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Hi All - 

We spend so much time riding through Wilmette so the the following Bike Club meetings may be of interest to many.  Unfortunately, they meet the same evening at the EBC meetings.

I have communicated with Jeff Axelrod who would like to know how many of us would attend their meetings if it were held another evening.  Just let me know and I'll pass on your comment.

Thanks.

Merle 

On Aug 7, 2017, at 9:54 PM, Bike Wilmette <info@bikewilmette.org> wrote:

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