Chicago Campuses Compete in Bike2Campus Week
Next week, 12 Chicago-area colleges and universities will compete in Chicago’s Bike 2 Campus Week. Throughout the week, riders will track their miles online, and campuses will have the opportunity to...
View ArticleBike Share Programs Continue to Grow in Popularity and Impact
The bike share industry has continued its trend of incredible growth in 2017. According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials there were over 28 million bike share trips taken in...
View ArticleThe League Launches National Bike Month
May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many...
View ArticleChicago Bike Week Spins Off Friday
Although May is National Bike Month, Chicago likes to continue the celebration as long as possible. Starting tomorrow, the Active Transportation Alliance’s Chicago Bike Week starts, with various...
View ArticleNew Chicago Spin Class Incorporates Strength Training
While spin classes are hot in the world of studio fitness right now, the only scrutiny it may get is that your upper body gets neglected in stationary bike workouts. However, a new class, Bikettle,...
View ArticleIntelligentsia Cup Sees 29% Ridership Increase with More Race Days
The 2017 Intelligentsia Cup powered by SRAM saw a sharp increase in ridership numbers for the sixth edition of the event, thanks in large part to the addition of two more race days to make it a 10-day...
View ArticleDivvy Celebrates 2.5M Rides with Labor Day Deal
Divvy riders reached a major milestone just in time for Labor Day: they’ve pedaled the blue bikes 2.5 million times since the beginning of the year! To celebrate, the bike share company is offering...
View ArticleChicago’s New ‘312 RiverRun’ Includes 2 Mile Trail
Last week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel broke ground on a major project to transform the riverfront neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side into one of the City’s largest recreational hubs that provides residents...
View ArticleVolunteers Packing 600 Bikes for Children
Bikes for Lesotho, a Chicago-based organization founded in 2012, is preparing 600 bikes for children. The bikes will travel more than 8,000 miles via truck, train and boat to the Kingdom of Lesotho in...
View ArticleBest Local Holiday Deals for Athletes this Weekend
Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, athletic stores around the Chicagoland area have plenty of deals to offer you. Whether you’re shopping for an athlete in your life, or...
View ArticleWheel & Sprocket Creates Chicago’s First Mobile Bike Shop
Beeline Bikes, a full-service mobile bike shop, announced today the launch of Beeline Bikes Powered by Wheel & Sprocket, its first Illinois location. This new mobile bike shop is owned and operated...
View Article2017 Was Divvy’s Most Successful Year to Date
Divvy, Chicagoland’s highly-successful bike share system, had its most successful year to date in 2017, Divvy leadership announced today. With 5,000 additional new members from last year, and over...
View ArticleDivvy Riders Offset Emissions Equivalent of 1,600 Cars Each Year
Divvy bikes may be blue, but they are also green! Divvy riders have offset the carbon emissions equivalent of 1,600 cars and 500,000 gallons of gasoline each year with their pedal power alone, Divvy...
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Divvy to Offer First Ever Free-Ride Day this Saturday
Divvy will be free for all riders on Saturday, July 21, thanks to a new partnership between noosa yoghurt, the thick and velvety combination of tart and sweet unlike any other yoghurt brand, and Divvy,...
View ArticleArea Cyclocross Races Spin Off This Weekend
The 2018 Cyclocross season officially starts this weekend, with the UPB Junior CX Clinic in Willow Springs, and the first relay being held in Warren Park next weekend. Between Chicago and its suburbs...
View ArticleDivvy to Install Over 30 New Stations Across Chicago
Divvy is adding more than thirty stations to the popular bike share system over the next few months to account for growing ridership, help build ridership and build in more flexibility in a few of the...
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Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District to Celebrate Completion of Lakefront...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will join the Chicago Park District and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Ken Griffin to announce the Lakefront Chill 5K, a fun run to celebrate the completion of the...
View ArticleCyclists, Pedestrians Officially Have Separate Lakefront Trails
On Saturday, the Chicago Park District hosted the Lakefront Chill 5k, a free race to celebrate the official opening of the Lakefront Trail upon completion of the separation. In the 18 miles between...
View ArticleNorth Shore Build-a-Century
It’s been years since I participated in the North Shore Century, though I’ve done it twice before—both as the first metric and then full century I ever did. As training for an upcoming Ironman, I...
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Cyclocross State Champions Crowned in Woodstock
Race number seven of the 2019 Chicago Cross Cup took place at annual Groundhog PSI Clocross event in at Emricson Park in Woodstock on Sunday. Making the event more exciting than ever was that Illinois...
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