The St. Louis Cycling
Club/Belleville Area Bicycling and Eating Society
presents Tour de Stooges!
Thanks to all of 600+ of you who participated in the 15th annual Tour de Stooges on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Lindendale Park in Highland, Illinois. Tour de Stooges is the major fundraiser for our organization. We thank you for your support!
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Maps
Training rides for the Belleville Area Bicycling and
Eating Society-St. Louis Cycling Club will include our
Wednesday Evening Rides, Winery Rides and most other
rides.
While BABES rides are open to members, we are currently welcoming cyclists of all skill levels to give us a try, it's helpful if you feel comfortable with reading maps and following road signs before attending one of our rides. But if you aren't, we will help you become a more self-sufficient cyclist!
We encourage you to become a member of the Belleville Area Bicycling and Eating Society-St. Louis Cycling Club! For more information about joining, visit STLCC's News/Info page and follow the links. Annual dues are $30 for adult full membership and $35 for full family membershi.
B.A.B.E.S. season in full gear!
We're getting warmed up with
our Wednesday Evening Rides. For the rest of May, we're
riding out of Scheve Park in Mascoutah. We meet at 6 p.m.
and take off at 6:15. In June, the rides move to Turners
Park in Smithton. In June, we meet at 6:15 p.m. and take
off at 6:30 p.m.
July's Wednesday Evening Rides will be in O'Fallon,
August's rides will be in Millstadt, and September's rides
will be in Columbia.
Also, the first of our 2012 Winery Rides will be Sunday,
May 27, at Lau-Nae Winery in Red Bud, Ill.
For information about these rides and other events of
interest, visit our Ride Calendar.
Our Wednesday Evening Rides will resume the first week of April.
The Belleville Area Bicycling and Eating Society has a Facebook Page! We invite you to become one of our Fans. You'll be able to upload photos and videos that you shoot on some of our rides, plus communicate with your fellow cyclists. Come join us today!
More about us
In July 2004, Bicycling Magazine
included the BABES Wednesday Evening Rides in its "Bikes
on the Loose" feature of great club rides from throughout
the country. We were honored to be on the list.
The Riverfront Times says the Belleville Area Bicycling and Eating Society the St. Louis area's top bicycle club in its 2008 Best of St. Louis edition! In particular, we were cited for our Wednesday Evening Rides and our occassional Donut Trail Rides in South St. Louis.
BABES maps available online
As a service to St. Louis-area cyclists, BABES ride leaders are sharing maps of their favorite routes in the metro-east. Illinois always has been a favorite destination for St. Louis-area cyclists because of its scenic, low-traffic country roads. You can download the maps on our Maps page.