Bike to Work Week Events: free coffee, Clif Bars, movies, and more!

Join or renew your membership at one of our Bike to Work Week Pit Stops and get this sweet t-shirt FREE:

We want to celebrate your two-wheeled commute!

Fuel up with free Clif Bars and Caribou Coffee, and get a free safety check - or just some air or lube - at a Bike Pit Stop during Bike to Work Week, June 9–15! Bike Pit Stops are located throughout the city of Chicago and the suburbs - find one near you!

 

 

 

BIKE PIT STOPS AND BIKE TO WORK WEEK EVENTS, 2012

*denotes suburban location

Bike Pit Stops

Other Bike to Work Week Events

Mon-Fri, June 11–15
*Bartlett Metra station, 6–8:30 a.m. (map it) (Coffee available all week, full pit stop monday and Wednesday)

Monday, June 11
1337 N. Wells Street (Village Cycle at Evergreen Avenue), 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

Blue Island Avenue and Roosevelt Road (S.E. corner), 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

Millennium Park Bike Station (239 East Randolph St), 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

Northbrook Metra station, 6:30–8 a.m. (map it)

2313 N Milwaukee Ave (Cafe Mustache) 6:30-9 a.m. (map it)

2016 W Roscoe (Roscoe Village Bikes), 5:30-7:30 p.m. (map it)

Tuesday, June 12
3201 S. Halsted Street (Blue City Cycles in Bridgeport), 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

*Elmhurst Metra station, 6:30–8:30 a.m. (map it)

*Joliet, Union Station 6–8 a.m. (map it)

North Shore Channel Trail at Foster Avenue, 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

South Lakefront Trail at Museum Campus, 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

*Wheaton Metra station, 6:30–8:30 a.m. (map it)

*Wilmette Metra station, 6:30–8 a.m. (map it)

1908 W Chicago Ave. (Comrade Cycles), 6:30-9 a.m. (map it)

1520 E 57th St (University of Chicago), 6:30-9 a.m. (map it)

Wednesday, June 13
Ashland Avenue, Division Street and Milwaukee Avenue (Polish Triangle), 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

*Des Plaines Metra station, 6:30–8 a.m. (map it)

*Downers Grove Metra station, 6:30–8:30 a.m. (map it)

Lincoln Avenue, Clark Street and Wells Street (near Green City Market), 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

*Midlothian Metra station, 6–8 a.m. (map it)

*Villa Park Metra station, 6-8 a.m. (map it)

Huron and Fairbanks, NE Corner (Northwestern Univeristy) 7-9 a.m. (map it)

*Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Rd, Evanston (Northwestern University), 3:30-5:30 p.m. (map it)

North Lakefront Path, Ardmore and Sheridan, 5-7p.m. (map it)

Thursday, June 14
1466 N. Halsted St. (REI), 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

*Arlington Heights Metra station, 6:30–8 a.m. (map it)

North Lakefront Trail at Fullerton Parkway, 6:30–9 a.m. (map it)

* 9575 W Higgins Road (Christopher Burke Engineering) 6:30-8:30 a.m. (map it)

2459 W. Division St. (West Town Bikes), 6:30-9 a.m. (map it)

Friday, June 15
*Elmhurst Metra station, 6:30–8:30 a.m. (map it)

*Evanston, Davis Street Metra and L station, 6:30–8 a.m. (map it)

*Oak Lawn Metra station, 6 a.m.–8 a.m. (map it)

Saturday, June 9
 *American Chartered Bank in Bartlett (388 S. Main St.),
9 a.m. (map it)
Distribution of Bike to Work Week information
9:30 a.m
25-mile Bartlett Bicycle Tour 

Streets for Cycling Plan 2020 Open House
77 S. Dearborn -- building lobby
Saturday, June 9, 2012
10 a.m.–4 p.m. 

Second annual Cargo Bike Roll Call & Happy Hour
2459 W. Division St. (West Town Bikes), 6-11p.m. (map it)
Meet other people who ride and like cargo bikes!

Mon-Thu, June 11-14
 Spinning Alfreso
FREE outdoor spin classes at Cloud Gate in Millennium Park. (map it)
Space is limited to 20 per class.

Monday, June 11
Bike Shorts
 Screening of a collection of short bicycle films from all over the world. 
Goose Island Brewpub, 1800 N. Clybourn (map it)
6 pm

Tuesday, June 12
 Screening of Pee-wee's Big Adventure and finalists for The Chainlink's "Bike it Everywhere, Chicago" video PSA contest
Millennium Park Great Lawn (map it)
Dusk

Wednesday, June 13
Streets for Cycling Lecture
Come hear about the Chicago Department of Transportation's exciting plans to encourage biking in Chicago in 2012.
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater (map it)
Noon 

Bikes & Barbeque Happy Hour
 2959 North Lincoln Ave (Heritage Cycles & General Store), 5-8 p.m. (map it)

Thursday, June 14
 *Illinois Prairie Path at Spring Road in Elmhurst, 7 a.m. (map it)
Ride to work with DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin

Loop Bike Tour
Free 2-hour mini-bike tour of the Loop 
Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park (map it)
6:30 pm

Friday, June 15
 Bike to Work Day Rally
 Daley Plaza, 7:30–9:30 a.m. (map it)

Bike Away from Work
 *Blue Island Metra station, 5 p.m. (map it)

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Melissa on June 7, 2012 at 11:15am

Wow, I moved to Chicago during Bike to Work Week and it's amazing to see it grow every year.  Huge props to all of the smaller businesses and organizations who are donating their time, staff, and resources to the pitstops next week.  They're not linked, but you can find them listed here! 

http://bikecommuterchallenge.org/sponsors/

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on June 7, 2012 at 1:02pm

Thanks to Active Trans for putting this all together!  I heard WBEZ, the Old Town School of Folks Music and Center for Neighborhood Technology trash talking each other today about who would win their non-profit category this year.  Funny stuff.  My work, the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services will participate this year (but Gabe & Dept of Transportation will undoubtably rule our category).

Permalink Reply by spencewine on June 7, 2012 at 2:41pm

Haha, yeah, I was listening to WBEZ today too....after listening to it, I put together a last minute team for The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Should be a fun week!

Permalink Reply by David P. on June 7, 2012 at 5:11pm

YAJ,

Did you organize your office's team? Do you work at the facility on Ogden? I work at 2FM (N&T) and, with the exception of a couple of people who ride in the summer in good weather, have for years been the only person in the building who rides to work. It never really even seemed worth it to me to try to get other people here to do it!



y a j said:

Thanks to Active Trans for putting this all together!  I heard WBEZ, the Old Town School of Folks Music and Center for Neighborhood Technology trash talking each other today about who would win their non-profit category this year.  Funny stuff.  My work, the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services will participate this year (but Gabe & Dept of Transportation will undoubtably rule our category).

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on June 8, 2012 at 4:14am

On Monday, I was approached by an admin at work and was asked if I wanted to be the ambassador for Bike to Work Week for our office. I declined and was asked why. I told her that we lack parking for our bike as it is around our building, and if I were to advertise to people at work here about Bike to Work Week, imagine how many people will come and we'll have to stack our bikes on top of another, and sometimes I like to bring my nice bike to work and I don't want it to get any scratches. And if any of these fair-weather riders come to work with their nice bike and get scratches on them, do you think they'll continue to do that the next day? And, I have a special spot that I know always has one spot left by the time that I come in and I'd like to keep it that way.

So, she said she understood and left. But on Wednesday morning, she pulled me aside and told me that all summer long, we have been given a green light to park our bikes at a nearby parking lot that the company has worked out a deal with. This morning, the twelfth person just signed up and we'll have group lunch ride everyday next week.

If I keep being an a-hole, maybe next, I'll get  all year long parking, and next I'll ask for a shower at work :)

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 8, 2012 at 4:18am

+1  

I see what you did there!



Just Will said:

On Monday, I was approached by an admin at work and was asked if I wanted to be the ambassador for Bike to Work Week...

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 8, 2012 at 5:06am

Wow, that's cool!!!

I haven't had the chance to set up a team at my coldwell banker office yet and last year we even were a paid sponsor. Opps. 


Just Will said:

On Monday, I was approached by an admin at work and was asked if I wanted to be the ambassador for Bike to Work Week for our office. I declined and was asked why. I told her that we lack parking for our bike as it is around our building, and if I were to advertise to people at work here about Bike to Work Week, imagine how many people will come and we'll have to stack our bikes on top of another, and sometimes I like to bring my nice bike to work and I don't want it to get any scratches. And if any of these fair-weather riders come to work with their nice bike and get scratches on them, do you think they'll continue to do that the next day? And, I have a special spot that I know always has one spot left by the time that I come in and I'd like to keep it that way.

So, she said she understood and left. But on Wednesday morning, she pulled me aside and told me that all summer long, we have been given a green light to park our bikes at a nearby parking lot that the company has worked out a deal with. This morning, the twelfth person just signed up and we'll have group lunch ride everyday next week.

If I keep being an a-hole, maybe next, I'll get  all year long parking, and next I'll ask for a shower at work :)

Permalink Reply by Vondo on June 8, 2012 at 5:10am
I knew that forgetting to renew my ATA membership would pay off! Now I can score a free T-shirt for doing something I was going to to anyways!
Permalink Reply by Melanie K on June 8, 2012 at 5:46am

I tried to organize a team for my office since I am the only person who commutes by bike. I managed to get these responses:

1-Yes, I'll ride, it sounds like fun;

2- I will try maybe once or twice, but I'll have to drive my car to the lakefront path and ride the rest of the way on bike since it is scary to ride to the path from my house (I see this as a semi-win);

1- I'll wave to you in my car when I pass you by; and,

1-I'm too out of shape to ride.

The rest of my office has yet to respond, although I know there is one guy who likes to ride, but his wife told him it is too dangerous to ride on the streets now that they have a kid (but it wasn't before he got married, go figure). 

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on June 8, 2012 at 7:22am

Even if it's just one person, it helps our cause to have more teams signed up...there's still time!

(and you get the cool free Team Leader technical fabric T-shirt). http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150857617504872&set=a....

Please sign up here! www.bikecommuterchallenge.org. 

Thanks much,

Ethan Spotts, Active Trans

Permalink Reply by Melanie K on June 8, 2012 at 7:37am

I get a free t-shirt? Really? Oh darn, I missed the pick-up date. Oh well, still commuting to work next week. At least I have one person signed up. :) 

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on June 8, 2012 at 7:42am

You can still pick up shirts at our office, Melanie! Thanks for signing up!

Ethan, Active Trans

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