Cycling Sisters

Event Description:
Learn to adjust your own brakes, so your bike will be safe and effective.  New cables and housing can be purchased at West Town Bikes.  If you'd like to replace your brake pads, please bring them with you.  It's best to bring your own bike to work on, though you can learn about brakes even if you don't have a bike.  Hydraulic and disc brakes will not be covered.  Instructor: Kristin.  $5 donation requested to cover the cost of the space.  Women only.

Location:
West Town Bikes.

Event Description:
Spring Ride for Women. Riders decided to ride around the neighbourhood for 2 hours and had Italian Ice on Damen.
Cigdem
cido67@yahoo.com

Location:
Boulevard Bikes Shop
2535 North Kedzie Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60647

Event Description:
Learn about how to position yourself in traffic and make choices that avoid collisions and maximize safe, efficient riding. We'll include a bike safety check, and proper helmet fit. Come with your questions and suggestions. Instructor: Becki. $5 donation requested to cover the cost of the space. Women only.

Location:
West Town Bikes.

Event Description:
Healy and Tunar will be on AIR 105.9 FM WCKG radio station to talk about biking with children and highwheeling in the city as a regular commuter. 10:20 AM. Please tune in.
Radio show will be followed by:
MOMS TALK ABOUT BICYCLING WITH KIDS - JUNE 7
Join bicycle moms Jane Healy and Cigdem Tunar of Cycling Sisters 12:15 p.m. June 7 at the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, 9 W. Hubbard St., suite 402, for a fun presentation on bicycling with small children. (presentation duration: 45 min). Healy and Tunar will cover everything from bike seats and trailers to the logistics of commuting and living a car-light lifestyle with kids. For more information, contact Jane Healy at repto@aol.com.

Location:
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, 9 W. Hubbard St., suite 402, Chicago, Il.

Event Description:
Alicia was killed in a bike accident while riding to work on June 3, 2005- her 32nd birthday.  Alicia was a sound recording artist (and Wicker Park resident who frequented Handlebar) and the night will feature the release of a CD compilation featuring samples of her recordings imbedded in original music pieces.

Location:
Sonotheque

Event Description:
Join Jane Healy and Cigdem Tunar for a workshop on bicycling with small kids, running errands, and doing odd jobs by bike (including using trailers). Several different trailers will be on hand for viewing. Both presenters are experienced, year-round, urban cyclists who juggle kids and bikes on a daily basis. Find out why bicycling with your children is cheap, good exercise, and FUN!

Location:
The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
9 W. Hubbard Street
Conference Room 402
Contact:
Jane Healy at repto@aol.com, or call the CBF office at 312 427-3325

Event Description:
Come ride on a nearby Rail-to-Trail conversion through the far South suburbs. The Old Plank Road was originally a Native American trail that was converted around 1852 into a 'plank road' (literally a road made of wooden planks), to allow early settlers to get their goods to market. By 1855, the plank road had been converted into a railroad. In 1911 an interurban trolley was built in parallel to the RR on the same right-of-way. After hard times for the railroads from the end of WWII through the early 70s, the Joliet Cutoff (as the Old Plank Road was known) was abandoned. It took 20 years of hard-fought advocacy, but eventually the Old Plank Road Trail was opened in 1997.

Location:
The ride will start at the parking lot of Target in Matteson (just S. of Lincoln Mall). Exit I-57 at Lincoln Highway (east). Travel about 1 mile to Cicero. Turn South and travel a few blocks to the Target. The OPRT is just N. of the parking lot. Look for cars/vans with bike racks to know where to park.