Day Rides

Family Day Ride and BBQ

June
20
 
Day ride to Harms Woods for a BBQ

Whether you're a seasoned family biking veteran or are new to family group rides, you will have a blast on this day ride! While we are tailoring this ride to our family participants, anyone may join us. We will meet up at Whealan Aquatic Center on the North Branch Trail and ride to Harms Woods, where we will grill up some delicious summer food and play games. You'll have the chance to get to know other Out Our Front Door participants and guides while the kids play games together.

We also very much welcome any riders with disabilities as we will have our custom adaptive Hase Pino tandem bikes which can accommodate most any disability, and we will have OOFD volunteers ready to pilot the tandem bike with the riders with disabilities.

Also, if you prefer to ride to Harms Woods on your own and meet us for the BBQ, you certainly can. Just be sure to indicate that on the registration form.

TRIP DETAILS

  • Total mileage: Approximately 15 miles round trip
  • Support: OOFD will be cooking at the picnic grove and there are portapotties available
  • Pace: 8-10 mph - suitable for kids to ride along
  • Trail conditions: Pavement
  • Type: All are welcome!
  • Start: Whealan Aquatic Center
  • End: Whealan Aquatic Center

WHAT TO BRING

  • Your bike!
  • Camp mug, plate/bowl, eating utensils
  • Helmet
  • Photo I.D.
  • 2 spare inner tubes and tools to replace a flat (guides will be able to assist)
  • At least 2 full water bottles
  • Lock for your bike
  • Sunscreen
  • Welcoming, adventurous, can-do attitude!

INCLUDED

  • Supportive guides assisting and leading you from the start to the endpoint
  • Lunch and cold drinks

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.

They are more than someone to follow on the ride. They are trained and will be there to encourage and support you as well as support with mechanicals that may 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

Family Day Ride and BBQ

Day ride to Harms Woods for a BBQ
June
20
 
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.
Read our statement

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.
Read our statement

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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