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Bicycle Safety Town 6518 N. Sheridan Road - 682-6684 Safety track and grounds are open daily dawn to dusk. This learning track, complete with traffic and road signs, provides a great place for younger riders to learn the rules of the road or a safe arena for older more experienced riders to have fun. Please bring your own bikes and wear a properly-fitted and adjusted helmet at all times. There is a covered area, port-a-potty, picnic tables and drinking fountain and the entire facility is fenced in. FATAL ROAD TRIP Saturday, 9/6 • 1:00-4:00 pm • FREE Come experience an interactive and fun event intended to educate the public on how to reduce injuries and fatalities due to traffic crashes. We’ll showcase health, bicycle and seatbelt safety, as well as the dangers of impaired driving. Co-sponsored by the American Red Cross, the Peoria Park District, and the Illinois Department of Transportation. For details, please call Monica at (309)677-7272 ext. 201. Bicycle Trails A recreational pathway through Peoria!
Why not take time out to enjoy the many miles of bicycle/walking/hiking
trails Peoria has to offer? This unique system of regional trails includes
the Rock Island Trail. Once an abandoned and derelict railroad, it is
now a peaceful haven for hikers, cyclists and cross-country skiers. Come
witness this slender oasis of woodlands and prairies in central
Illinois, 29 miles and counting! You may access this system
at the following locations: on the Riverfront on Hamilton, lower Glen
Oak Park or in Alta at the Rock Island Trail.
BMX Bicycle Track at Detweiller Park 8201 N. Galena Road Bruce Adams, President, 361-7688 You’ve raced around the neighborhood with your friends,
jumping curbs and racing on homemade tracks built in vacant lots or even in your
own backyard – but now you want to RACE! Believe it or not, there’s a
track right in Peoria’s
“backyard”. The Detweiller Park BMX Track is located at 8201 N. Galena Road
and is home to the Detweiller BMX Club.
Just south of Please bring your own bike without kickstand, chain guard, reflectors, freestyle pegs or other protruding dangerous equipment attached. Riders must wear a properly fitted helmet with suitable mouth guard, long sleeves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes at all times. There are port-a-potties at the site and a concession stand is open during races. As of 2008, BMX racing is an Olympic Sport!
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