Hosting a party? With a cargo e-bike, we were able to bring everything we needed for a Chicago-style cookout over to the brand new Leland Plaza - including electric cooking gear, hot dogs, condiments, and more!

Nettelhorst Bike Bus x Lakeview East Kidical Mass! Did you know that we also run a monthly bike ride on Saturdays? This morning we rode to the Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary and got to see the Piping Plovers! Next LVE Kidical Mass is 6/27 to Sunshine Park. Meet at Nettelhorst at 9a, roll at 9:15a.

Ever wonder how much money your bike is saving you? Probably tens of thousands of dollars. Excited to partner with @chiwho.bike this month to promote their awesome website: www.findtheright.bike - go check it out, especially if you’re in the market for a new bike!

ICYMI: Struggling with record-high gas prices? We talked to an expert on an amazing alterative that can help families not feel the pain at the pump - cargo ebikes!

Do you wish biking was safer in Chicago? We're launching new ChiWhoBike postcards, officially available at our first bike shop - Offbeat Bikes! So come visit and grab a free postcard, and tell your alder why bike infrastructure matters to you.

Can a bike really replace a car for a family? With a cargo ebike, it absolutely can! Check out our deep deep going into the getting started with ebikes, how they can save you boat loads of money, and are a ton of fun. Send it to friends and family you think should consider a cargo ebike!

Gas prices are over $5 a gallon in Chicago, but a lot of families don't see an alternative to driving. So we talked to the owner of Offbeat Bikes in Chicago about how a cargo ebike can replace a car for most trips, from big grocery shopping hauls to taking the kids to baseball! (full video 👇)

Can you manage having kids, getting groceries, and seeing nature without a car? @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social shows us how you absolutely can, and you'll save loads of money even with the occasional car rental!

Check out @chiwho.bike new quiz at findtheright.bike and this adorbs video from Carolyng in DC! Guess what it chose for her.... #bikedc #cargobike #bunchfam

This last weekend was impossibly beautiful and warm, and we happened to be around the 606 trail - so we snapped some photos of people in motion, plus the new mural from Ramiro Huizar! Were you out and about this weekend in Chicago?

This Wednesday, May 20, please consider joining us for a silent, slow-paced bike ride to honor those who have been killed or injured while riding. events.activetrans.org/7ec37a7d0f44...

We're so excited to see more bike parking in Chicago gems like Promontory Point! Are there any new bike racks that you've really appreciated? 👀

You should absolutely check out this video, and we are really proud to have sponsored it - both to promote findtheright.bike, and to support a fantastic fellow Chicago creator!

We've got an update to our Take Action page - if you already know the alder you're trying to send a postcard/letter to, we've now got a list of alders you can jump right into! Check it out at chiwho.bike/act We're still working on getting postcards to bike shops, but you'll see them around soon!

A few more photos of folks using the new Leland & Lincoln raised bike-lane, and it turns out the fairy lights are on, making it incredibly cute at night! #bikechi

We are less than a week away from the annual Ride of Silence on 5/20, commemorating bikers who lost their lives on our dangerous roads. The Chicago ride is due to visit the site of Damian Gomez's hit-and-run death, just a block away from today's hit-and-run.

Les Miz? more like Les Bike! Date night is always guaranteed to have fresh air and freedom and the best parking 😎 🇫🇷 #BikeIsBest

Happy bike to work week! Did you ride your bike to work this week in Chicago, and what improvements do you wish to see along your route (or potential route)?

Our series kicks off on 5/30, the last Saturday of the month from May-Oct. www.cyclingxsolidarity.com

What an exciting way to make ebikes more accessible! What would help you or the people you know get an ebike?

New bike infrastructure can totally change how people can imagine themselves moving around. On YouTube, someone left a comment on our Lincoln Ave video saying they got an e-bike thanks to all the new infrastructure in @andrefor40th.bsky.social's ward!

From the new website Find The Right Bike: Investing a few thousand dollars in a cargo bike to haul kids and gear may seem expensive. But it's a fraction of the cost of doing those tasks by car. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/t... @chiwho.bike @viktorkoves.com @atalliance.bsky.social

How do bike lanes change lives? DJ Greedy is a little village resident who lives half a mile away from the Archer & Kedzie project, and talks about how the new bike lanes help him visit family, and keeps people safe!

Have you wanted to tell your alder to support more bike infrastructure? We've been working on ChiWhoBike postcards, along with a companion web page to help you find your alder's mailing address! We're working on getting these out at low cost to local bike shops soon - stay tuned!

Like Ald. Vasquez (at an e-bike test ride event) was, are you interested in starting to commute by bicycle, but unsure which would be the correct cycle for your needs? We know a guy. Check out our interview with Viktor Köves from Find The Right Bike. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/t... @chiwho.bike

Pookie is a long-time resident of Chicago's Brighton Park, and grew up riding Archer Ave and hearing people speeding down it or getting into accidents. He explains why he's excited for the new protected bike lanes going in, and what he'd say to opponents worried about traffic impacts!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day, we actually took advantage of even more new bike infrastructure - the Lincoln Ave bike lane from Foster to the new Ainslie Arts plaza, all under @andrefor40th.bsky.social! Would you ride more if your route was like this?

We're so excited to see another cargo bikeshare option pop up in America, and here's hoping one will come to Chicago next! Would you use a service like you?

Leland Greenway at Lincoln Square bike-through. Look at all that space!

It's a beautiful day to be out biking in Chicago, and we got to use so much new infrastructure as we were headed down South for an interview - so we made a quick and dirty montage!

Alfredo, who lives in Gage Park, just a mile away from the Archer & Kedzie Ave project, tells us why protected bike lanes matter to him. He says opponents have harnessed frustration around unrelated construction to fight against the safe streets infrastructure.

We love seeing people dressed up and riding bikes! When have you felt the most stylish riding a bike?

New on Streetsblog - an interview about our new website, findtheright.bike, including why we built it and how we hope it'll help you (and friends and family) get the right bike for you!

The new website Find The Right Bike, a project of Chicagoans Who Bike's Viktor Köves, helps you navigate the route to a car-lite or car-free lifestyle. @viktorkoves.com @chiwho.bike @chicritmass.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @bikegridnow.org

Four years of ✨Bike Joy✨ and Bubbles!

I'm excited to announce the 2026 schedule of Lincoln Park Kidical Mass! Our first ride is TOMORROW. We always meet at the Tin Man statue (Webster/Larrabee/Lincoln) in Oz Park and ride to a different kid-friendly destination every month. Tomorrow, it's Sunshine Playground. Hope to see you there!

Working Bikes is the first shop to be featured on our new website, findtheright.bike! We've added in a new shop search at the bottom of our recommendation screen, to help Chicagoans find a bike shop. And this is right as we're starting some ad campaigns that you'll be seeing around the web! 🧵

We're so happy to see so much bike parking right by a dense retail, dining, transit and residential corridor!

Why do Chicago's Archer & Kedzie Ave's need a redesign? We talk about the data behind the changes, including that in just a few years, 14 deaths and 1,426 injuries occurred in the area area. And most of the drivers causing crashes? They're from outside the neighborhood, cutting through!

We have a whole back catalog of interviews on our YouTube channel and our website, so we wanted to highlight one for the current moment - a Chicago dad living with a cargo ebike and no driver's license, and loving it! #bikechi

As we put it in our latest video: driving is one of the most dangerous things we do as Americans. This is a teaser of our full video on the Archer & Kedzie Ave safe streets project, where we talk about just how deadly American roads are, and how protected bike lanes make them safer for everyone!

Now just imagine how many people see others cycling for transportation but are part of the massive "cautious but curious" crowd, waiting for safer, more enabling infrastructure design.

Chicago's Archer Ave has been in the news a lot lately - so we went out in April to talk to some advocates who support the improvements, dive into the data behind the project (and safe streets in general), got comment from Alderwoman Ramirez, and a whole lot more!

As we put it in our latest video: driving is one of the most dangerous things we do as Americans. This is a teaser of our full video on the Archer & Kedzie Ave safe streets project, where we talk about just how deadly American roads are, and how protected bike lanes make them safer for everyone!

Chicago's Archer Ave has been in the news a lot lately - so we went out in April to talk to some advocates who support the improvements, dive into the data behind the project (and safe streets in general), got comment from Alderwoman Ramirez, and a whole lot more!

Doug & Sarah have been making great work on cities for years, and have made an incredible book and amazing podcast episodes with the foremost experts on cities. They deserve your support!

Our most ambitious video yet is now live to our members! It covers the facts and fight around the Archer safe streets project, and involved hours of research, on the ground interviews, and more. It's releasing widely at 5pm CT, so subscribe to know when it's out, or become a member to watch now!

The Bike Commuter Challenge sponsored by Keating Law Office is a month-long biking competition where Chicagoland organizations compete to see who can earn the most points by riding their bike for work related trips. It's free to participate! 🚲🔗 organizations.activetrans.org/sites/organi...

Something cute to start your Monday - this story from @arielparrella.bsky.social about the SJB Bike Bus in Chicago's Logan Square! One great quote: “Hopefully, it encourages the streets to become safer — if the streets aren’t safe enough for kids to bike on them, they’re not safe enough yet”

Our first Archer Ave. ride of the spring was a blast 💚🩵 If you missed our ride yesterday, we’ll be back at McKinley Park next Saturday, May 9 at 9:30am. And you won’t even need a bike to join us since @divvybikes.bsky.social will be there with free rentals for riders age 18 or older.