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Amlings Toy Ride and Winter Solstice Ride
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The best way to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder is to raise a  middle  finger  to  the cold and the darkness which cannot  be seen  anyway since you are  likely wearing a lobster glove. Take that glove  and that finger and get on your bike when  it is pitch  black outside and  the healing  will begin.Two seasonal  and therapeutic bike rides are coming up.

1.  This Friday, December 15 is the Amlings Toy Ride. This  is a remote start from  Amlings Cycling,  8140 N.  Milwaukee, Niles. You need to  register  for this ride. at http://toyridechicago.com/.  Bring a toy and make sure  you have your handwarmers and balaclava.  We ride slow  but we ride with good cheer and a police escort. After  we drop off the toys we are treated to breakfast at Corcorans on Wells. The ride starts at 6:30 am. I will  have a sign  up sheet at the bike shop and will likely also be hawking raffle tickets  before we ride.

2. Saturday,  December  23 is the EBC ride to the  Winter  Solstice Percussion Concert.   I just bought my ticket.  This  is also a remote start at Dunkin' Donuts at the  corner of  Howard and Western. We leave at  5 am sharp (no grace period) and  head straight  down  Western to  make sure  we get seats for the 6 am show. This  is one of the few times when  it is safe to ride on  Western.  We will  return  by a different route after the world has gotten out of bed.  You can get tickets at www.linkshall.org. 

Come ride with us.
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