Mark your calendars! From September 5-21, Let’s Ride, Illinois is back – a statewide celebration of the joy, freedom, and sense of community that riding a bicycle brings to people of all ages.
This fun, casual event features “slow roll” community bike rides (10 miles or less) that are free and open to all. Whether you’re in Rockford, Cairo, or anywhere in between, join your neighbors for a relaxed ride and a fresh look at your community from the comfort of your bicycle.
Learn about our 2024 event at rideillinois.org/events/2024-lets-ride-illinois.
The map below shows the locations of the casual, community bike rides that have been scheduled for 2025. Click any icon to learn more about a specific ride, including contact information for the ride leader.
Want to offer a ride to your community? Help us showcase the many benefits of biking by hosting a local Let’s Ride event! Bike clubs, local bike shops, community organizations, municipalities, businesses, and individuals are encouraged to plan a fun, casual bike ride for their neighbors to participate in. The more rides and participants in this event, the greater the impact it will have. After all, a trip by bicycle is the best way to experience your community! Click the button below to register a ride associated with 2025 Let’s Ride, Illinois!
Ride Illinois has developed some materials to assist with planning fun, meaningful, successful rides. Click the links below for additional information and resources.
Ride organizers are invited to attend Zoom meetings (hosted by Ride Illinois) to ask questions, share ideas, and plan a meaningful ride.
Contact us at community@rideillinois.org with questions, comments, and suggestions related to planning your community ride. Thanks!
Take your ride to the next level! Add a stop at a local coffee shop, organize a scavenger hunt, include music, or ride to a park, landmark, or library. A few creative touches can turn a simple ride into a larger celebration.
More adults and children on bikes results in healthier, more livable communities. Let’s ride, Illinois!
Want to ride out in style or grab some goodies for your participants? Ride Illinois added new designs to our Redbubble shop in celebration of the event! With two designs available on over 25 products – including stickers, pins, magnets, shirts, hats and more – there’s something for everyone. As an added bonus, each product ordered supports Ride Illinois’ mission – look good and do good!
To purchase any of our new or previous designs, check out our Redbubble store by clicking the button below.
Ride Illinois is a nonprofit bike advocacy organization working to make Illinois better through biking. We are a member-supported organization. If you appreciate the work we do on behalf of bicyclists of all ages and abilities in Illinois, please become a member or make a donation. Thanks!
Please understand there are inherent risks associated with cycling, including bike breakdowns, crashes, unpredictable or dangerous traffic, challenging terrain and weather, and physical over-exertion. The list is not exhaustive and it is each rider’s personal responsibility to educate themselves, ride responsibly, and exercise sound judgment in order to minimize these risks. By participating in a ride associated with this event, you acknowledge that you are aware of these inherent risks and take full responsibility to ride safely and responsibly in order to enhance your own safety and the safety of others.