Day Rides

Adult Day Ride: Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade

October
31
 
Our first-ever bike contingent in the annual Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade

OVERVIEW 

Want to combine your love of costuming and bicycling? Join our first-ever bike contingent in the annual Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade! 

Similar to the South Side Irish Parade, this ride entails a 20-30 minute free-wheeling, crowd-pleasing weave & twirl of parading bikes; and, at the end, a costume award show with live music!

Meet up with bikes at 6:45 p.m. near the intersection of Belmont Ave. and Halsted St. (detail to come). The parade moves north to Addison St. At parade's end, participants may either depart, or join the group at the outdoor award show/party at 3514 N. Halsted St.

TRIP DETAILS

  • Total mileage: 0.6 miles
  • Support: Self-supported – you carry all of your own gear on your bike.
  • Pace: 3-8 mph — with bikers circling, doing figure 8s, high-fiving spectators, walking
  • Trail conditions: Pavement
  • Type: Adult (21+)
  • Start: Belmont Ave. and Halsted St.
  • End: Belmont Ave. and Addison St.

WHAT TO BRING 

  • Your bike
  • Costume
  • Helmet
  • Lock for your bike
  • (optional) Cash/Debit/Credit Card for food and drinks
  • Celebratory, ghoulish attitude!

WHAT IS INCLUDED

Entry into the parade and costume contest

Supportive guides leading you from the start to the end point

Education about our local culture

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED

Transportation to/from the start/end points

Food and drinks

REGISTRATION

Your registration holds your space on the ride and helps demonstrate our commitment—which the organizer, North Halsted Business Alliance, appreciates.

About the Guides

Our guides are part of a community of volunteers that believe in adventure and helping others find adventure right out our front door. They exude a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive spirit which are foundational values at OOFD. They have love and appreciation for their home and like sharing knowledge about that home with others, thus helping the riders to develop a stronger sense of gratitude for our local history and nature.

Our trained guides are more than folks with whom to parade. They'll encourage and support you, and help with mechanicals that might arise.

RADICAL INCLUSIVITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION AGREEMENT

This is included in your registration form. Showing up with a welcoming and inclusive spirit is crucial and expected of everyone that rides with us.

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Day Rides

Adult Day Ride: Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade

Our first-ever bike contingent in the annual Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade
October
31
 
Price: Free
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Radical Inclusivity

Our number one value at Out Our Front Door is to be Welcoming. And we often think, talk, and act on that through something we call Radical Inclusivity.
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Radical Inclusivity and Non‑Discrimination Statement

We at Out Our Front Door believe in the radical inclusion of all people on our bike camping trips. Regardless of your race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, economic status, or even the types of bikes you ride, we want you rollin’ with us. We want everyone to feel welcome. As a participant of an Out Our Front Door event, you are inherently agreeing to Ride and Let Ride.
If you exhibit any micro-aggressions observed by leaders, such as being judgmental of another’s bike, touring experience/skill, mansplaining, or generally being unfriendly you will be politely yet firmly corrected by OOFD leaders. If you commit any serious offense such as repeated unwanted flirtation, sexual harassment, overt racism, etc., you will be asked to leave the tour without a refund and will no longer be welcomed on future rides.
If you feel you are a victim of any of the above or have observed it, please raise the issue with one of our ride leaders, and they will handle the issue accordingly and with appropriate discretion.
We have this policy in place because we want everyone to feel safe and welcome. Out Our Front Door is an open community of bike campers, and we will forever work to bring all sorts of folks into the fold. Thank you for being a positive contributor to that community.

Land Acknowledgement

We recognize that every path we travel is on Native land, and we offer this land acknowledgment with respect for those who came before us.
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Land Acknowledgement

Chicago is the traditional homeland of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Tribes like the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Sac, and Fox also called this area home. Located at the intersection of several great waterways, the land naturally became a site of travel and healing for many Tribes. American Indians continue to call this area home, and now Chicago is home to the third largest Urban American Indian community that still practices their heritage traditions and cares for the land and waterways. Today, Chicago continues to be a place that calls many people from diverse backgrounds to live and gather.
This land acknowledgment is from the American Indian Center of Chicago.

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