Illinois Driftless Region: 70 Miler TEN THOUSAND Course
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- "The Driftless Area, a topographical and cultural region in the Midwestern United States, comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois." - wikipedia.org
"Never covered by ice during the last ice age, the area lacks the characteristic glacial deposits known as drift. Its landscape is characterized by steep hills, forested ridges, deeply carved river valleys, and karst geology with spring-fed waterfalls and cold-water trout streams. Ecologically, the Driftless Area's flora and fauna are more closely related to those of the Great Lakes region and New England than those of the broader Midwest and central Plains regions."
The Driftless Region is home to the long-standing Ten Thousand event, originally hosted by Axletree in 2014. Definitely an O.G. event, much like JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew :) In this video, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew finally rides one of the courses of Ten Thousand, which historically change every year. Riding in this area has been on JOM's to do list ever since the first running of Ten Thousand. JOM's route had a small variation to add an additional town to his ride for resupply.
More information can be found on the 2023 Ten Thousand, which runs just two days after this video was launched. 2023 Ten Thousand happens on May 28, 2023.
Rapha Chicago - / strava
Instagram - / ride_ten_thousand
Continued from Above:
Stockton, Illinois
"The village of Stockton is the youngest village in Jo Daviess County. It was established after the Minnesota Northwestern Railroad decided to build a station in Section 2 of Stockton Township in 1886, which through mergers later became named the Chicago Great Western Railway. The railroad tracks were removed in the early 1970's."
"In 1914, the Kraft Brothers opened a cheese factory in Stockton, and operated it until Kraft sold the facility in 1998. This was the birthplace of the Kraft Corporation and the first cheese plant opened by J.L. Kraft."
Elizabeth, Illinois
"Elizabeth is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 761 at the 2010 census."
Hanover, Illinois
"Hanover is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, along the Apple River. The town was previously named Wapello, in honor of Chief Wapello of the Meskwaki tribe. The population was 844 at the 2010 census, up from 836 in 2000."
Links of Interest:
Rapha Chicago - / strava
Instagram - / ride_ten_thousand
Stockton, Illinois - www.villageofs...
Elizabeth, Illinois - www.villageofe...
Hanover, Illinois - www.hanover-il.com
Paul's Vintage Bikes of Elizabeth, Illinois - / paulsbikemuseum
Shadow Stand - shadowstand.com
Driftless Cycling Tours - / driftlesscyclingtours
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The gravel cycling gem that is NW Illinois! Thanks for coming up to our neck of the woods and giving the Ten Thousand some love!
Amazing riding, I was so happy to spend four days riding in the area.
Hey! Hi! Yay, you’re visiting Illinois! Stockton! Such gorgeous scenery. That hill in Stockton , ouch, oof. Kudos for riding that in a straight line. Ha! Thank you for posting .
Fantastic footage JOM!! I grew up in Chicago and never realized they had these sorts of roads. Might have to put this one on my list.
That’s some purty countryside
Thanks for the great video. I'll add this ride to my bucket list.
Plenty of rewarding climbs in that area. That section down to the Mississippi is a blast.
I love watching your rides, so much varied scenery and terrain.
Also loved the individual bike reviews from Sea Otter. Keep up the good work!
GC- if you're in the area in late June, you should ride the Horribly Hilly Hundred up in Wisconsin. Same type of terrain and very well-supported event.
Ha! You’re at my state 😊 I need to go to that town and try out that route. Have fun and be safe 🍻
Always amazing.... Thank you
Close to my neck of the woods, I’m in Northern Illinois, not too far from Wisconsin, but more in the center-
OMG. That was a spectacular gravel route. Thanks!
Thanks for this. So beautiful. I’ve been trying to get myself out to the Driftless region of Iowa for a week or so of gravel exploring. This video just might be the last little push I needed to make it happen. Keep these ride videos coming. So appreciated. ❤
Excellent course
Route very similar to the Wisconsin/SE Minnesota area of Lake Pepin around Mississippi River and SE MN. Also nearby WI - Plum City Pumper route.
Great video. If traveling to this area, you can also do the Heritage Trail out of Dubuque, IA, for your level day recovery. Takes you out into the middle of nowhere, which is always quite nice. Dubuque has many cyclists.
I did spot the trail as I drove into Dubuque. I have a ride experience video coming soon from that awesome little town. 😀👌
Super!!!!❤❤❤
My dad used to own One of those cabins along the Mississippi at the bottom of Diggin Hill Road there where you went under the railroad viaduct. I used to like to start my rides going UP that hill. My friends were not such big fans of that 😂
Absolutely beautiful area, one of the gems in the Midwest. Far more beautiful than the mainstream locations made popular by certain events we hear so much about. I hope to return.
I can't wait for summer
Me too. I just returned from Summer in my Aussie homeland, and I'm PO'd about the lack of DST, and in your case, it is probably snowed AF in IL :(
Casey's Breakfast Pizza is amazing
Hungry reading this comment... Wrapping up a long ride, late in the day, and no Caseys anywhere to be found.
Paul's Vintage Bikes is a spectacular bike museum.
Love it.😊
Looks a lot like Denmark. My homecountry.
G'day trendsetters. I went over to this guy who was lying on the ground and said 'where ya from mate?' He said, 'aah, the balcony'. hehehe.
Hahaha, the one and only, Rodney Rude.
You're getting close to legendary Lon Haldeman country.
Did you make it to Freeport as well?
Not during this ride, I followed the 2022 70-mile route with a detour to Elizabeth for re-supply.
That is five hours from me! Hey, are you still active on Strava?
I dropped that Strava garbage years ago, nothing personal. Break free of the need for affirmation and sharing your data for free! :)
@@GravelCyclist That's what I was thinking, not to mention the new pricing. I no longer subscribe, I think I'm gonna leave.
Strava should be paying to use your data. With that said, don't think about what data Google is grabbing, should you have an Android phone!
@@GravelCyclist Don't remind me, lol!
15:15 Nice stick-shift Dodge Challenger! Did you rent it locally?
The Challenger Scat Pack is a recent acquisition to my little fleet. Manual only for me, and the Shaker intake with Sunroof, 😀👌
Long time muscle / sports car enthusiast.
What is that bike bro?
Number 22 Bicycle Company Drifter. Review of the bike is here - ua-cam.com/video/cB6d9h45JC4/v-deo.html
What's the bike?
Number 22 Bicycle Company Drifter. Review appearing soon
@@GravelCyclist thankyou