Apr
24
1:00 PM13:00

Bike-A-Thon!

Join Circle Cycle for its fourth annual bike ride around Champaign-Urbana!

April 24th, 4/24/2022 @ Crystal Lake Park

Kids Ride FREE. Adults $10, Students $7

The bike-a-thon is a local bike ride event intended to engage the community and raise money for our program. This year's ride will be an 10-mile bike tour of the area, featuring locations of historical significance.

We will have multiple checkpoints where bikers can enjoy the delicious sweet treats of our sponsors!

For more info, visit this link.

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Homer Lake Group Ride
Jul
25
8:00 AM08:00

Homer Lake Group Ride

This will be a 40 mile DROP ride out to Homer Lake and back that will start and end at Neutral Cycle. We will be averaging 15-18mph. Helmets are required. Please bring a mask for any stops made along the way. Hope to see you there!

Start time: 8am from Neutral Cycle

End time: Around 10:30am

Route: 40 miles out and back to Homer Lake (View Map)

Ride Leader: David Bein

Ride Leader Email: neutralrideleader@gmail.com

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Full Moon Ice Cream Ride
May
10
6:00 PM18:00

Full Moon Ice Cream Ride

Join a 22-mile round-trip night bike ride departing shortly before sunset to enjoy both the sunset and moonrise over the prairie on a “pick your speed” ride over very low traffic country roads. We stop at Sidney Dairy Barn for ice cream and socializing before heading back on magical moonlit roads.
All cyclists, all ages, all types of bikes welcome!

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Tour de Fruit, Round 3
Sep
17
3:00 PM15:00

Tour de Fruit, Round 3

Tour de Fruit Round 3 Presented by Neutral Cycle

Have you ever tasted a pawpaw, the largest edible fruit native to Urbana? On this 5 mile family friendly bike ride we'll visit numerous pawpaw trees and talk about everything pawpaw. Through the lens of pawpaw we'll touch upon history, ethnobotany, native ecology, poetry, propagation, cuisine, folk songs, and much more. Riders will be encouraged to save seeds and plant their own pawpaw patch.

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Tour de Fruit, Round 2
Jul
9
3:00 PM15:00

Tour de Fruit, Round 2

Tour de Fruit Round 2 will take us to the edge of town for an interactive wild food plant walk. On the way we'll pass by several local forests to look at examples of native forest succession. The 13 mile ride will include one long break where we'll hop off the bike to get a close view of a variety of edible, medicinal, and dye plants. Both native and invasive species will be discussed for their utilitarian value. Be prepared for a 3 hour round trip with plenty of extra water and sunscreen.

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Neutral Cycle Presents: FREE Summer Movie Night + Community Bike Ride
Jul
11
5:30 PM17:30

Neutral Cycle Presents: FREE Summer Movie Night + Community Bike Ride

Urbana Love presents with Neutral Cycle a FREE Summer Movie Night featuring Breaking Away.

The bicycle culture within the CU area has been growing and we thought it deserved a day this summer for celebration so come out on Friday, July 11th to help celebrate summer, bikes, good food, and good people with us.

Breaking Away is a critically acclaimed film from 1979 about the grit and strength of how bicycles bring people together.

On top of that we decided to host a Community Bike Ride. Community Bike Ride's are ways to help people feel more comfortable on a bike, encourage bike usage, and strengthen the CU bike culture.

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