Mundelein Community Ride p/b Lake County Forest Preserves

the waiver here:

American Bicycle Racing Membership

• Race-day/on-site registration is available for an additional $10 fee.

Race Schedule (times are approximate)

• 8:00am – Volunteers and Recumbents

• 9:00am – Men Cat 4-5

• 10:00am – Juniors (boys and girls) (5 laps for juniors under age 10)

• 11:00am – Women (all age groups and categories)

• 12:30pm – Men age groups 60 and above

• 1:30pm – Men age groups under 60

• 2:30pm – Men Cat 1-2 and Cat 3

Start times will be emailed to participants after online registration closes on August 6.

Back for 2026: Road Bike Category

• Choose between a Time Trial (TT) Bike or Road Bike for all categories.

• Road Bike Definition:

• Drop or straight handlebars permitted.

• No tri-bars, clip-on bars, or Spinaci bars allowed.

• No disc wheels; both wheels must have at least 12 spokes.

• Maximum rim depth: 90mm.

• Purpose: Encourages broader participation by leveling the playing field for racers without TT bikes. If your bike qualifies for a road race or criterium, it’s eligible here.

• Note: For this Track event, you can ride a fixed gear track bike. If it has aero bars and wheels, you should enter the TT Bike category. If it's just the basic track bike, you should enter the Road Bike category.

Event Resources

• Event Flyer. https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:8e85c5ec-0959-4b69-818e-e729fb79dd3b

• Start List & Results

• Additional Details for this Track Event

Awards/Prize List

• MATTS Points (contribute to season-long overall prizes)

• Medals: Top 5 in each category.

• Fastest Times of the Day (Cash Prizes):

• Overall: 1st - $30, 2nd - $25, 3rd - $20, 4th - $15, 5th - $10

• Women: 1st - $30, 2nd - $25, 3rd - $20, 4th - $15, 5th - $10

• Juniors: 1st - $15, 2nd - $10, 3rd - $5

Location & Logistics

• Check-In Address:

1479 Maple Ave

Meadowhill Park, Ed Rudolph Velodrome

• Parking: Plenty of parking is available in the lot outside of Velodrome.

• Course Description: The race will be 10 laps (about 4K) on the famous Ed Rudolph Velodrome, a banked 383-meter track. Racers will go two at a time, starting on opposite sides of the track in “pursuit” format.

Safety & Guidelines

• The course is closed to traffic — only two riders will race at a time and is very smooth. This is a great event to give time trialing a shot.

• Respect our host community:

• Leave the site cleaner than you found it.

• Keep noise levels low.

• Use provided rest rooms in chalet.

Questions?

• Email: [email protected] or email Richard Kreutzfeldt - [email protected]

Race Series.

After galloping over the wide crushed limestone lanes at Chauncey’s in April and overcoming the hills on the wide grass/dirt pathways of Hickory Knolls in June, we are now venturing onto the twisting and turning single-track trails of Paul Douglas Forest Preserve in Hoffman Estates.

Choose from three different distances – approximate 4 miles / 9.5 miles / 13 miles – for a true trail running experience!

Date: August 23, 2026

Start Time: 7:30am (all distances)

Distances:

Approximate 4 miles / 9.5 miles / 13 miles

Walking-only participants are only allowed in the 4 mile distance, and support on all three courses will be removed at 12:00 Noon.

Location: Paul Douglas Forest Preserve, Central Avenue (just west of Roselle Rd, and just east of Barrington Rd), Hoffman Estates

Sponsors: Dick Pond Athletics, Mount to Coast and Darn Tough

Beneficiary: Chicago Area Mountain Bikers (CAMBr)

CAMBr is the Chicago Area Mountain Bikers, a volunteer organization of hundreds of riders who work to ensure that mountain bikers have diverse and challenging local opportunities to enjoy their sport. Our members have donated thousands of work hours to build and improve area trails.

The mission of the Chicago Area Mountain Bikers is to educate bicyclists, promote responsible trail use, prevent trail closings, maintain and build multi-use natural surface singletrack and freeride cycling opportunities in the Chicago area. CAMBr seeks to promote trail and freeride bicycling through stewardship, environmental and social responsibility, education, and a spirit of cooperation among all trail users, the conservation community, and governing bodies.

Please visit cambr.org if you are interested in finding out how you can get involved with CAMBr’s trail maintenance activities and/or cycling events.

Sponsored by

IMPORTANT: The Forest Preserve has very strict regulations in place regarding the trail use at Paul Douglas – if the trails are WET, the trails are CLOSED. If there is significant rain in the days immediately before race day and the Forest Preserve office deems the trails are not usable, we will shift the race to the asphalt bike path at the preserve. You will receive an email from us no later than Friday evening, August 21, notifying you of the change to the bike path with details about the course and race distances.