Ric Wilson recently won New Belgium Brewing’s Battle of the Bands and a spot on the Chicago Tour de Fat stage on Saturday, July 29. In a close competition, Ric Wilson beat out White Mystery, Lili K and Modern Vices for the honor.
“All four bands wowed the crowd with great sets,” said New Belgium Tour de Fat Brand Manager, Sam Sawyer. “We can’t wait to bring Tour de Fat to Chicago and raise money for West Town Bikes!”
The over-arching goals of West Town Bikes are to promote bicycling in the city of Chicago, to educate youth with a focus on under-served populations, and to foster and serve Chicago's growing bicycling community. While maintaining headquarters and a workspace in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, WTB is a city-wide service provider for youth programs in the city of Chicago.
This video captures the story of a summer project at West Town Bikes, where a group of interns learned about urban planning in order to design a bike friendly neighborhood that is more accessible to young people. Free Spirit Media put a lot of work into the video. Their skills and guidence in production, recording and editing made The Circuit look great. Free Spirit Media provides education, access, and opportunity in media production to over 500 underserved urban youth every year and we greatly appreciate their partnership.
Afterglow was our Cyclocross Programs last race of the season and it's right here in Humboldt Park. Put on by our good friends at Chicago Cuttin Crew. An ultra laid back race that is great for first timers. If you are interested in cyclocross racing and have any questions contact Mikey at 312-656-1953 or michael@westtownbikes.org. This race was good for all skill levels, and for many people, it's the only race they do all year.
Many of our programs are made possible through a partnership with After School Matters. Right now, those programs serve 56 participants from all areas of Chicago. Teens learn about bicycle maintenance and repair, safe riding and cycling for sport, exercise and transportation.
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