join me in the anticipation of a great start to spring, and soon we’ll all be enjoying the long summer days of riding. Anticipating rolling forward, Rob Weiss, President Joliet Bicycle Club M A R C H
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Volume 33, Issue 3
March 2019
Inside this issue:
2019 Chili Bowl 2
July 4 Metric Century 3
Door County 2019 4
St. Patrick’s Day Ride 5
Winter Hiking 6-11
JBC Ride Definitions / 12
Member Info 13
Joliet Bicycle Club
Newsletter
March 2019
J o l i e t B i c yc l e C l u b
Message from the President Hello Fellow JBC Members,
Does anyone see some light at the end of the winter tunnel? I did
notice the sun is setting a little later everyday, and everyday is a
day closer to spring. And just think the 10th of this month our days
will get even longer. Don’t forget Spring ahead 1 hour for Daylight
Savings Time. Yippee!!
I can’t help but daydream about the great days to come when we
can all get on the road for what will seem like endless days of rid-
ing.
I know all of us look forward to spring. For many of us March is the month of anticipation.
So, anticipate this.
We’ll have our hopes up for a good St. Patrick’s day ride. As many of you know, St Patrick’s
Day is on Sunday March 17th, however our ride is Saturday the 16th at 4pm. Think Green
and think warm. You can contact Steve Geary regarding the plans for the St. Pat’s Day
ride. It is on the March Ride calendar. You know how I found out? I looked on our web
page. We should all give a big shout out to Steve Geary and Shirl Boatman for our new and
improved web site. They have both worked very hard to improve our website and keep the
content fresh. Their hard work shows the minute you visit www.jolietbicycleclub.com I for
one love how easy it is to navigate now. Thanks Steve and Shirl!!
A couple of things to look forward to in March. Our outstanding VP Dominick Chellino is
putting together a JBC hike and pizza. The date, location and after hike festivities will be
announced soon.
The second item, that I’ve really been looking forward to is an entertaining presentation by
Janae Hunziker and Conrad Brouwer of their June 2018 trip from Portland, OR to New
Lenox, IL. The presentation will be at the New Lenox Library Meeting Room. The time and
date will be announced soon.
With all this going on, I hope everyone will join me in the anticipation of a great start to
spring, and soon we’ll all be enjoying the long summer days of riding.
The 2019 JBC 4th of July Century is well into the planning stages, and all the pre-planning “stuff” has been completed, or is in the works. The ride format will be the same as last year – all the riders will ride from Plainfield South HS to Plattville, then - depending on the miles they are planning to ride -ride between 0 – 3 loops, then return to the High school. Culvers will once again be supplying ice cream in the registration area for all the 4th riders to enjoy. Tee Shirts Shirl Boatman, the JBC N/L editor, has volunteered to be the tee shirt designer for this year. As in 2018, we will be posting the tee shirt designs on Google Groups (GG) for the members to “vote” on which tee shirt design we will use. Expect to see GG e-mail with the tee shirt designs sometime in March. The design will be posted on our web site after April 1st. We will be using the same supplier as in 2018 (Life Behind Bars Cycling), and the same poly material. Volunteers We are still in need of a 4th ride Chair for this year. Anyone with any interest, but not sure of the responsibilities, feel free to call or e-mail and we can discuss. This year is looking great for volunteers for the Captains’ positions – they are all filled. YEA!!! This year Brent Radomski volunteered to take care of the food purchasing and distribution. Kudo’s to Brent. We normally need between 50 and 60 volunteers to keep the ride moving smoothly – let’s keep the JBC 4th ride the best in the area by pitching in and helping out! We will have a volunteer sign-up sheet at the Chili Bowl. Please contact with any questions or comments: Steve Mitoraj 630-417 7962, or jbc4thride@ gmail.com Click here to go to our website for more information. Captains
4th of July Chair - Open
Plattville - Captain Bob Kehoe Plattville - First Lieutenant Jim Arends
SAG - Bob Jacobs Registration - Rob Weiss Food Purchase and Distribution - Brent Radomski Route and Road Marking - Jim Lambert Tee Shirt Design - Shirl Boatman
The St. Patrick's Day Ride. Saturday, March 16, 2019
Where?
Hickory Creek Brewing
1005 W Laraway Rd, New Lenox, IL 60451
Ready to Roll @ 4:00 PM
This is a theme ride where the participants dress for the occasion and decorate their bikes with lights (start decorat-ing your bikes now). Double Miles will be awarded to the cyclist with the brightest lights. There will be several celebratory stops along the way between the New Lenox and Frankfort areas. This is a Rain or Shine event. In the event of poor weather, we will use other forms of transportation. You're welcome to join even if you don't ride your bike (but then you'll be missing the best part). This is a JBC tradition you'll not want to miss! It has been said that participating in this ride can bring you "Good Luck" for the upcoming riding season. Please RSVP to,
Steve Geary and Rob Weiss joined Pussanee and I for a fabulous hike in The Dells Can-yon of Matthiessen State Park. Great Frozen and half frozen waterfalls were a sight to see. Footing was treacherous even with Kathoola Microspikes as there was lot of bulletproof Ice that the spikes struggled to grip. Check out the round disks of Ice floating in the river, anyone have any idea how they form?
Then, there was the Riv-er walking, watch as everyone tries not to break through the Ice and have their feet fall through to the river be-low. Overall, it was a great hike with a great group. The concentra-tion level needed caused our blood alcohol levels to dip to a dangerous-ly low level....which we remedied immediately post hike at The Tangled Roots Brewery. See Highlight compila-tion here: Matthiessen Ice Hike You can't be out of hope while you still have beer. Thanks George
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Regular JBC club meetings are at 7 pm on the 2nd Monday of the month at PizzaForU
116 S. Larkin Ave, Joliet, IL. JBC holds meetings in Feb, March, April, May, June,
Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov. Meeting locations and dates may change. Our March general