Winter Bike Tour of West Town

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Comment by John on February 27, 2010 at 12:33pm

Phooey! I can't make it today for the tour after all. Too many ridiculous (and far less enjoyable) things to be done. I will try to catch up at Janik's to thank you for all your hard work, Lee.

Comment by Lee Diamond on February 27, 2010 at 12:09pm

Whoops!

Thanks Howard! Oy!

Fixed.

Comment by H3N3 2 hours ago Delete Comment The even URL points to a park up near Foster?

Comment by LarryN on February 27, 2010 at 10:25am

Hey Julie, I'll ride with you.

Comment by h' on February 27, 2010 at 9:43am

The even URL points to a park up near Foster?

Comment by Lee Diamond on February 26, 2010 at 12:21pm

NOTICE: Party after ride at Janik's

See details here.

Comment by Julie Hochstadter on February 26, 2010 at 11:52am

Does anyone want to ride together from the Northside? Leave around 12:15?

Comment by Lee Diamond on February 24, 2010 at 7:50am

Hi everyone. We have one more ride in the Big Shoulders Big City Bike Winter Classic, coming up this Saturday, February 27, 2010 at Humboldt Park, at the intersection of California and Division. The ride is about 17 miles long. West Town is a community area that encompasses its namesake neighborhood along with the majority of the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Wicker Park, Noble Square, Ukrainian Village, East Village and River West. It is not merely large, it is densely packed. It seems to possess more unique and architecturally wondrous buildings and homes than it seems possible to cover, but we will give it our best shot.
We’ll end up at West Town Bikes/Ciclo Urbano, where you can join in on Open Shop Saturdays, get that fender set that the ride proved you need, or schedule that tune-up, or tune-up class. After that, we’ll be figuring out a nice place for a bite and a beer, which we should have figured out by the time you show up. Free fleecie goodness courtesy of Bike Winter available to all that attend.
I hope to see some of you there.

Comment by Dereck Woodward on February 23, 2010 at 9:01pm

Thank you Lee. I suspect snow will stop her - she's a little bit of a fair weather cyclist :) Going to give it a try if I can - haven't really ridden since November last year and cabin fever is setting in bad.

Comment by Lee Diamond on February 23, 2010 at 8:37pm

Hey there Dereck,

No coffee stop, but usually a bar/restaurant afterwards. Tours are 4 hours-ish long, sometimes 5 if the pace is slower/group larger. You can also leave at any time and we can get you back to your starting spot if need be. There is loads of street parking up and down the park, but you want to get as close to Division and California as possible. I would suggest scouting California heading south towards Division from North first. Hope you can join us! And the wife too!

Comment by Dereck Woodward on February 23, 2010 at 4:47pm

Okay - I'm new in town, more so as far as cycling goes, so forgive me.

What's the deal on parking for this ride - local? In the park itself? Anywhere to avoid? How do these rides progress - I might be able to talk my wife into going out in the cold if there's a coffee stop halfway!

Thank you in advance

Dereck