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The Chicago Ride of Silence is approaching on May 15.

This year's ride will take a new route, and several ghost bikes need to be installed in advance of the ride.

They are for:

Jackie M- Wabash and Wacker

Ryan B- 18th/Clark

Frederick K- 18th/ Morgan

Yuan Z-24th/Archer

I'm looking for help getting bikes and signs together to install shortly before the ride.

I was thinking of maybe having a workday this and/or next Sunday, May 5 and May 12.

Please let me know if you can help and what your availability is.

Fred's prior bike and sign can be seen here:

http://www.thechainlink.org/group/chicagoghostbikes/forum/topics/un...

Jackie's prior bike and sign can be seen here:

http://www.thechainlink.org/group/chicagoghostbikes/forum/topics/ja...

(click the images to make the sign text legible).

Using a message board to organize can be an iffy process, so please help keep it lean and mean by not introducing discussion not directly related to the preparation for May 15, and also by not supporting such discussion with a reaction.

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I can do this Sunday afternoon. Do you already have the donor bikes? And where  would we be working? I can bring a few cans of paint or some supplies if you need.

Unfortunately I have an orchestra performance Sunday afternoon. Would have to be later, like 7 at the earliest.

Probably my garage at 24th and Marshall.

i'm down to help out on sunday.

I can help either sunday. (are saturday's out of the question?)

I can inquire at Working Bikes if we still need bikes. Believe it or not, even Working Bikes scraps the bikes at the bottom of their barrel. Do we still need four bikes?

 

I think I'm good on bikes and probably bike parts. Most were originally donated by WBC (in junk parts.) It looks like we only need three at this point as the ride is not going to Archer/24th.

Or actually two as I have a bike almost ready to go for Jackie.

Dan, Saturday is not good for me, sorry.

Tony, Vando, are you avail Sunday eve?

 

Anyone else who said they could help on prev thread still out there?

Manny? El Boracho?

Vando, can you do Sunday evening? I was thinking 7:30.

Alex, can you send contact info to ghostbikes@bikechicago.info?

Can anyone else help Sunday night?

Also, the biggest expense is going to be chain. Does anyone have any to donate? Neet at least 4 foot lengths, 5 foot better.  Purchase price is about $15 per bike.

Yeah, Sunday evening should work. Do we need to bring any tools or anything?

also I sent my info
I've got the bikes, someone provide the spray paint.

Kevin, where are you located?

Meet me at 2931 W 24th Blvd Alley/garage Sunday night (May 5) at 7:30.

I just picked white up spray paint while I happened to be in the burbs.  I only got two cans, but I think it's the good stuff that Howard recommended in a previous post.

So I have bikes and wheels.... possibly short on things to connect wheels to bikes.

I will see if I can get a stick welder lined up for that task but haven't reached out yet.

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