I bike to work pretty much year-round, and these days I park my bike in the McDonald Cycle Center in Millennium Park. (If you are interested in more pictures of the bike station check out my post from last spring ). During the warmer months of the year, the mechanics at the station keep pretty [...]
Winter Bike to Work Day 2012 in Chicago
Last Friday was the annual Winter Bike to Work Day here in Chicago. Organized by the folks from the Active Transportation Alliance and Bike Winter , there was a bike-friendly pit stop downtown in Daley Plaza from 6:00am – 9:00am, with coffee, cheesecake, raffle prizes, and lots of moving around to stay warm. The snow [...]
Women-Who-Bike: The First Brunch for 2012
For the opening brunch of 2012 we all headed south to the Pilsen neighborhood – an old Chicago neighborhood about 3 miles south of downtown. It began as a German, and later Czech & Slovak neighborhood in the 19th century, supplying labor to the stockyards and the surrounding industrial areas. By the 1960s the neighborhood [...]
What Do You Think of These Bike Racks in Pilsen?
Hellooo and welcome to the renamed ‘Bike Parking Fridays’! Instead of shaking a finger at businesses with abysmal bike parking facilities, I’m simply going to write about bike parking good, bad, and so-so, all around the city of Chicago. Today’s post is about these funky bike racks outside of Simone’s in the Pilsen neighborhood. I [...]
A Big Shout-Out to West Town Bike’s Youth Bike Programs!
The Chicago Tribune published a great article in yesterday’s paper about the after-school programs that take place year-round at West Town Bikes. West Town Bikes, near Humboldt Park, a hub in the expanding field of bicycle education, runs 14 after-school programs that aim to provide young people with mechanical skills, work readiness, physical fitness, environmental [...]
Will We See You Downtown on Winter Bike To Work Day?
This Friday (1/20) is Chicago’s Winter Bike To Work Day! According to my weather app of choice, there will be lows around 12 degrees Fahrenheit Thursday night, with highs on Friday in the mid 20s. There’s also a 60% chance of snow. Bring it on! If you can make it down to Daley Plaza in [...]
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What Do Bike Mechanics Work On in the Winter?
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Winter Bike to Work Day 2012 in Chicago
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Women-Who-Bike: The First Brunch for 2012
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What Do You Think of These Bike Racks in Pilsen?
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A Big Shout-Out to West Town Bike’s Youth Bike Programs!
