Fear not, registration is encouraged, but you are welcome to just pop down to the park and spend the day without one.
Last year’s favorites will all make a return with lots of new exciting additions. We have some terrific guests this year. Dvorak has an on-site Divvy station and Divvy will be on hand with demo bikes and mechanics to help teach everyone how to use the station. The CTA bus rack demo will also be there so you can learn to get your bike up on that rack under the trees in the park. The bike corral is back again with oodles of bikes coming from the many women of the Chicago bike community and even some guest shops.
Great workshops and presentations will be happening all day inside the lovely WPA-era field house. The free child care is in a fieldhouse gym this year with plenty of space to run and play. Be ready for a good old fashioned raffle and check out tips on riding and maintenance from the amazing West Town Bikes and Blue Island Bicycle Club. The full list of activities is at the WomenBikeChicago blog.
Come on down with a friend or four hankering to learn about how to get up on two wheels with a friendly crowd of Chicago women on hand to help!
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We used the cycle paths in our local area to get to a nearby village. I do cycle on roads but I prefer using the paths if there are them, it does tend to be safer and I can usually chat to whoever I'm with. We ddecided whilst the weather was behaving itself we'd go boating! Yes, I did say it.. boating!