There’s been a journey to the Three Floyds brewpub in Munster, IN, each January since 2006. Neither snow nor rain nor sleet nor gloom of night time stays these couriers and different riders from the swift completion of their appointed rounds of beer. “There are few locations extra thrilling from a beer lover’s perspective”, says the NY Instances.
We depart Daley Plaza at 9:30 AM and acquire riders at Promontory Level at 10:15 AM. The sixth-best brewery on the earth is sadly nonetheless pickup-only.
Lunch is at 18th Avenue on the best way again.
Return choices embrace: 37 miles complete in the event you take the South Shore Line again, 40 in the event you journey to Flossmoor Station and take the Metra, 45 in the event you journey to 93rd and take the Metra or to a centesimal and take the J14, 50 in the event you journey to 71st and take the J14, 60 in the event you journey each methods.
The wonderful print: There is no such thing as a assist car. You might be answerable for your self. The tempo is 12-15 mph with a brief break at Wolf Lake. January climate might be excessive. Be ready for chilly in addition to flats / mechanical issues.
Guidelines:â–¢ Water and snacks to have en routeâ–¢ Lightsâ–¢ Lockâ–¢ Pump, tube, instrumentsâ–¢ Additional layers of clothes (greater than you anticipate to want)â–¢ Cashâ–¢ Authorities-issued IDâ–¢ Panniers for beer you’ll be able to’t get in Chicago
On-line sources: Google map, cue sheet, South Shore Line schedule, Metra Electrical prepare schedule, Jeffery Bounce (J14) bus schedule, Bikes on the South Shore Line, Bikes on the Metra, Bikes on the CTA, and, to save lots of a minute at the beginning, the nifty on-line CCC waiver.
PS: FFF hasn’t (but) re-opened for eating. 18th Avenue could also be closing. I’ll step down from main rides there after this (and perhaps a rescheduled 2024 Twelfth Step Journey).
The inaugural Three Floyds journey was conceived and arranged by Mark Sinclair and came about on January 14, 2006. As a few of , Mark died on April 14 of that yr, at age 34, just a few days after struggling a mind aneurysm. It was Mark’s hope that it might turn out to be an annual occasion.
13 years (for me) has been a superb leg. Anyone need to take the baton?
