Bonfire Night Tweed Ride

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Time: November 7, 2009 from 1pm to 11pm
Location: Chicago Ale House
Street: 2200 W. Lawrence Avenue
City/Town: Chicago, IL
Website or Map: http://www.thechainlink.org/g…
Event Type: social, tweed, bonfire, tour, flask
Organized By: British Bicycles of Chicago
Latest Activity: Jul 15, 2010

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To celebrate Bonfire Night (two days late), British Bicycles of Chicago is hosting the 2009 Bonfire Night Tweed Ride. Don your best woollies, pocket your flask, strap some combustibles (wood preferred) to your bicycle and join us! Effigies are welcome and old clothing donations for the Guy are appreciated. Just remember they will be burned, so make it something of no use to anyone.

We will ride approximately 17 miles at a relaxed pace, from North to South Sides with several fortifying stops along the way. We will take in parkland, industrial and residential areas as darkness falls. The finale will be the building and lighting of a bonfire at Bubbly Dynamics to commemorate the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

Warm yourself by the glow of a bonfire after riding in style with friends old and new! Cue sheets and prizes (fleecy and tweedy) will be provided. The route is posted here: www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Bonfire-Tweed-Ride-route

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Comment by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 6, 2009 at 11:47am: i don't have an outfit yet...

Comment by John on November 6, 2009 at 10:55am: Good work Alan - and thanks for making the guy. I have asked for clothes for him - if anything in particular will help, let us know.

Comment by Alan Lloyd on November 6, 2009 at 8:27am: I made the (more complicated) mask out of the PDF file t'other day, tricky but I think it came out quite well. Now I need to make a guy tonight to put it on and burn tomorrow! Too late to organise a tandem to ride around on tomorrow with the guy (effigy) on the back, though?

Comment by John on November 4, 2009 at 11:31am: For anyone that wants to join up en route, send me a note with your cell number, and I will provide you with mine and send text updates along the way.

Comment by Wilhelm on November 3, 2009 at 11:24pm: So how about us fellas that get off work around 6? Any chance of a meet up or should we just head straight to the warehouse?

Comment by Lee Diamond on November 3, 2009 at 10:11pm: Alas, another missed tweeder. Sadder each time.

Comment by globalguy on November 3, 2009 at 11:33am: No worries for anyone who can't start out with us! John & I pre-rode the route Sunday and there are plenty places to meet us on the way or just go directly to Bubbly Dynamics ... if you want my mobile number, send a message to my Inbox and I'll give you it.

Comment by Liz on November 2, 2009 at 12:36pm: I should be joining in with the ride around 2pm :)

Comment by jen on October 31, 2009 at 10:29pm: why such an early start time? Will try to make it on time but have to attend open house for grad school

Comment by Shay on October 31, 2009 at 3:31pm: Work keeps screwing up all my fun! I am coming back to Chicago late that day from a business trip. I know for sure I won't feel like climbing on my bike after sitting in an airplane for several hours.

Somebody have a drink for me!