On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:12:30 -0600, Todd Kuzma <
[email protected]>
wrote:
>psycholist wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am looking for some big hills in N. Illinois and west of Chicago.
>>>
>>>Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!
>>>
>>>John Everett - Aurora, Illinois
>>
>>>jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net
http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3
>
>> You beat me to it. That's how I planned to respond.
>>
>> Bob C.
>>
>> On a windy day, you can stand on 55th street in the western suburbs and watch the waves breaking
>> in L. Michigan -- 20 miles away.
>
>
>Sheesh. If you guys would ever leave Chicagoland or venture off of the expressways, you'd see that
>Illinois is not all flat. In fact, there are some significant climbs. Illinois is more than the
>vast collection of strip malls and car dealerships that exists in the NE part of the state.
>
>You should come on out some time. We have hills, bluffs, waterfalls, forests, bald eagles, and all
>kinds of other neat stuff.
Todd, as you may recall (since I've stopped by your shop a couple of times) I actually do leave
Chicagoland every so often. Also, as I've trained on and raced the Cedar Point course you'll know
I've done the hills on Creek Road and N2550. Also the climb out of Utica on the Pumpkin Pie Ride.
However, for the past couple of years I've spent a week each summer cycling in the Colorado Rockies
(Summit County). Your area (Peru, La Salle) has a few bumps by comparison. BTW, same for you, Rick
Onanian. I spent a week cycling in Rhode Island last summer and found a few upgrades, but no hills
I'd call significant.
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