Earth Rider events and rides

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Bike Routes

Looking for new places to ride? Following are routes from a new bike tour partner and the Earth Rider ride library that will send you on a journey on new roads and to new destinations.

1. Self Guided Bike Tours from Biketropolis

Tour Chicago's historical and architectural sites by bike! Biketropolis is offering choice of two self guided tours, Chicago's Mansions or The Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Each tour includes an Arcadia Publishing history book and downloadable Ride with GPS route with turn-by-turn voice navigation and embedded content. You ride your bike along the route with interesting sites and descriptions of what you are looking at. Self-guided tours are $40 each and you can ride them at your own pace whenever you want. These are available for purchase at Earth Rider, where you can pick up the book, then download the app and activate online. Activation may take up to 48 hours, so plan in advance when you want to tour.

2. Earth Rider Cue Sheets

Download a cue sheet (or two) of curated routes around the city created by Earth Rider staff for free. This is where we like to ride! These are self-guided also with each route starting and ending at Earth Rider which is ideal if you are picking up a rental bike or starting from the Bucktown neighborhood, but you can make adjustments based on your own location. Routes are designed to be casual jaunts through colorful Chicago area neighborhoods on the most bike friendly streets.

No.	Description	Round Trip Distance	Click to Download Cue Sheet
1.	Earth Rider to Lake Front Path South - our most popular route to travel to and ride the two most popular trails in Chicago--the 606 trail and the Lake Front path. When you get to the lake front you can also go north instead of south, but the south section is less congested once you get past Navy Pier.	30 miles	Earth Rider to Lake Front Path
2.	Earth Rider to the Bahai Temple in Wilmette - The north shore is a nice place to ride with wide, quiet streets and low traffic. Having a destination as a rest stop or a picnic spot makes it a good half day outing.	20 miles	Earth Rider to Bahai Temple
3.	Earth Rider to the North Branch Trail - The beautiful forest preserves of the Northern suburbs is only 5 miles from Earth Rider and worth a bike ride to be close to nature.	20 miles+	Earth Rider to North Branch Trail
4.	Earth Rider to Half Acre Tap Room - Take a ride to one of the over 60 microbreweries in Chicago, home of Daisy Cutter and other fine brews. This location has an outdoor beer garden and kitchen. Non-alcoholic beverages are also available.	13 miles	Earth Rider to Half Acre Tap Room