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How To Lock Your Bike

By Greg Heck and the Chicago ABUS team

Riding to work, meeting friends for brunch, and trips to the beach can be much more enjoyable (and often more efficient) on two wheels. However, a perfect day can be ruined if you return to find your bike missing. Sadly, bike theft…

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Added by The Chainlink on June 13, 2017 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Bike Week & Active Trans Commuter Challenge Events!

Active Trans expanded the Commuter Challenge to two whole weeks. Since it's such a great time of year to ride your bike, we think this is a brilliant idea. To make the two weeks…

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Added by The Chainlink on June 2, 2017 at 2:30pm — No Comments

How Is Your Season Going So Far?

Photo by Lonnie Chamberlain 

As I sit in front of my computer, it’s raining outside.  So, instead of riding my bike, I thought I’d do the next best thing, pen an article about riding…

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Added by The Chainlink on June 1, 2017 at 8:30am — No Comments

Chicago Camber Exchange - Hosted by SRAM

Camber Exchange



Camber Outdoors teamed up with the SRAM headquarters in Chicago to host a networking event promoting women's involvement in the outdoors. Camber Outdoors is a coalition of individuals, companies, and foundations committed to the vision of Everyone’s…

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Added by The Chainlink on May 24, 2017 at 11:55pm — 1 Comment

Ride of Silence in Chicago, 5/17/2017

The Ride of Silence is an organized event that aims to honor those cyclists who have been injured or killed, raise awareness, and ask drivers to share the road. The event is held worldwide and consists of a planned route that riders traverse slowly in silence. This past May 17th, 2017, the Ride of Silence was held in Chicago and riders visited the Ghost Bike memorials for Jaqueline Michon, Patrick Thomas Stack, Jezniah Smith, Clinton Miceli, Neill Townsend, Robert "Bobby" Cann, Lisa…

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Added by The Chainlink on May 18, 2017 at 9:30am — 4 Comments

Turn Good Group Rides Into Great Ones

By Shawn Conley

The “rules” of group riding etiquette is only part of the picture.  If you would like to really be a good part of a group, you will need to know more.  Good group riding behaviors, before, during, and after the ride, was covered very well in the previous article…

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Added by The Chainlink on May 17, 2017 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Touring Our Great City

Exploring our great city and the surrounding areas can be tremendous fun when doing this on two wheels.  I frequently go exploring by bike, and find great gems in parts of the city where I don’t often go.  When I return, it’s always nice to see some of the places I haven’t been since the last time that I…

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Added by The Chainlink on May 10, 2017 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Ride Report: Grumpy Grind 5

By Eric Alexander

This will be my fourth time riding in this event. If you would like more information, visit their website, www.grumpygrind.com . In a way, it is the kick off to my season of events I will do…

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Added by The Chainlink on May 4, 2017 at 10:30am — No Comments

Product Review: Showers Pass Short-Sleeve Bamboo-Marino Henley

Quite a few of the Chainlink ambassadors and racers really appreciate Showers Pass jackets and waterproof pants for riding in inclement Chicago weather. So it’s no surprise when we were offered a new performance shirt to review, we had lots of volunteers. Leah and Zach both received a Showers Pass short-sleeve Henley made of a combination of bamboo and merino wool to test and review for The…

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Added by The Chainlink on April 19, 2017 at 11:00am — No Comments

Snow Rides - Fat Bikes are a Fad

It took me forever to realize Santa Claus wasn't real and I still believe in Sasquatch. I'm married to my high school sweetheart and I've been with my current bike (yes, my only bike) for seven years. This is, of course, an opinion piece and its obviously biased. 

I dreaded moving to…

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Added by The Chainlink on March 15, 2017 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

Race Report: The Dirty South Roubaix 100K+

Jeremy and Geoffrey share their experiences racing Dirty South Roubaix for the first time.

Photo by Matt Gholson

 

By Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin

Really, this is all winter’s fault. The roads…

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Added by The Chainlink on March 15, 2017 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

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