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We're a group of friends with a mission:
We're a group of friends with a mission:
To promote bicycling for transportation, recreation and better health;
To encourage and assist beginning riders, welcome new members and be a diverse and inclusive club;
To schedule club rides, hold monthly meetings and offer social events;
To connect riders of similar skills and interests;
To educate members in safe riding practices and bicycle maintenance; and
To work with the village to improve cyclists' safety.
Our Ride/Event Calendar
Our Ride/Event Calendar
Everyone is welcome to join a DGBC ride. We limit non-members to two rides per season.
Please refer to the Using Google Calendar section of our calendar page for information on using Google Calendar and tips to receive event notifications by phone, computer, tablet, or by email.
Events
Events
Ride Illinois Community Bike Ride - Sunday September 21, 2025
Ride Illinois Community Bike Ride - Sunday September 21, 2025
Since 2021 the club has sponsored Ride Illinois' Community Bike Ride in Downers Grove. This will be the same 5 mile route past Pierce Downers house and cemetery with a stop at Every Day's A Sundae. Starting at Fishel Park.
Gather at Fishel Park, 1000 Grove Street, Downers Grove at 1:30 PM. Quick bike and tire pressure check. The ride departs at 2 pm.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAKV3Q4hY-xedXLS4vrLYPp9tax2ZxmBKNyTcqjfSkoMpgpQ/viewform?usp=dialog
Annual Bicycle Collection for Working Bikes - October 4, 2025
Annual Bicycle Collection for Working Bikes - October 4, 2025
An interior shot of Working Bikes showroom. Donated bicycles are repaired and sold here in their Chicago showroom to support their mission of strengthening local and global communities by giving donated bicycles new life and redistributing them as tools for self-determination.
This year we are doing our annual bike collection event a bit differently. We are partnering with Greener Grove, the Village of Downers Grove, and our friends at Working Bikes by participating in the village's recycling event. In many ways, it will be just like last year - but with other organizations holding their collections too.
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 9:00-noon
Place: Belmont Train Station Parking Lot H, 5082 Belmont Rd, Downers Grove, IL 60515
Dave Gorman from Working Bikes will be there with us for the duration of the event. We will prep bikes as they are dropped of. The Working Bikes truck will swing by at the end of the event and we will help to load them for transport back to Working Bikes HQ. See - just like last year.
VOLUNTEERS AND TOOLS ARE NEEDED! We need volunteers from 8:45 - about 12:30 on October 4 for the bike collection event. Tools are needed too so that we can prep the bikes for transit. If you are able to volunteer, please let me know at ngasiel@gmail.com.
Nanci Gasiel, Advocacy Coordinator
DGBC Monthly Club Meeting - July 14, 2025
DGBC Monthly Club Meeting - July 14, 2025
Cycling Route map from McCollum Park to Ide Grove Park to Skeleton Key.
Please note: this route relies on riding on sidewalks along 87th St. and Lemont Rd. to approach Skeleton Key from the south.
2024 Ride Guide
2024 Ride Guide
The 2024 Ride Guide, created by Ride Illinois, is filled with details about many enjoyable rides, links for easy registration, safety tips and more!
Ride Illinois is a member-supported nonprofit organization. Downers Grove Bicycle Club is proud to support Ride Illinois as an affiliated bicycle club at the Silver Level. You can also become a member at the individual level or make a donation to support their work, so they can continue to provide training and advocate for cycling.
Download your copy of the 2024 Ride Guide on the Ride Illinois website.
Video courtesy of Scott Collis
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