[Macomb-Cycling] [oestreich at qconline.com: Bicycle event - GITAP-07]

[Jeffrey R. Calhoun]

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Delivery-Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:11:14 -0600
Subject: Bicycle event - GITAP-07
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 07:08:08 -0600


Please consider running this in the next edition of your club's newsletter:



This year do GITAP's Three Rivers Ride

Why drive long mileage for bike tours in other states. Try the Grand Illinois Trail And Parks ride (GITAP). It's close to home, delightfully scenic, features good food and friendly folks, and all profits go to advancing bicycling in Illinois. Sponsored by the League of Illinois Bicyclists, with the cooperation and assistance of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the ride is a celebration of Illinois' unique trails and state parks.

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The GITAP is set for Sunday, June 17, to Saturday, June 23, 2007. It begins this year in Oswego, travels along the Illinois River's I & M trail to Starved Rock State Park, heads north along the Rock River to Rockford, then follows the Fox River back to Oswego. Minimum distance is 315 miles, but many extra loops allow for a 565-mile week

The ride includes camping at state parks (a motel package is also available), breakfast and dinner every day, luggage transfer and T-shirt, door prizes, and a unique touring experience around northern Illinois. Also available is the unique Veolsophie program sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council, featuring lively evening discussions of travel themed literature.

As a special incentive, a bike club with 5 or more members signing up for GITAP will increase their club's contribution to LIB by 5% of their GITAP fees. Help your bike club aid the League of Illinois Bicyclists (LIB) in its efforts to make bicycling better - and have a week of fun at the same time. 

For more information and a registration form, use the web at www.bikelib.org/gitap, e-mail Chuck Oestreich at oestreich at qconline.com, or call him at 309-788-1845.






If the newsletter is too cramped for space, try this:

This year do GITAP's Three Rivers Ride

The Grand Illinois Trail And Parks (GITAP) ride is all set for Sunday, June 17 to Saturday, June 23, 2007. Enjoy a week of grand bicycling in a loop from Oswego, along the Illinois, Rock, and Fox Rivers, using trails and roads on the GIT for 315 or up to 565 miles, and camping at state parks. Free Velosophie program from the Illinois Hunanities Council. Sponsored by the League of Illinois Bicyclists with help from the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources.

For more information and a registration form, go to www.bikelib.org/gitap, e-mail Chuck Oestreich at oestreich at qconline.com or call him at 309-788-1845.

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