Worldview’s Bike To Work Week Kickoff

In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013 photo, cyclists ride on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. The city joins New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco this year in turning loose the nation’s largest bike-sharing programs, Divvy, catapulting what was once a way for smaller cities to showcase their eco-friendly qualities into the mainstream transportation options of the country’s very largest urban expanses. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
Cyclists ride on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen) AP Photo
In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013 photo, cyclists ride on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. The city joins New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco this year in turning loose the nation’s largest bike-sharing programs, Divvy, catapulting what was once a way for smaller cities to showcase their eco-friendly qualities into the mainstream transportation options of the country’s very largest urban expanses. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
Cyclists ride on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen) AP Photo

Worldview’s Bike To Work Week Kickoff

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Every year, organizations and business in the Chicago area compete in the Bike Commute Challenge, also known as Bike to Work Week.

It’s a Worldview tradition to kick off the challenge. This year, we’re joined by Active Transportation Alliance Executive Director Ron Burke and John Castro, project architect with Studio Gang, the architects behind Chicago’s Aqua Tower and the reigning Bike Commute division champion.

Plus, Working Bikes Manager Paul Fitzgerald talks us through any equipment issues that arise while biking to work.