Cargo Bike Roll Call official event page is now on Facebook. It’s hosted by the Grid Chicago Facebook page.  The details are as follows: FREE Saturday, June 9, 20126:00pm2459 W Division Street, Chicago, IL The second annual Cargo Bike Roll Call will take place Saturday, June 9, at West Town Bikes.Sponsors this year include (so far): J.C. Lind Bike Co.  SRAM Planet Bike Richard Goodrow Lawyer Jim Freeman Email steve@stevevance.net if you’d like to sponsor. You can donate online – add “cargo bike roll call” to the project/memo name. View high resolution

Cargo Bike Roll Call official event page is now on Facebook. It’s hosted by the Grid Chicago Facebook page. 

The details are as follows:

FREE

Saturday, June 9, 2012
6:00pm
2459 W Division Street, Chicago, IL

The second annual Cargo Bike Roll Call will take place Saturday, June 9, at West Town Bikes.Sponsors this year include (so far):

Email steve@stevevance.net if you’d like to sponsor. You can donate online – add “cargo bike roll call” to the project/memo name.

Kael has always been the greatest supporter of Travis’s interest in cargo bikes. Read about this on TRANSPORTland. View high resolution

Kael has always been the greatest supporter of Travis’s interest in cargo bikes.

Read about this on TRANSPORTland.

Would you prefer that UPS delivery workers drive big trucks and block bike lanes, or ride cycle trucks to deliver packages?

Would you prefer that UPS delivery workers drive big trucks and block bike lanes, or ride cycle trucks to deliver packages?

Looking for donors

I’d like to raise $300 for snacks and drinks, and to help pay West Town Bikes for the costs they cover for hosting the event. West Town Bikes is a rare direct-service organization in Chicago. Rare in that you can’t find another group of people so dedicated to getting teens and adults on bicycles (used or new doesn’t make a difference). 

If you would like to donate, please contact me directly, 312-593-4857 (text message is fine), or donate via Network For Good (designate to Cargo Bike Roll Call).

If you know of a business that may want to be involved, please send me their name and contact information. 

I will be contacting the same donors as last year. 

This is how the mail should be delivered in dense, urban areas. Photo of Irish mail carrier and his bicycle taken by Lovely Bicycle. View high resolution

This is how the mail should be delivered in dense, urban areas. Photo of Irish mail carrier and his bicycle taken by Lovely Bicycle.

2012’s Cargo Bike Roll Call is Saturday, June 9

June 9th is also the day of Chicago’s Kidical Mass. Yes, I picked that day on purpose. I want parents to join the Kidical Mass ride in the morning, run their errands during the day and let their children nap (or whatever) and come back for fun and food at 6 PM. 

The location is the same as last year, West Town Bikes in Humboldt Park, a community learning bike shop with DIY open shop. 

I am looking for donations. I want to double, even triple my meager budget from last year. If you would like to donate, you can make a donation straight to West Town Bikes. Please add “Cargo Bike Roll Call” in the comments section of your order. 

The Cleaver (back) bike features suspension, folding capability, cable steering, and bunny-hop-a-bility. The Alcohauler (front) features largeness, and a 650 pound payload capacity counting rider. Via My Dutch Bike’s Flickr. View high resolution

The Cleaver (back) bike features suspension, folding capability, cable steering, and bunny-hop-a-bility. The Alcohauler (front) features largeness, and a 650 pound payload capacity counting rider. Via My Dutch Bike’s Flickr.

A cargo tricycle in Chicago’s Jackson Park circa 1905, via Chicago Magazine.  Caravels and La Rabida Sanitarium for Children, Jackson Park [1905?] DETROIT PUBLISHING COMPANY/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS View high resolution

A cargo tricycle in Chicago’s Jackson Park circa 1905, via Chicago Magazine. 

Caravels and La Rabida Sanitarium for Children, Jackson Park [1905?]

DETROIT PUBLISHING COMPANY/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Laundry day with a step-through Dutch bike and front rack with wicker laundry basket. How do you wash your clothes?

Laundry day with a step-through Dutch bike and front rack with wicker laundry basket. How do you wash your clothes?

I don’t have any info on this picture, I’m guessing it’s World War II era. View high resolution

I don’t have any info on this picture, I’m guessing it’s World War II era.