First deaf bike club meeting

Hi, I am starting a deaf cycle group that is geared towards to education of cycling for people with disabilities. I have noticed not many of us that are deaf cyclist and I am trying to change that mentality with my community to be open minded with cycling in Chicago.

Our first meeting is on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 at 10am. Please send me a message if you want to join us. Location will be shared via email.

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on January 27, 2014 at 9:24am

Melissa: this is a great idea! I hope you're successful, this could be a huge help for differently-able folks.

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Permalink Reply by Andy J on January 27, 2014 at 9:37am

Great idea! What a wonderful addition to our community.

Best of luck getting the ball rolling!

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Permalink Reply by Liz W. Durham on January 30, 2014 at 1:04pm

What a great idea!

You state that your group is geared toward people with disabilities. But you also state it is for deaf cyclists. Could you clarify? I know of a few cyclists who have mild to serious disabilities but are not deaf. Not sure if I should give them the heads up about your group...

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Manak on February 4, 2014 at 3:34pm

Liz,

Currently we are starting out small with deaf disability first but we do welcome others if they want to come join us to push this to be a full blown thing. I want to make sure we have the right tools and people to get started with.