Name: Freedom Bike Ride
Start: 2026-06-13
End: 2026-06-19
Location: Chicago, Illinois

About the Event

Celebrate 2025 with a bicycling odyssey through Bronzeville. The annual Freedom Bicycle Ride offers a 18.65 KM route in Chicago. The virtual Freedom Bicycle Ride offers an 18.65 Mile challenge to be completed between June 14th through June 19th.

The live route will travel through historic Bronzeville.

Route can be viewed and downloaded at the links below

Route: TBA

Route will may be slightly different based on road conditions during that time but similar. Check back for updates.

STARTING POINT & REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Riders will start the ride in 2025 at the Timothy Community Center (4351 S. Drexel Blvd).

REGISTRATION FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Individual: Free

A group start takes place at 12 pm from the Timothy Community Center. Ride rain or shine. No refunds. The registration fee includes a route mapped through Ride With GPS, a water stop UNTIL 3pm. Riders are on their own for repairs. Parking is available near the start/finish!

RIDER SUPPORT
SAG support will not cover this route. They will have minimal tools to assist in minor bicycle repairs only. All riders should be prepared to make their own repairs. Riders will be on their own after that, or if they leave the route.

SAFETY - Helmets are required. An adult must accompany all cyclists under the age of 16. Riders must obey all Illinois traffic laws.

NOTICE - this is a RIDE not a RACE. Through this sign up platform "race" is automatically applied throughout the sections. This is not our doing, and we want everyone to know that this is a ride.

Races Offered

10 MILE COURSE

Feb 07, 2026

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Distance — 10 Miles

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Type — Road Cycling

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10:00

10 Mile Bike Ride Virtual

Feb 07, 2026

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Distance — 10 Mile Bike Ride Virtual

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Type — Road Cycling

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10:00

30 MILE COURSE

Feb 07, 2026

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Distance — 30 Miles

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Type — Road Cycling

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10:00

30 Mile Bike Ride Virtual

Feb 07, 2026

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Distance — 30 Mile Bike Ride Virtual

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Type — Road Cycling

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10:00

65 MILE COURSE

Feb 07, 2026

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Distance — 65 Miles

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Type — Road Cycling

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10:00

65 Mile Bike Ride Virtual

Feb 07, 2026

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Distance — 65 Mile Bike Ride Virtual

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Type — Road Cycling

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10:00

Freedom Ride Chicago

Jun 13, 2026

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Distance — 18.65K

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Type — Road Cycling

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12:00

Juneteenth Freedom Ride Virtual

Jun 13, 2026

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Distance — 18.65K

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Type — Road Cycling

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12:00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for June in Chicago.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 16.7° / 26.9°

wb_sunny 14.7° / 25.1°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 16.5 /

water_drop 66.9%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 16.7° / 26.9°

wb_sunny 14.7° / 25.1°

air 16.5 km/h

water_drop 66.9%

About Chicago

Chicago is the home of the blues and the truth of jazz, the heart of comedy and the idea of the skyscraper. Here, the age of railroads found its center, and airplanes followed suit. "Stormy, Husky, Brawling / City of Big Shoulders," Chicago is a Heartland boomtown, its ethos defined by urban planner Daniel Burnham's immortal vision: "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood." It is one of the world's great cities and the third largest city in the United States, behind only New York City and Los Angeles.