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Bike a Bee places honeybee hives with community gardens and urban farms all over chicago and visits them by bicycle. We haul all of our empty hive equipment and even live bees by bicycle. Last year we had a kickstarter that helped us cover the cost of equipment, but this year we don't have much. SO we're having a…See More

World Naked Bike Ride (#9! since 2004). Yearly. Gathering and body painting before 6p, departs before sunset. Massive bike and skate event celebrating the end of the oil era, and promoting positive body image. Held globally with dozens of cities participating, and Chicago routinely setting U.S. turnout records. This is a bare-as-you-dare event with outfits ranging from body paint to fanciful costumes to beach-wear. Chicago's past rides rallied many hundreds of cyclists and numerous skaters…See More

Hi!It's time, once again, for the Chainlink Summer Bike Washes!We'll be opening on May 19 and raising money for CPS classrooms through the donorschoose.org site. We really care about education, and we like to help teachers with very small (and usually out-of-pocket) budgets who sincerely want to provide a superb learning experience for their kids. The classrooms and projects we pick will be posted after the event!100% of donations are given directly to charity, and all expenses are paid…See More

Cool weather sees many bikes put away until spring, but not ours.  Join British Bicycles of Chicago as we host the 2011 Bonfire Tweed Ride. The route will leisurely take us from the north to south sides, stopping to enjoy autumnal urban beauty while dusk approaches. Warm yourself by a cheery bonfire with friends to herald the onset of winter.Break out your flannel, corduroy, tweed or other autumn wear and join us.See More

Last Fridays, leaves after 6pm.THE monthly gathering of bicyclists making their presence known downtown since 1997. Slowly winds a dozen miles or more. Radically inclusive, thousands attend in good weather.Daley Plaza, 50 W Washington. Under the Picasso (giant rusty bird), at Dearborn, SW of State&Lake train stop, Randolph exit from LFT.See More