You’re invited to our awesome 2014 bike rides!

Please join Active Trans in 2014 for our big biking events. We’re excited about the 13th edition of our premier car-free ride and the delicious Four-Star Bike & Chow. We’re putting a bigger push behind this year’s Bike Commuter Challenge during Bike to Work Week and we’re introducing a cool new ride with a different twist.

We produce these fundraising events with a focus on fun. These events benefit Active Trans and support our work to improve biking, walking and transit Chicagoland. We hope you can ride with us in 2014!

MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive – Sunday, May 25
Join 20,000 of your bicycling friends on Chicago’s celebrated Lake Shore Drive for one of the most popular bike rides in the nation and the one day that the iconic lakefront roadway is closed to auto traffic. Registration opens at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 21 (Winter Bike to Work Day!)  www.bikethedrive.org  

Bike Commuter Challenge during Bike to Work Week June 13-20
Get your team ready and track your trips to see if your office has what it takes to be the healthiest and greenest in Chicagoland. You don’t have to bike all the way every day, just biking to your local bus or train stop one day counts as a trip. It’s easy, free and most of all, fun, with Bike Pit Stops located throughout Chicago and the suburbs to fuel up or get a safety check. We’ll give you all the tools you need to get your office going on two wheels. www.bikecommuterchallenge.org  

Bike to Brew (new!) – Saturday, July 26
Join us for our new summer evening bike ride winding through Chicago’s industrial and residential streets and ending at Revolution Brewery for a private party with DJs, food trucks and tasty beers. Space is limited for this 21+ ride. Your registration guarantees you access to the party with two drink tickets and a special giveaway to make your bike ride awesome (think: cool lights or bike bell). The pre-ride festival will feature hip bike and urban exhibitors along with delicious samples of delicious Dark Matter Coffee. www.biketobrew.org (add this now to your MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive registration)

Four-Star Bike & Chow – Sunday, September 7
Experience the perfect combination of riding carefully created biking routes, sampling delicious cuisine like tacos, samosas or spring rolls and enjoying a tasty post-ride Revolution beer at the Four-Star Bike & Chow Sunday, September 7. Choose from four routes for all types of riders. We’re heading South this year to the new South Lake Shore Drive extension and beyond. www.fourstarbikeandchow.org (add this now to your MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive registration)

We hope you can join us for one, two or all of these rides!