**Please do not register youth under 12 on Active.com . ** Use the mail-in registration form.
Walkup/”Day of” Registrations are accepted. Cash, check, credit (via Square) or mobile phone access to Active.com.
Ride Day Start Times
6:30 to 9:30 a.m. – Check in and register at DeKalb Sports and Recreation Center on South Fourth Street in DeKalb, IL. You can purchase tee-shirts ($5 each) as sizes are available. And pick up your PRE-ORDERED jersey if you ordered one.
ALL RIDERS MUST BE OUT BY 10:00 AM. All riders must be finished with the ride and the DeKalb Sports and Rec Center facilities (same place as start) by 3:30 p.m. Showers are available for use by the riders with towels provided.
Biking with Beanzie, Kishwaukee-DeKalb Kiwanis, PO Box 1007, DeKalb, IL 60115
Contact Info
The Beanzie Central Phone number will be posted prior to the ride. Calls and emails will be answered as promptly as we can. On actual Beanzie Sunday, please do not leave voice messages or emails. Call the Beanzie Central number until we answer. There may be other riders calling at the same time. You may need to call back in a few minutes.
Beanzie Central: TBD (only for the day of the ride)
2026 Map. *** NOT YET AVAILABLE *** Color Printer needed to print.
Cue Sheets
2026 Cue Sheets will be available at registration.
Ride with GPS Links
These should be good for either downloading to your Garmin (or other bike computer) or for navigating with RWGPS on a smartphone. These routes can be found on Fox Valley Bicycle and Ski Club site. You can navigate even if you don’t have a paid RWGPS account .
Who You Are Supporting: Biking with Beanzie (BWB) fundraiser is a recreational ride presented by Kiwanis Club of Kishwaukee-DeKalb (IL) and sponsored by numerous donors. As a Beanzie rider, you will be investing in our community. BWB is a self-paced event that promotes fitness and family fun, not a race. Profits from this ride go to support the Kishwaukee Bike Pathway projects and numerous charitable organizations in DeKalb County. BWB partners with the Live Healthy DeKalb County initiative to help promote a healthier lifestyle within DeKalb County.
Terrain: Primarily of flat rural roads with some rolling terrain. All roads are well-paved, lightly traveled and posted with signs containing ride information and bits of Beanzie humor.
Start & End Location: DeKalb Sports & Recreation Center 1765 S. 4th St. DeKalb, IL 60115
Choose from multiple routes (details available later). Riders may begin as early as 6:30 a.m., but must return to the middle school by 3:30 p.m.
Route Maps and Cue Sheets will be available on this webpage, two days prior to the event.
If there is questionable weather, please check with Registration/Check-in by 6:15 a.m. for updates before you leave the Rec Center. You can also call the Beanzie Central phone number listed on the Cue Sheets. Safety first.
Food & Water: All ride routes are provided with rest stops and water. Hydration options and individually-packed snacks will be provided at rest stops.
Friendly SAG Support: Drivers are knowledgeable about the route and bicycling.
Showers
Showers will be available. Please bring your own towels and toiletries.
Safety and Support
All riders are strongly encouraged to wear helmets and follow the rules of the road. Please ride single-file to the right because there will be light traffic on the roads. SAG and rest stops will be provided until 3:30.
Mail-In Registration Form
Click on link below to be able to download a registration form that can be mailed in.
Below is the list of Sponsors and Key Ride Support for 2026. We thank these people and companies with our whole hearts!
Upshift Sponsors
Cresswood Shredding Machinery Meijer DeKalb Park District Sports & Rec Center
Paceline Sponsors
Mark Overby Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Pappas Development, LLC Spears Development Matt Myre
Other Patron Sponsors
Johnson Family State Farm-Micah Stoddard Gordon Hardware
Key Ride Support
Indian Creek School District Jonamac Orchard
Additional Sponsors and Ride Support
DeKalb/Sycamore Chevrolet GMC Brad Manning Ford Hy-Vee Eco Water DeKalb County 4-H Kish Bike and Rec Club
Kiwanis Club of Kishwaukee-DeKalb invites you to sponsor our annual and major fundraiser Biking with Beanzie, a charity bicycle ride held each year in mid-July. Our 27th annual ride will be held this year on July 12.
We use the funds we raise for two major purposes. One is to support Kishwaukee Bike Pathway, parks and green space projects; the other is to support various local organizations in DeKalb County and for our scholarships programs.
Construction of Bicycle Paths
In 2018 a bicyclist was struck by an automobile and killed when he was on his way to work on Fairview Drive in DeKalb. Kishwaukee Kiwanis provided $19,500 in matching funds for a federal grant to construct a bike path along Fairview Drive, where this accident occurred. Phase 1 of this pathway extension was completed in 2021, with Phase 2 due to be completed this summer. This donation has depleted most of the reserve we had built up for this purpose over the past decade and we are now working on building the reserve back up for future extensions, park upgrades and preservation of greenspaces.
Biking with Beanzie
To the riders that participated this year:
THANKS SO MUCH
Information on the 2027 ride will be on this page when available.
Please check back later.
Biking With Beanzie
General Information
Adults
$35.00 with pre-registration up to July 3rd.
$50.00 July 3rd to day of event
Youth Riders
Registered youth age 12 and under ride FREE with a paid adult rider.
Please email child’s name and age to [email protected]
**Please do not register youth under 12 on Active.com . **
Use the mail-in registration form.
Walkup/”Day of” Registrations are accepted.
Cash, check, credit (via Square) or mobile phone access to Active.com.
Ride Day Start Times
6:30 to 9:30 a.m. – Check in and register at DeKalb Sports and Recreation Center on South Fourth Street in DeKalb, IL. You can purchase tee-shirts ($5 each) as sizes are available. And pick up your PRE-ORDERED jersey if you ordered one.
ALL RIDERS MUST BE OUT BY 10:00 AM. All riders must be finished with the ride and the DeKalb Sports and Rec Center facilities (same place as start) by 3:30 p.m. Showers are available for use by the riders with towels provided.
More Information
Contact Info
The Beanzie Central Phone number will be posted prior to the ride. Calls and emails will be answered as promptly as we can. On actual Beanzie Sunday, please do not leave voice messages or emails. Call the Beanzie Central number until we answer. There may be other riders calling at the same time. You may need to call back in a few minutes.
Beanzie Central: TBD (only for the day of the ride)
Email: [email protected] (not maintained the day of the ride)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beanzieride/
Maps
2026 Map. *** NOT YET AVAILABLE *** Color Printer needed to print.
Cue Sheets
2026 Cue Sheets will be available at registration.
Ride with GPS Links
These should be good for either downloading to your Garmin (or other bike computer) or for navigating with RWGPS on a smartphone.
These routes can be found on Fox Valley Bicycle and Ski Club site. You can navigate even if you don’t have a paid RWGPS account .
General Ride Information
Who You Are Supporting: Biking with Beanzie (BWB) fundraiser is a recreational ride presented by Kiwanis Club of Kishwaukee-DeKalb (IL) and sponsored by numerous donors. As a Beanzie rider, you will be investing in our community. BWB is a self-paced event that promotes fitness and family fun, not a race.
Profits from this ride go to support the Kishwaukee Bike Pathway projects and numerous charitable organizations in DeKalb County. BWB partners with the Live Healthy DeKalb County initiative to help promote a healthier lifestyle within DeKalb County.
Terrain: Primarily of flat rural roads with some rolling terrain. All roads are well-paved, lightly traveled and posted with signs containing ride information and bits of Beanzie humor.
Start & End Location: DeKalb Sports & Recreation Center 1765 S. 4th St. DeKalb, IL 60115
Food & Water: All ride routes are provided with rest stops and water. Hydration options and individually-packed snacks will be provided at rest stops.
Friendly SAG Support: Drivers are knowledgeable about the route and bicycling.
Showers
Showers will be available. Please bring your own towels and toiletries.
Safety and Support
All riders are strongly encouraged to wear helmets and follow the rules of the road. Please ride single-file to the right because there will be light traffic on the roads. SAG and rest stops will be provided until 3:30.
Mail-In Registration Form
Click on link below to be able to download a registration form that can be mailed in.
BikingWithBeanzieMailInForm.pdf
Sponsorship Information
Below is the list of Sponsors and Key Ride Support for 2026. We thank these people and companies with our whole hearts!
Upshift Sponsors
Cresswood Shredding Machinery
Meijer
DeKalb Park District Sports & Rec Center
Paceline Sponsors
Mark Overby
Northern Rehab Physical Therapy
Pappas Development, LLC
Spears Development
Matt Myre
Other Patron Sponsors
Johnson Family
State Farm-Micah Stoddard
Gordon Hardware
Key Ride Support
Indian Creek School District
Jonamac Orchard
Additional Sponsors and Ride Support
DeKalb/Sycamore Chevrolet GMC
Brad Manning Ford
Hy-Vee
Eco Water
DeKalb County 4-H
Kish Bike and Rec Club
Kiwanis Club of Kishwaukee-DeKalb invites you to sponsor our annual and major fundraiser Biking with Beanzie, a charity bicycle ride held each year in mid-July. Our 27th annual ride will be held this year on July 12.
We use the funds we raise for two major purposes. One is to support Kishwaukee Bike Pathway, parks and green space projects; the other is to support various local organizations in DeKalb County and for our scholarships programs.
Construction of Bicycle Paths
In 2018 a bicyclist was struck by an automobile and killed when he was on his way to work on Fairview Drive in DeKalb. Kishwaukee Kiwanis provided $19,500 in matching funds for a federal grant to construct a bike path along Fairview Drive, where this accident occurred. Phase 1 of this pathway extension was completed in 2021, with Phase 2 due to be completed this summer. This donation has depleted most of the reserve we had built up for this purpose over the past decade and we are now working on building the reserve back up for future extensions, park upgrades and preservation of greenspaces.
Click here for a list of local organizations that Biking with Beanzie supports
Thank you for helping us serve our community.
Click here for a Sponsorship Form
Kishwaukee-DeKalb
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