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Riding in Rythmn In the nineties, my bike was a regular fixture in front of the Metro.
I biked to many of the shows I saw at the venerable rock club and I loved that I could park right outside entrance on North Clark Street, locking the bike to a loading zone sign as burly doormen watched over it. The best part of the deal was the ride home. My wife and I bike to all kinds of entertainment, especially movies and concerts. There’s often a ripple of surprised delight in the queue when you pull up on a bike, especially when one evening we arrived in evening wear for a performance at the Civic Opera. Most live performance and music venues in Chicago have plentiful
bike parking nearby, and more and more music fans are using bikes
to get to shows. Bicycling enhances the celebratory nature of seeing a good show. In fact, bicycling goes well with all celebrations. On our wedding day we certainly demonstrated this by riding from the church to the reception on bicycles our family gave us. Bike Valet parking at Grant Park offers the uninitiated a smooth entry to the experience of biking to concerts and movies. The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation also will host a variety of rides to concerts this summer, through the Musical Miles series. Keep an eye on the events section of biketraffic.org for the ever-expanding menu of the cultural/bicycling activities.
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