Come hang with us on Sunday as we roll from the north side to Emily Oaks Nature Center @skokieparks.bsky.social for a few hours of environmental stewardship and a post-ride hang at Sketchbook Brewing ! RSVP on Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/1838781708...

We have two very exciting events happening this coming Saturday!

Wild Things ride to trail cleanup: www.eventbrite.com/e/1325226109...
Heidi Beierle author talk: www.eventbrite.com/e/1328916518...

🌸☀️ April Monthly Hang – Tomorrow! 🚲✨

Catch us for a laid-back evening with good people, fresh air, and plenty of bike talk.

📍 Where: Near the boathouse in Humboldt Park
⏰ When: 7:30-10pm
☔ Rain Plan: The Beetle—check our socials for updates!

We’d love to see you there!

🐝🚴‍♂️ Board Spotlight: Breanna Bertacchi 🌿✨

This shoutout is long overdue, and honestly, it’s tough to capture everything Bre brings to OOFD in just one post—but we’ll try!

Bre embodies our WAVE values (Welcome, Adventure, Volunteer, Educate) like no other.

Swing through tomorrow Sunday, March 9 from 2-4pm, to meet and learn about an impressive line-up of nature, conservation, and outdoor recreation orgs at the Frankfort Earth Awareness Fair. Glenn will be there holding down the OOFD table. More info here - frankfort.librarycalendar.com/event/EarthF...

It's March! Come hang with us on Tuesday at Eris Cider House for our Monthly Hang.
Located in Irving Park, Eris is a woman-owned brewery and cider house. If you are planning on joining us for a ride this year this is a great opportunity to meet the crew.
Hope to see you there!

A great Chicago bike shop, Bike Lane Chicago in Logan Square, is having a cool event tomorrow. Stop by to check it out, ride some gold sprints, and show some love to a local bike shop. Starts at 630pm.

We just had our bi-annual “Program Director’s Roundtable Meeting”. Thank you to these leaders of OOFD, the ones making so much of our incredible bike rides happen.

Adult Day Rides - Ashley Lyons and Aly Meza

These are the folks that do the coordinating for much of any given ride including working with partners, reserving sites, making sure the guides have what they need.

Adaptive Program - Bradley Fisher and Miles Talty
Where the Wild Things Grow Program - Matt Weiss and Maura Benson

Some of our volunteers go above and beyond to make our programs happen. We have an absolutely stunning crew of volunteer Program Directors and Assistant Directors for each of our 5 Programs.

Adult Overnights Program - Breanna Bertacchi & Rachel Shultz
Family Program - Hope Williams & Steph Reid

Join us this Sunday from 9am-1pm for a day ride to LaBagh Woods for 3 hours of environmental education and service. The plan is for us to clear invasive brush and burn it in a bonfire!

Limited spots available! RSVP here - www.eventbrite.com/e/where-the-...

Our January Newsletter is out! Read on to learn a bit about some creative things we have coming in the 2025 ride season. Oh yeah, and all of our 2025 Family Overnights are up and open for registration!
Available in the Blog section of our bio or here: www.oofd.org/trail-blog/o...

Tuesday, February 4th at 730pm - OOFD Monthly Hang. Come out to Pilsen and one of the newer Chicago breweries, Monochrome (in the old LoRez space). Meet new cool bike adventure folks or see your OOFD pals or both. New folks very much welcome. More deets here - www.eventbrite.com/e/1119408503...