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F*** Impossible: Bike Travel Adventures for All

Have you ever wanted to bike, camp overnight, and just keep going? Join us Saturday, September 22nd at 6:00pm for a presentation on bike touring from Mary Ann Thomas, who has bicycled across North America and India. She will share stories from the road, demystify logistics and costs, and help you figure out how to make your dream bike trip happen.

Mary Ann Thomas is the queer brown daughter of Indian immigrant parents, a travel nurse, bike tourist, and writer. She has lived and worked in Washington DC, NYC, Anchorage, San Francisco, San Diego, and Cooperstown. She has bicycled over 10,000 miles in the last five years: in 2014, she bicycled solo from San Diego to Montreal; in 2017, she biked across India from the Himalayas to Kerala, the state at the tip of the subcontinent where her family is from. Her writing has been featured in numerous literary and travel platforms, and her bike travel has been featured on several podcasts, including the Dirtbag Diaries.

As a writer, she has attended the VONA Travel Writing Workshop in 2015 and 2017. Since 2015, her work has been published in numerous literary journals and travel platforms, which include Autostraddle, She Explores, Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel, The Rumpus, and On She Goes. She has been featured on several podcasts, including The Dirtbag Diaries and Musafir Stories. She is a presenter at the WTF Bikexplorers Summit.

One can even take home something more than knowledge and fuzzy community feels! Check out Mary Ann’s chapbook, which will be available for sale at our little event.

http://postcardsfrommat.com/f-impossible-road-trip/

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Join Us for a Traveling Social Friday!

***Recyclery Pack Ride to the Plaza***

***Critical Mass at Will***

***Bike Winter Art Show Afters***

 

Join us for our upcoming Social Friday, which happens every 4th Friday! This month, we will be gathering at the shop from 4:00 to 4:30 PM, then riding down to Daley Plaza as a group, which is the meet-up location for the March Chicago Critical Mass.

Folks are encouraged to meander into the Mass at will, in little groups or hopping around. Those of us that ride all the way to the end will be rewarded by attending the 21st Bike Winter Art Show! Sweet!!!

Co-Hosted by CommunityCave Chicago.

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Join us for a Halloweeny Critical Mass this Friday

Critical Mass is the last Friday of every month. October 28th is a special ride. It starts at The Daley Plaza at 6pm. We meet at The Recyclery at 4:30 and will travel to the plaza together.

Boo! Come out to “Social Friday.” On October 28 The Recyclery will meet at the shop to participate in Critical Mass. Dress yourself and your bike up in costume and join us for a fun ride. Chicago Critical Mass meets at Daley Plaza on the last Friday of EVERY month. People show up around 5 or 5:30p and the ride takes off after 6pm. The group slowly winds a dozen miles or more. All volunteers, patrons and everyone interested is welcome to ride with us. All the information you need to RSVP is here.

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