Kick off your Chicago summer with a car-free bike ride down world-famous Lake Shore Drive May 30, 2010 for the ninth annual MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive. Registration is now open at www.bikethedrive.org.

The event is a fundraiser for the Active Transportation Alliance, Chicagoland’s voice for better biking, walking and transit.

MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive opens the entire length of Lake Shore Drive – 15 miles – to bicyclists at 5:30 a.m. May 30. Bicyclists must enter the Drive before 9 a.m., and participants will be guided off the route at 9:45 a.m.

The fun continues at the post-ride festival from 8 a.m. to noon in Grant Park’s Butler Field, with live entertainment, event sponsor giveaways, and $7 breakfast options from Goose Island Brew Pub ($2 from every breakfast goes to the Active Transportation Alliance).

Register and find out more information about the event, including parking and directions at www.bikethedrive.org