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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

North Park is Chicago Community Area #13 and sits just 9 miles northwest of the Loop. It is cradled between the two branches of the Chicago River, and is part of and/or adjacent to some of the most developed and realized bike trails in the city. It is a quiet residential area, sharing parks, tree-lined streets and marvelous…See More

Hey, this seems pretty self explanatory.  Do you like to do crafty things?  Do you like to bike in order to get, find, do your crafty things?  Cool.  Let's fuck shit up...craftystyle!See More

Brave the chilly weather to celebrate one of America's favorite winter styles, the stout.  We'll have a raffle going and drinks in exchange for raffle tickets.  Homebrew offerings will include a Chocolate Coffee Stout, a porter, a barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout, and more.  The occasion is to celebrate our first group brew for the barrel-aging program, a Breakfast Stout.  This beer will be aged until next year's annual stout night.  Come out and try the un-barreled version this year! We'll…See More

Stop by the Daley Plaza in Chicago’s Loop for the annual celebration of cyclists who don’t let low temperatures stop them from pedaling to work.Enjoy coffee and tea from Caribou and Cheesecake from Eli’s 6:30 to 9 a.m. Winter Bike to Work Day takes place on Jan. 20, the 27th anniversary of Chicago’s coldest day, when the official temperature at O’Hare International Airport was 27 degrees below zero.See More

The most epic mobile food drive in the universe returns for it's 7th year.  Chiditarod is the annual Chicago based phenomenon that combines elements of the Alaskan Iditarod with Chicago's finest brand of debaucherous social activism. One part food drive, one part pub-crawl, one part costumed shopping cart race, all parts radtacular. New charitable initiatives are brewing for this year, amongst other fantastically crazy side-projects. CALLING ALL DOERS - we need ya!  Many levels of volunteer…See More

Our cozy annual film fest, traditionally held on the first Sunday of the year-- note one week later this year.==>Lookee here for details<==Come and go as you like, and bring a few bucks for the donation kitty.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

Half Acre Beer Company will be sponsoring the party so beer will be flowing and raffle prizes everywhere!We will be rockin in the gorgeous upstairs room of Galway Arms with FREE bike parking at cycle smithy and at Fullerton and Clark!…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

The Racketeers Ride the Rack Alley Cat Ride and Birthday Bash!1329 W. Grand Ave Register at 3 pm/Ride at 4pm/Birthday Bash 7pm Most Alley Cats are about speed, but, that's NOT OUR STYLE. We encourage a fun-spirited scavenger hunt to seek out spots that hold significance to us. You will have 2 hours to leisurely find your way to our secret places. WE GIVE OUT PRIZES to 1st over-all, Red & White Categories, Best Racketeer outfit, Best out of towner, Best rookie, 2nd-5th finishers, DFL (must…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