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- Boulevard Bikes
- Uptown Bikes
- The Bike Lane
- Roscoe Village Bikes
- Handlebar – restaurant
- Pedal to the People – mobile bike repair
- Po Campo – bike bags and accessories
Bicycling
- Biking the Boulevards DVD
- Books
- Bars Across America (by John Greenfield)
- On Bicycles (John Greenfield wrote a chapter)
- Where to Bike Chicago (by Greg Borzo)
- Urban Bikers’ Tricks & Tips (by Dave Glowacz) – Find it locally
- Book club books
- The Enlightened Cyclist (by BikeSnobNYC) – The author, Eben Weiss, came to Chicago to promote his book. Read George the Cyclist’s review of the book and the visiton April 29, 2012.
- Books by Ted Villaire
- Road Biking Illinois (by Ted Villaire) – Buy on Amazon
- Best Rail Trails – Buy on Amazon
- Best Bike Rides Chicago
- Caps
- Bags
- Bikes
- Other
- Handmade wood custom bike racks
- R.U.B.S. trailers (recycled, ugly, but sturdy)
- Winter Maintenance Package from Ciclo Urbano (comes as a punch card, can be gifted)
- Bike lights made from recycled jars
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Electric Apparatus, handmade bike lights made from recycled jars.
Transit
- Chicago Transit Authority gift shop
- Chicago Card/Plus
- Chicago “L” wallet
- Books
- Transit Maps of the World
- The Chicago “L” (by Greg Borzo)
- Carless in Chicago
Walking
- Books on walking tours in Chicago
- Historic Bars of Chicago (by Sean Parnell) – Has pub walking routes
- Books by Ted Villaire
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Walking: http://flic.kr/p/aCatVJ 🙂
How would people buy this?
E-mail to willownaeco at gmail dot com (Etsy shop in the works.)
I went with Goodsmiths. My shop is here: http://www.goodsmiths.com/willow-naeco I can make bottle openers (2-1/4″), mirrors (2-1/4″), magnets (1-1/4″, 2-1/4″), and pin-back buttons (1-1/4″, 2-1/4″, 2-3/8″).
Get yer bike off the floor! Eric Peterson’s Trophy Club Custom Handmade Bike Racks. These are superb, great quality. Made in Chicago, in his garage I believe. http://www.trophyclubracks.com/handmade-wood-custom-bike-racks/
I’ve added this.
Heritage Bicycles.
Bates Crates (local guy, crates made in Michigan. Does that count?)
I added R.U.B.S. trailers.
winter bike tune-ups. a lot of shops have a package for basic repairs for the whole winter. off the top of my head, west town bikes has a punchcard for 4 basic tuneup/check ups and rapid transit has a similar package. cheaper gifts: personalized milk crate (find one off the street, clean it, decorate with metallic markers), reflective stickers, handmade gloves.
I added the maintenance package from Ciclo Urbano.