I-beam trusses and six steel strings—that's the SOUL of the Cal-Sag Trail! http://bridgesandblues.org

Friends of the Calumet-Sag Trail invite you to celebrate a heritage forged in the furnaces that built Chicago and laid down in the riffs that built Rock & Roll.

What: Bridges & Blues, a benefit to build the 32-mile Calumet-Sag Trail
Where: Gaelic Park, 6119 W 147th St, Oak Forest, Ill. [get map]
When: November 5, 2011, 6 PM - 11:30 PM [add to calendar]
Only 300 tickets are available! [get tickets]

When: Sunday, September 11
Where: St. Patrick's County Park, South Bend, IN

Bike Michiana for Hospice participants can register online at www.bikemichianaforhospice.org. The cost for riders who register before August 31 is $30; beginning September 1, the registration fee is $40. Riders 12 and under ride free.

The ride features scenic routes through country roads, live entertainment at each support and guidance (SAG) stop as well as a post-ride party at St. Patrick's County Park with pulled pork, live music and a beer tent.

Courses include a 3.5 to 11.5 mile family ride (riders can choose the distance) as well as longer rides from 25 miles to 200 K (124 miles). Helmets are required for all riders. SAG stops will feature some of the area's leading restaurants including Fiddler's Hearth, LaSalle Grill, Indulgence Pastry Shop & Cafe, Yesterday's and Grande Mere Inn.

Registration proceeds benefit The Hospice Foundation and Bike Michiana Coalition. Riders may also use an online donation form to raise funds for The Hospice Foundation. One hundred percent of those funds will go to support the Center for Hospice Care's mission to provide quality, compassionate care for anyone in need of hospice or palliative care services, regardless of their ability to pay.

For more information regarding the event or registration, contact Debra Mayfield at 800-413-9083.

This weekend - last chance to save $10 on car-free bike ride

Hey friends, the next time Lake Shore Drive is shut down, it'll be for biking, not cross country skiing!

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Released: Sunday, May 30, 2010

Contact: Margo O’Hara, Director of Communications
Active Transportation Alliance
312.427.3325 x224
312.282.5088 mobile
margo@activetrans.org
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20,000 cyclists kick off Chicago summer on a car-free Lake Shore Drive for ninth annual MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive

Cyclists kicked off Chicago’s summer today by cruising down a car-free Lake Shore Drive and enjoying unparalleled views for the ninth annual MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive.

About 20,000 bicyclists – young, old, couples, friends and professionals – spun their wheels up and down a car-free Lake Shore Drive for the annual fundraiser that benefits the Active Transportation Alliance’s work to improve biking, walking and transit.

“Summer in Chicago has begun! Families and friends are cruising up and down a car-free Lake Shore Drive and having the time of their lives,” said Active Transportation Alliance Executive Director Rob Sadowsky. “Twenty-thousand cyclists transformed this highway into a wonderful bicycling utopia.”

Lake Shore Drive opened to bicyclists at 5:30 a.m. From downtown Chicago, participants had eight lanes and 15 miles of open highway to bike as much as they liked north to Bryn Mawr or south to the Museum of Science and Industry.

Bring your friends to Bike Town Bash!

From our member, J. Alex Sanger:

"If you bike in the city of Chicago, chances are that you have pulled up a chair to a table, set your helmet down, and told a friend about the right hook that almost got you or the cars double parked in the bike lane. As coffee (or other beverages) are poured in front of you, you share the joys, fun, and, well, sometimes frustration of bicycling in this great city of ours. How about trading in that silk underwear for a silk dress? Those wool long underwear for the nice trousers in the back of your closet? See how fishnets can work with bike shoes, grab your bike, and meet your friends at the Bike Town Bash.