Join a casual community bike ride through Wilmette on Thursday, May 26th, 2022. Meet in front of Village Hall at 5:45 p.m. and begin riding at 6 p.m. The ride will be leisurely and fun, not a race. The route will cover a flat five miles (30-40 minutes). The ride will be on the road; so it is appropriate for those comfortable ridingContinueContinue reading “Wilmette Bike Ride on 5/26”
Category Archives: Cycling
Give your Old Bikes A New Home!
Bike Donation Gillson Parking Lot Saturday, May 7th, 2022 (rain or shine) 9-11am Bike Walk Wilmette will collect used bikes to be donated to Working Bikes. Adult bikes must be in reparable condition, and kids bikes gently used. Working Bikes, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has distributed over 100,000 bikes in local and global communities since 1999.ContinueContinue reading “Give your Old Bikes A New Home!”
Greenleaf to get ‘sharrows’
EAST WILMETTE – Bicyclists between Sheridan Road and downtown Wilmette may want to consider recently resurfaced Greenleaf Avenue as their preferred route. The Village is working with consultants to add sharrows to Greenleaf, the first step in implementing Wilmette’s recently adopted Master Bike and Pedestrian Plan. A sharrow is a combination of the words ‘shared’ and ‘arrow’ and means “shared-lane marking.” Sharrows are placed in the travelContinueContinue reading “Greenleaf to get ‘sharrows’”
Bike Walk Wilmette 