Dykes On Bikes - Chicago

Dykes on Bikes

• Storing your Bike for the winter
  Tweet TweetIt’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 parties to hanging out with friends and other riders we have met along the way. No more intimate rides until spring 2012. Even though it [...]
• Motorcycling Safety Tips For A Safe Riding Autumn Season
  Tweet TweetIt’s never a bad time to ride ladies. Sure the temperatures are dropping and the days are getting shorter – but if the sun is out and the roads are dry – it’s time to put some miles on those bikes. Maybe you are planning on signing up for one of the many organized rallies that take place year round in the motorcycling community or maybe you are just going to start her up and go for a nice long solitary [...]
• Bike Ride to the Chicago History Museum
  Tweet TweetThis past Saturday a group of chicks who happen to ride motorcycles met at The Parlour on Clark to take a little trip down to the Chicago History Museum. We rode together in honor of the exhibit “Out in Chicago” and it was truly an exceptional adventure. I showed up because all you have to do to a girl like me is to say “RIDE” and I am there. I don’t care if it is a 300 mile day trip or [...]
• Biker Gals For Charity Poker Ride
  Tweet TweetDid you ever have one of those days?? When absolutely nothing – nada – zilch – zero can possibly go right?? I am such a believer in the power of positive thought and I believe that good vibes bring good vibes. So when those bad days come out of left field and smack me down good – I am completely blindsided. I am standing in the middle of the storm with nowhere to run. My hands in the air – [...]
• All the good we can do
  Tweet TweetThere is a lot of work to be done ladies. There are a million issues to be recognized and foundations to be supported if we are open to the possibilities. We are a vibrant, young, powerful community and with our consolidated efforts we can make a difference right here in our own back yard. I love to ride. Love love love love love to ride that Harley of mine. One of the coolest benefits that come along with riding is getting [...]
• TATA: Dykes On Bikes Legend
  Tweet TweetTata 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 Oscar, who she loved dearly and spent a great amount of time with as her equal and motorcycle riding buddy. Tata worked for the Chicago Transit [...]
• A Ride to History: Dykes on Bikes Ride to the CHM
  Tweet TweetOn May 21st, 2011, weather.com said rain. Most of us were ready for it, rain on our ride-to-the-Chicago-History-Museum-parade. But it didn’t rain, the day was PERFECT. People were excited. Lesbians high-fived and gay boys mouthed “oh-em-gee the lesbians have arrived” to each other. The believers pointed and whispered “the rapture has started”. It was just, perfect. Here’s what happened, in a photostory…   Click here for more information on the LGBT History Exhibit at The Chicago History Museum. You May Also Like: Back to [...]