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It is with heavy heart that the Wheeling Wheelmen board has decided to cancel the 2023 Harmon Hundred invitational on September 17, 2023. We hope to see you back in September 2024. Pre-registered bikers will receive a refund as soon as possible. |
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A Clean bike is a happy bike. A happy bike is a fast bike.
It's not a race. It's a journey. Enjoy the moment!
Life is like riding a bike. To keep your balance, you must keep on moving. ★ Albert Einstein
On a good day we cycle. On a bad day we cycle harder.
I find buying a bicycle is a great way to stay in touch with people. ★ Jan Chipchase
I don't need therapy. I just need a bike.
Studies have shown that riding a bicycle every day makes you more awesome than the general population.
Don't know if it's illegal to be handsome and ride a bike at the same time but whatever, I live dangerously.
It never gets easier, you just go faster.
You don't stop cycling when you get old. You get old when you stop cycling.
It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop.
Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride. ★ Eddy Merckx
When my legs hurt, I say: Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do! ★ Jens Voigt
Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike. ★ John F Kennedy
The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew,
and live through it. ★ Doug Bradbury
You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way.
You feel the pain, but you're glad to be there. ★ Richard Virenque
Ride a bike. Ride a bike. Ride a bike. ★ Fausto Coppi, on how to improve
Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades. ★ Eddy Merckx
Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation. ★ Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist
The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. ★ John Howard, US cyclist
Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ★ Mark Twain, US author and humourist
Truly, the bicycle is the most influential piece of product design ever. ★ Hugh Pearman, British author
Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. ★ Charles M. Schultz
You are one ride away from a good mood. ★ Sarah Bentley, British cyclist
One of the most important days of my life, was when I learned to ride a bicycle. ★ Michael Palin, British actor
The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind. ★ William Saroyan, Nobel prize winner
If constellations had been named in the 20th century, I suppose we would see bicycles.
★ Professor Carl Sagan, US scientist
Bicycles are the indicator species of a community, like shellfish in a bay. ★ P. Martin Scott
To me, it doesn't matter whether it's raining or the sun is shining or whatever:
as long as I'm riding a bike I know I'm the luckiest guy in the world. ★ Mark Cavendish
When you ride a bike and you get your heart rate up and you're out, after 30 or 40 minutes
your mind tends to expand; it tends to relax. ★ George W. Bush, former US President
Those who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and consumers,
those people ride a bike. ★ Wolfgang Sachs, German author and academic
All people are created equal, but the best can still ride bicycles in their seventies!
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The Wheeling Wheelmen Bicycle Club founded by Phyllis Harmon, had its first meeting on April 26, 1970 with over 100 members in attendance. Since that time, the club at one time grew to almost 300 men and women serving the Northwest Chicagoland area with organized rides, social outings, informative meetings, bicycle advocacy, and a lot of friendship.
Additional InformationMembership Registration
Wheeling Wheelmen club rides are done in a 'ride at your own pace' format. Cue sheets are provided so that, depending on who shows up, riders of similar riding ability can get together and ride at a pace that works best for them.
Most rides will have anywhere from 5 to 25 riders. Almost all rides have rest stops where riders can re-group if they want.
Club rides leave at the posted time. Check the ride start times and arrive early enough to set up your bike, sign in, get your cue sheet and meet the other riders. Club rides are a good way to improve your fitness and riding skills.
The 2023 ride schedule, from March 21 to October 31, will have almost 300 rides this season!
There are short and long mileage options every weekend as well as a variety of weekday and evening rides.
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The parking lot on the south end of Willow Stream Park, 651 Old Checker Rd., Buffalo Grove, will be completely removed and replaced this fall.
Construction is scheduled to begin September 11 and be completed by the end of the year.
The project includes reconfiguring the handicap parking stalls, removal and replacement of damaged concrete curb, storm water drainage improvements, relocating the dumpster enclosure to the southeast corner of the lot, reconfiguring the drive entrance, and path work near the entrance to make it more accessible for people with disabilities.
All rides starting from Willow Stream Park will start from Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve parking lot on Checker Road just West of Arlington Heights Road.
Please park at the far end of the parking lot.
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Membership Registration or Renewal is now available for 2023.
Membership Fee: Single - $20, Family - $25
You have the choice of paper or on-line registration. When using the on-line registration, you can either use your PayPal account or any of the following Credit Cards:
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We can be contacted by email at:
or by mail to:
Wheeling Wheelmen Bicycle Club
P.O. Box 7304
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7304or:
