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River to Rail 2025

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 River to Rail ride 2025 Fund raiser for completion of the Kickapoo Rail Trail  -- which when completed will connect Urbana and Danville, Illinois -- ~ 27 miles Began at Kennekuk County Park with 30, 50, and 60 mile routes We chose the 30  mile route with some modifications We began with Ryan Van Duzer's Mantra: NO Crashies, NO Flatties , NO Whammies!!! Here riders are arriving and some beginning their chosen route Steve and Dave prepare their machine s 140 or so riders participated My 1994 Diamond Back is ready!  We didn't have the fanciest bicycles, but surely the oldest Dave and Steve at Registration Steves recumbent 'tadpole' trike, my Diamond Back, Dave's Trek 930 -- made in Waterloo, Wisconsin -- yes, its that old On our way out of Kennekuk Park Rural Fire Station Rest stop at the Kickapoo Mountain Bike trail head --- 8 miles in at this point, roughly half way Trestle over the Middle Fork river 90 feet below Rest stop at Oakwood Illinois,  15 miles from t...