The Newleaf Natural Grocery is sponsoring a bike drive in Rogers Park in May on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th. Drop of bikes at the store any time between 9am & 7pm on either day - 1261 W. Loyola Avenue, Chicago IL 60626.
A flyer is attached: if you 'have the technology' and live in the area, then please print out some copies and post or distribute them!
WBC contact: Steve Parkes.
Trailside Bike Rental of Orangeville, IL is hosting a bike drive.
They are located at 1740 High Street, Orangeville, IL 61060. Orangeville is between Dubuque & Beloit, about 40 miles NW of Rockford.
From Highway 26, turn east on Orangeville Road towards Orangeville. Turn left on Ewing Street and right on High Street. Trailside Bike Rental is at the end of the street.
Contact: Sherry Moyer 815/291-9316.
Back for another year, the Woodridge Rotary will be collecting bicycles on May 17th as part of the Woodridge Park District event called Motion Explosion.
Location: Cypress Cove Water Park at 83rd and Janes Ave., Woodridge
Contact: Susan McNeil-Marshall.
The Chicago Green Festival is held on Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. Sponsored by Global Exchange and Co-op America, the Chicago Green Festival will showcase more than 350 green businesses and include numerous speakers, a fair-trade pavilion, yoga classes, green films, a kids' zone, live music and organic dining. Working Bikes (Lee) will be attending.
The Chicago Green Festival is held on Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. Sponsored by Global Exchange and Co-op America, the Chicago Green Festival will showcase more than 350 green businesses and include numerous speakers, a fair-trade pavilion, yoga classes, green films, a kids' zone, live music and organic dining. Working Bikes (Lee) will be attending.
Citizens Against Ruining the Environment are sponsoring a bike drive at Dellwood Park in Lockport during their Earth Day Celebration on Sunday, May 18th.
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
The Green Toronto Festival is being held at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The festival will feature exhibits of green products and services, speakers, children's activities, music, locally grown food and more.
The Green Toronto Festival is being held at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The festival will feature exhibits of green products and services, speakers, children's activities, music, locally grown food and more.
Working Bikes will offer emergency bike repair during Chicago's "Bike the Drive" ride and may have a booth at the post-ride festival?
Lakeshore Drive is open to cyclists from 5:30am with cars returning at around 10:30am. The post-ride festival is from 8am until noon at Butler Field in Grant Park.
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
The congregation and youth group of Wheatland Presbyterian Church and the greater
Plainfield/Joliet community will be hosting a bike drive at 11839 S. Heggs Road (a.k.a. 260th Avenue), Plainfield, IL 60585.
WBC contact: Raul Gonzalez.
The Global Alliance for Africa is holding a bike drive on the Kenilworth side of Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School at 325 N. Kenilworth Avenue in Oak Park.
For more information, contact: Scott Daniel (708)383-1457.
120 middle-schoolers (aged 9-12) will be taken out for a day to the forest preserve and allowed to keep the bikes they use on their ride.
To be decided?
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
Working Bikes will be represented at the Bloomin' Days in Kenosha (6th Avenue & 54th Street) by Kate.
Saturday we start at the Western warehouse at 11 AM. We will loosely load a rental truck with mountain bikes.
They will then be taken to 1401 W. Waubansia at 2 PM where we will start loading the actual container. We will load until people decide they have done enough for one day.
We will return to Waubansia on Sunday at 10 AM and continue loading the container until we've had enough for one day.
Saturday we start at the Western warehouse at 11 AM. We will loosely load a rental truck with mountain bikes.
They will then be taken to 1401 W. Waubansia at 2 PM where we will start loading the actual container. We will load until people decide they have done enough for one day.
We will return to Waubansia on Sunday at 10 AM and continue loading the container until we've had enough for one day.
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
We will open the doors to the very secret and highly regarded Working Bikes Innovations Laboratory at 1401 W. Wabansia from 6:30am till 8am.
Anyone is invited to stop by this unofficial "Bike to Work Week" Bicycle Commuter Station and re-energize with complementary snacks. We will also try to provide a pump to fill your tires to recommended pressure.
The University of Chicago Environmental Law Society and the Civic Knowledge Project will be co-hosting a bike drive in Hyde Park in june on Thursday the 12th.
Drop of bikes at the law school (60th/Woodlawn) parking lot and Pierce Hall parking lot (55th/University) any time between 8am & 4pm - 1111 East 60th Street.
Come along and learn about bicycle maintenance!
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month: from 5pm until 9pm at 927 S. Western Avenue.
Join Team Working Bikes, fellow cyclists, former motorists, local media celebrities and the city of Chicago at the Bike to Work Rally on Friday, June 13 with a time beginning at 7:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Daley Plaza, 50 West Washington
Mike's Bikes of Gurnee will be sponsoring a bike drive again this year.
They are located at 4129 Old Grand Avenuee, Gurnee, illinois.
Contact: Heather Kerrigan tel. (847)662-8482
WBC coordinator: to be decided
Display literature in the library at Northwestern University. Contact: Russ Clement.
