Many years ago, before the Dykes on Bikes ever existed, on a cold December night, an old Biker returned from a trip to Mexico with his saddlebags filled with toys for the kids at a group home near his place of residency. As he rode along that night he found himself thinking of how fortunate [...]
We finally did it! After twenty-five years of being called Dykes on Bikes – we are now a Chapter of the legendary San Francisco Dykes on Bikes®. It is with the utmost honor that I remind you that my aunt Tata Flores founded Dykes on Bikes for Chicago in her own personal way. Tata was [...]
It’s that sad time of the year again, when we must depart from our motorcycles, if only for a season. For some of us it’s like breaking up with our girl over the winter (but you get her back in the early spring) or like losing your BFF. We take our bikes everywhere – from [...]
Tata and her partner Blanca met over twenty years ago. In the gay community they were known as Ma and Pa. During those twenty plus years Tata was a loving step mom to Blanca’s three children, and a nurturing God mother to her God son Xavier. She was very proud and fond of her brother [...]