Each route has its variations; the more common versions are below. Most images link to RideWithGPS pages. There, you can see turns and cuesheets in detail and, if desired, download the route to your bike computer in your choice of file format. For approximate pace of each group, see Speeds.
Social Rides
Monday social ride (short)
11 mi.
Major streets: Start at 733 N Prospect Ave > Main > Ozark > Oriole > Lyons > Shermer > Dewes > south on Harlem > Central > Shermer, etc. back to Park Ridge. Strava link
Monday social ride (long)
15 mi.
Major streets: as above to Dewes, then north on Harlem > Lehigh > Glen Station. Regroup & reverse route to return. Strava link
"C" Rides
N.U. & Baha'i temple
27.5 mi.
Major streets: Beckwith > Lincoln > campus trail > Sheridan > Central > Glenview > Harms > Beckwith. Bathroom: Lawson Park, just N of campus. On Strava and RideWithGPS. GPX file
Glencoe Beach
32 mi.
Tour de Northbrook
32 mi.
(tour de Northbrook)
Major streets: Shermer > Dewes > Lehigh > Independence > W Lake > Techny Basin trail > Founders > Techny > Shermer > Lee > Voltz > velodrome? > Happ > Winnetka > Wagner > Glenview > Harms. Coffee: Three Tarts in Northfield. On Strava and RideWithGPS.
Major streets: The usual Glencoe route, then stay on Sheridan to downtown Highland Park. Home via St Johns, Green Bay and Forestway until rejoining the usual Glencoe route back.Coffee: That Little French Guy. On Strava and RideWithGPS. GPX file.
That Little French Guy
40 mi.
For a 31-mile option, head home from Glencoe Beach via the Glencoe Beach route, above.
Fort Sheridan
50.3 mi.
Major streets: Beckwith > Central > Glenview > Central > Sheridan > Old Green Bay > Sheridan. Return: Old Elm > Skokie Valley Trail > Clavey > Green Bay > Forestway > Tower > Frontage > Glenview > Harms > Beckwith. Bathrooms: Glencoe Beach metra, Ft Sheridan Starbucks, Willow and N Happ Starbucks. Strava route here.
Northbrook shorty
23 mi.
Major streets: Harlem > Glenview > Wagner > Happ > Voltz > Techny > Techny Basin > Lehigh > Harlem. Strava route here.
"A/B" Rides
Costco loop (Glenview)
20 mi.
Major streets: Prospect, Main, Ozark, Lyons, Shermer, Glenview, Greenwood, Glen Club bypass, N thru the Glen, around Costco, Lehigh, Harlem, etc.
Hansa East / Lake Bluff
57 mi.
Major streets: as above to Harlem, then: Glenview > Sheridan > Old Green Bay > Sheridan > Patton > Leonard Wood > Sheridan > various twists > Moffat > Scranton > Hansa's Coffee. Return: N Shore bike path > Skokie Valley bike path > Skokie Blvd > Frontage > Happ > Wagner > Glenview > etc. Strava route.
Glencoe Beach & back
30 mi.
A truncated Lake Bluff loop: as above to Harlem, then: Glenview > Ridge > Green Bay > Tower > Old Green Bay > Park Ave. Return: Park Ave > Bluff > Dundee > Forest Way >Willow > Lagoon > Winnetka > Happ > Glenview > etc.
western route to Lake Bluff
28 mi. (outbound)
Major streets: as above to Beckwith, then: Washington > Central > Greenwood > W Lake > Pfingsten > Techny > Sanders > Forest View > Portwine > Riverwoods > Everett > St Mary's > Old School > Bradley > N Shore Bike Path > Hansa's Coffee.
Return: see Lake Bluff route, above.
Hansa West / Telegraph
54 mi.
Outbound via Washington, Central, Pfingsten, Techny, Sanders... finally St Mary's to Oak Spring. Coming home, Telegraph to Chestnut. Then, avoid the entirety of bumpy Pfingsten by jogging over to Western and ending with the Glen Club bypass to Lehigh. Strava route.
Long Grove
53 mi.
2025 update: The outbound route takes the quiet, residential roads that Jeff C and Eric B showed PRC. Long Grove Coffee, mi. 30, opens late on Sundays, but there's a Starbucks nearby. Strava route here. (Looking for the 57-mile "lollipop" route that takes Pfingsten, Sanders and Portwine both ways? Right here.)
XL Long Grove
65 mi.
This clockwise loop adds 12 beautiful miles to the Long Grove route, starting from the Ela/Cuba intersection. Cuba > N Old Barrington > W Old Barrington > Kelsey > Miller > Kimberly.... Rainbow > Cuba. Strava here.
Barrington
80 mi.
Our Long Grove loop plus highlights from the PRC Century's foray into Barrington. Going short? Turn R at mi 24.6 to ride the 53-mile Long Grove loop. See Strava and RideWithGPS for rest stop deets.
PRC Free Century
101 mi.
Jeff C.'s perfect outbound path to Ela Rd; a hilly Barrington loop fueled by the tasty Odeo Cafe; then our familiar Long Grove route home. Yes, you can ride 100 miles without paying a registration fee! See Strava for rest stop deets.
From the bike shop…
Wheel & Sprocket to North Branch trail 1.7 mi.
Busse > Elm > Prospect > Sibley (becomes Howard) > trail. East of Harlem, Howard is a protected bike lane!
