Wednesday, October 8th 2025 & Wednesday, May 6th 2026.
Signs have been posted around the school for the October ride. Please note, we will try to have 2 "bus routes" that merge on Dearborn St protected bike lane to arrive to school together. Check out the WhatsApp link for most up-to-date information!
Join our WhatsApp group for ride announcements.
Pickups at River North & Streeterville/Gold Coast
Dropoffs at Ogden East & Jenner campuses
Fridays: Aug 22, Sep 19*, Oct 24<-tbd.
*September has only 3 school Fridays!
We ride to school almost every day, and on all Fridays, weather permitting, year-round. We will expand to reach the River East school zone if there is demand. Reach out via WhatsApp - link below!
Summer 2025: Sundays at 10am. Chicago family biking info
River North will get a once-a-month kidical mass ride this summer! Stay tuned for more info from Chicago Family Biking!!! Official event page
Thank you for riding with us and to CDOT Safe Ambassadors for keeping us safe on the route!
Check out some photos on the "past events" page. Send more photos to the WhatsApp group!
Come out by the streets (Dearborn/State/Oak/Walton) smiling and waving to the kids who do a "victory lap" by bikes around the school at 8:20 on Wednesdays :)
Come out on Dearborn St on the block just south of Walton, helping save us from cars in the bike lane, so our kids can get to school safely without jeopardizing pedestrian traffic on the sidewalks.
CDOT Safe Ambassadors have provided this short informational video!
Bike with your kid on their own bike or in a bike trailer
Bike with the whole parade to help out - there is strength in numbers!
Have your kid join on a scooter
Sign up to volunteer to greet the bikers and rollers at the school and help them lock up the bikes for parking
Come with the parade to take photos or greet us along Dearborn Street as we approach the school
Donate goodies to hand out to our riders
Organize a bike bus to meet the parade at the start of the route or along the way!
We will be waiting for a minute at the corner of Erie & Dearborn at ~8:10-8:15am to meet up with those riders and families joining us from Streeterville and other sides of the school boundary.
If you wish to start a River East Ogden Elementary Bike Bus, contact us!!! We're happy to help :)
Please contact us -- we can organize a better route to better fit more families in 2025!
... psst: some of us ride every day, if the weather is dry. ;)
We usually bike from Orleans st and Erie, heading East on Erie and then North on Dearborn , starting around 8am.
Join along or wave at us if you see us!