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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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Default need bew riding roads in northern illinois

riding season is winding down here in illinois, wester chicago suburbs - la grange to be exact.

i do ride all year thou and like to go out after work, weather and roads permitting

but i feel i have ridden everything in a 100 mile radius

old rt 66 out past joliet and beyond

rt 34 to oswego

down past frankfurt, tinley park

sky way to gary and over into michigan

along the rock river

along the lake shore to milwaukee

morengo, starved rock, lake geneva, mchenry area, hwy 20 to the mississippi

cemetary road with its curved

looking for some interesting rides that one could do in an evening - 2-4 hrs - 50 - 200 miles

got any suggestions?
 
Old Sep 22, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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Thought you were looking for new construction... lol.. Then I got nothing.
 
Old Sep 22, 2011 | 02:45 PM
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If you go in the evening this time of year you won't see much. Good day routes heading west are 64 and 30. Come back from Galena on the Stagecoach road. You could head up to Wisconsin and take almost any county road. The Kettle Moraine area outside of Eagle, WI is about the most scenic. A nice stop in Eagle is Knuckleheads.
 
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Here you go: http://www.statetrunktour.com/index.php

Great information on roads, stops, eats, etc.
 
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