Bike Peoria Presents the 2025 Beers & Gears Pub Ride:
This pub ride will start at Industry Brewing Company with registration from 11:00 a.m. until noon and then we'll be making our way along the PPD Rock Island Greenway to the Village of Peoria Heights for a lunch of smoked turkey, pulled pork, or Seitan provided by Slow Hand BBQ and included with your registration, before heading back to Fox Pub for the afterparty which runs from 4-6 p.m. The total round trip distance of the ride is approximately 10 miles.
Pub Ride Stops:
Parking:
The large lot to the north of Industry Brewing (start location) or the Fox Pub lot (finish location) is available for parking. Both lots are within walking distance or a short ride from one another. Please DO NOT park in the rows of parking closest to Fox Pub. If parking at Industry Brewing, please park in the rows on the east side of the lot. We appreciate your help in saving closer parking spaces for these businesses’ other customers throughout the day.
Afterparty Prize Giveaway:
At 5pm during the afterparty, prizes from Little Ades, Russels, and others will be given away to registered riders (must be present to win). Pre-registration doubles your chances of winning.
Registration:
There are several options for registering to participate in Beers & Gears as shown below! Lunch from Slow Hand BBQ is included with the cost of registration (non-vegetarian and vegetarian lunches available).
- $25 pre-registration price for Bike Peoria members (Basic or Premium). Discount code will be emailed to current members. Learn how to become a Bike Peoria Member.
- $30 pre-registration general admission price.
- $35 day of registration general admission price. For any last minute spur of the moment riders, this is the price for tickets at the Beers & Gears registration table.
Online pre-registration closes at 11:00 p.m. the night before the even. Day of registration opens at 11 a.m. the morning of the event and runs until noon.
HELMETS ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY
Tag your photos with @BikePeoria and use the event hashtag: #BeersAndGearsPubRide
Proceeds:
Funds raised from Beers & Gears will go directly to support the educational and empowerment programs of Bike Peoria. Bike Peoria is a 501(c)3, volunteer run, non-profit organization that is focused on empowering more people to travel Peoria by bicycle. Together, we are working to make riding around Peoria safe, practical, and fun. Beers and Gears is our largest annual fundraiser with proceeds supporting the following strategic efforts:
- Bike Peoria Co-op: a shared bike workshop on Main Street in Peoria providing low-cost bike maintenance, support, and education.
- Youth Empowerment Programming: Bike Peoria partners with other local non-profits by offering Build-a-Bike programs that upcycle donated kid’s bikes while teaching kids how to maintain them and ride safely.
- Improving Local Bike Trails & Infrastructure: Advocacy, support, and consultation for improvements, maintenance, and programming of the Rock Island Greenway as well as other bike routes throughout the Peoria area.
Thanks to the 2025 Beers & Gears Sponsors:
