September’s calling, and we are here to soak up the remainder of summer! Join us for a ride to Humboldt Park for a picnic on Sunday, September 8th. Meet up at La Malinche Cafe in Pilsen at 11am. We roll at 11:30.
We are so excited for our second social ride on Saturday, June 3! Meet up @ 9:30am at Burnham Harbor, we roll at 10. Like last time, there are a couple different options for folks to end the ride to accommodate different riders comfort.
Hey everyone! We have a very important announcement:
We have made a decision within the leadership of this group to change our name from "Femmes + Themmes" to "Femmes + Thems."
Come join us for our monthly social ride on Saturday, October 7th! Meet up @ 11am at Charmer’s Cafe in Roger’s Park, we roll at 11:30. We’ll be riding about 12 miles to
@dovetailbrewery
&
@BegyleBrewing
Oktoberfestiversary! 🍁🍻
We are so excited for our third social ride on Saturday, July 1st! Meet up @ 9:30am at South Shore Cultural Center, we roll at 10. As always, there are a couple different options for folks to end the ride to accommodate different riders comfort.
SAVE THE DATE!!!
For our first ride of 2024, we’ll be trying out a Sunday. Meet up @ Bittersweet in Lakeview, we roll at 2pm. We will be riding approximately 9 miles to The Recyclery to check out their FTWN-B Shop Time & learn a couple ways to take care of our bikes ⚙️🔧🚲
We wouldn’t be here without all of you💜 Thankful for our riders who bring the best energy to every single ride 🔥 And thank you to the
@chicagobikesox
for being such an incredible partner and ally & getting our marshals these incredible shirts 😍 Can’t wait to collab again!
We’ll be hosting our very first Femme + Themme ride this Saturday!!! Weather is looking perfect 👌🏼🌸🌞 Meet up at 11am at
@UptownBikes
. We will roll out around 11:15.
There will be a couple options for folks to end the ride at to accommodate different riders comfort.
In August, we’re teaming up with your favorite bike ride’s favorite bike ride!!! Join us &
@dykes_on_bikes
for a ride to the BEACH ☀️🌊⛱️👙🩳 on Saturday, August 3rd. Meet up at Charmer’s Cafe in Roger’s Park at 11am. We roll at 11:30.
Next weekend! Some of our organizers will be marshaling this ride that raises awareness for the Gaza Sunbirds, a paracycling team that was founded in 2018 when Alaa al-Dali, an Olympic hopeful cyclist, was shot in the leg by an Israeli sniper during the March of Return protests.
Come join us for our monthly social ride on Saturday, December 2nd! Meet up @ Working Bikes, we roll at 1:15. We will be riding approximately 8 miles to the Garfield Park Conservatory to experience a bit of summer and hang out with your buds 🌱
We had our first unsafe situation happen with a driver on our last ride. Everyone is ok, but our lead organizers are working on some ways to try to increase safety measures on our rides.
1. We will have all our marshals go through medical training in case of emergencies.
It’s happening!!! Our first weeknight ride 😍 Lots of our industry worker friends can’t make our Saturday rides, so we’re excited to give you the chance to experience the joy on Wednesday, March 13.
Come join us for our April social ride on Saturday, April 6th ☁️🌷🌿
We’ll be meeting up at LaBagh Woods Picnic Grove
#3
& riding approx 9 miles to
@thegaragechicago
where we can eat, drink, and play games! Bring your faves.
Meet up is at 10:30am, we will roll at 11.
We are so excited for our 4th social ride on Saturday, August 5th! Meet up @ 4pm at BFF Bikes, we roll at 4:30. As always, there are a couple different options for folks to end the ride to accommodate different riders comfort.
In the past year…
We’ve hosted 15 rides
We’ve partnered with incredible groups and businesses
We’ve made new friends
We’ve shared laughs
We’ve shared inner tubes
We’ve shared the joy of riding our bikes all over the great city of Chicago 🫶🏼
Come join us and our friends at
@LatinoOutdoors
& Chicago Muslim Cycling Club for our June Social Ride on **SUNDAY** June 2nd. 🌳🌞🫐
We’ll be meeting up at La Malinche Cafe & riding approx 10 miles to
@LSFarmersMarket
where we will hang & grab lunch.
Come join us for our March social ride on Saturday, March 2nd 🌸🌺🌻 We have some fun surprises in store…🌱🌱🌱
We’ll be meeting up at
@metriccoffee
@ 12pm & rolling @ 12:30 approx 11 miles to
@marzbrewing
where we can eat, drink, and play games! Bring your faves.
SAVE THE DATE!!!
For our first ride of 2024, we’ll be trying out a Sunday. Meet up @ Bittersweet in Lakeview, we roll at 2pm. We will be riding approximately 9 miles to The Recyclery to check out their FTWN-B Shop Time & learn a couple ways to take care of our bikes ⚙️🔧🚲
SAVE THE DATE ‼️ We’re trying something ✨new✨ in March *in addition* to our monthly first Saturday ride…more details to come. But for now…March 13, 6pm. See you there?
In 2023, we:
were created in May!!!
Since then, we went on 10 amazing rides, partnered with Latino Outdoors & All Bodies on Bikes, checked out bike shops, breweries, conservatories, farmers markets, street festivals & beaches…and made so many new friends along the way.
We’re daydreaming about some sunny and beautiful weather come our next ride on Saturday, February 3rd. 😎
Come join us at
@AndySunflwrCafe
at 1pm & roll at 1:30pm approx 10 miles to
@OpenOutcryBrew
where we will eat, drink, and play board games! Bring your faves.
We have learned that the "me" at the end of Thems was harmful toward people who reject the gender binary and are constantly being misgendered as femme/women.
It is much more important to us to be inclusive than catchy.
This ride was such a hit…not only for the riders, but for the businesses and markets we were able to support! Save the date: Sept 30th, for another ride from La Malinche to Mercado de Colores in collaboration with Latino Outdoors and others 👀
Come join us for our 5th social ride on Saturday, September 2nd! Meet up @ 9:30am at La Malinche Coffee & Tea House, we roll at 10. Our 1st stop is 11mi to Mercado de Colores, and our next stop is 21mi to 31st St Beach. ☀️🌊⛱️ Let’s take advantage of the remainder of summer!
We are so excited to share the details for our July social ride to celebrate pride at Pride South Side 🌈🏳️⚧️🎉 Come join us and our friends at
@BraveSpaceChi
&
@SierraClubIL
on Saturday, July 6th at the 61st St Farmers Market near Blackstone Bikes at 10am. We roll at 10:30.
Come join us and our friends at
@chicagobikesox
for Pride Night at the ballpark on Tuesday, June 18th!!! ⚾️🌈
We’ll meet up at The Picasso @ Daley Plaza downtown and ride approx 5 1/2 miles to Guaranteed Rate Field where we’ll be tailgating at the bike racks b4 the game 🤩🚲🍻🏳️🌈
Birthday party ride details!!!
Meet up at the Green City Farmer’s Market in Lincoln Park @ 11AM for some icebreakers - we roll at 11:30. Get to the market earlier if ya wanna grab some foods ☕️🌯🍳🍪🍑🍓🍒 Together we will ride approximately 10 miles to Ping Tom Memorial Park.
In the past year…
We’ve hosted 15 rides
We’ve partnered with incredible groups and businesses
We’ve made new friends
We’ve shared laughs
We’ve shared inner tubes
We’ve shared the joy of riding our bikes all over the great city of Chicago 🫶🏼
Come join us for our 5th social ride on Saturday, September 2nd! Meet up @ 9:30am at La Malinche Coffee & Tea House, we roll at 10. Our 1st stop is 11mi to Mercado de Colores, and our next stop is 21mi to 31st St Beach. ☀️🌊⛱️ Let’s take advantage of the remainder of summer!
We understand some riders may not feel comfortable riding on city streets, and that’s a big reason why we’re doing the 1st 9 miles all on the Lakefront. If this stretch worries you at all, please don’t hesitate to meet up along the trail! We will be sharing location starting @ 11
We are so excited to partner with All Bodies on Bikes on this fun group ride. On Saturday, August 26th, we’ll be meeting at Cog Cycles at 10am (roll at 10:30) and riding our way through some of Chicago’s most beautiful parks down to
@ThaliaHallChi
block party!
“Biking in the city is not as scary as you think - you just have to be aware of your surroundings. It’s funny, when I first started telling people I was taking the train every day, people that don't take it, they were like, ‘oh, I'm so nervous about taking the train.’ . . .” 🧵
Friends!
@RecycleryThe
(nonprofit, educational bike shop in Rogers Park) host shop time for Femme, Trans, Women, Non-Binary folx & they’re looking for more non-cis male volunteers to help. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please DM us for more info! 🚴🏽♀️
Rider safety and joy is at the top of our priorities and we are working on ways to make sure that these things don’t happen again, and that we are ready if they do to deescalate and keep everyone safe. We love you all💜💜💜
2. We will have all our marshals go through de-escalation trainings in the event of potentially scary situations.
3. We are starting a marshal chat on signal to increase the number of people protecting our riders. We will have a minimum # of marshals per ride, and if we cannot/
Happy Monday! We can’t stop thinking about this weekend 😍
Save the dates for our next couple rides, details to come:
***Sunday*** June 2nd with
@LatinoOutdoors
***Tuesday*** June 18th with
@chicagobikesox
Saturday, July 6th with Pride South Side &
@BraveSpaceChi
🌈
We hope that in the future, everyone who comes on our rides feels like they can come to the leaders of this group with concerns knowing that we will take them seriously.
We can't thank you enough for making this space what it has become, and we look forward to Aug 5 ❤️💛💚💙💜
On Sunday, April 28 from 2-6pm, mingle group ride organizations All Bodies On Bikes,
@chicagobikesox
,
@femnthembikechi
, and
@OutOurFrontDoor
to find out more about their organized rides and find one that's a fit for you.
/get enough F+T leaders for that date, we will outsource to other groups as needed. If you are interested in being a marshal consistently or even every once in a while, please join our chat. DM for the link.
4. We will be ordering safety vests for our marshals.
While we welcome the support of everyone, this ride’s goal is to create a safe space for femme/trans/nb folks to bike together with that community. The best way for people not in that community to support is to share our ride & encourage femmes + themmes in their lives to join!
Come join us for our monthly social ride on Saturday, November 4th! Meet up @ 3:30pm at
@WestTownBikes
, we roll at 4. We’ll be riding about 10 miles to
@RightBeeCider
🐝
Costumes encouraged!!!
It’s happening!!! Our first weeknight ride 😍 Lots of our industry worker friends can’t make our Saturday rides, so we’re excited to give you the chance to experience the joy on Wednesday, March 13.
Come join us for our March social ride on Saturday, March 2nd 🌸🌺🌻 We have some fun surprises in store…🌱🌱🌱
We’ll be meeting up at
@metriccoffee
@ 12pm & rolling @ 12:30 approx 11 miles to
@marzbrewing
where we can eat, drink, and play games! Bring your faves.
Since the beginning, we have been striving to create this space to be somewhere where women, femme, trans and non-binary people can feel safe and celebrated...and we see now how that is not possible with the old name and sincerely apologize to those who we have hurt and excluded.
We’ll be hosting our very first Femme + Themme ride this Saturday!!! Weather is looking perfect 👌🏼🌸🌞 Meet up at 11am at
@UptownBikes
. We will roll out around 11:15.
There will be a couple options for folks to end the ride at to accommodate different riders comfort.
We are so excited for our third social ride on Saturday, July 15th! Meet up @ 9:30am at South Shore Cultural Center, we roll at 10. As always, there are a couple different options for folks to end the ride to accommodate different riders comfort.
Come join us and our friends at
@LatinoOutdoors
& Chicago Muslim Cycling Club for our June Social Ride on **SUNDAY** June 2nd. 🌳🌞🫐
We’ll be meeting up at La Malinche Cafe & riding approx 10 miles to
@LSFarmersMarket
where we will hang & grab lunch.
SAVE THE DATE:
Our September ride will be Saturday, September 2nd. We’ll be doing a very fun route on the Southwest side! In the meantime, we are working on some other stuff…👀
CALLING ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO JOIN OUR SATURDAY RIDES BUT WORK ON SATURDAYS ‼️‼️‼️
We HEAR you.
SAVE THE DATE: March 13th, 2024
For our first week night ride!
We will be ending at and collaborating with a femme/non-binary comedy show!
Official route drop! Join us 8 miles (mostly trail) to the IL Tech Farmer’s Market (conveniently off the green line!), 15 miles to another out at Ashland/63rd Green Line near Ogden Park, or 23 miles to Rainbow Beach, completing the loop!!!
We are so excited for our third social ride on Saturday, July 1st! Meet up @ 9:30am at South Shore Cultural Center, we roll at 10. As always, there are a couple different options for folks to end the ride to accommodate different riders comfort.
Ride has been cancelled due to storms and flash flooding warnings in effect. Backup plan is to hang out at The Game Room at Chicago Athletic Club. See you there!
Calling all our FTWNB riders who want to ride FAST!
Come join us & our friends at Chicago United Cycling Club for a beginner-friendly, racing-curious road ride on Saturday, July 20th at Sweetwater Coffee & Tea at 7:15am. We roll at 7:30. FTWNB of all backgrounds welcome!
Our rides welcome all forms of micromobility! We’d love to see you roll up on e-bikes, cruisers, folding bikes, mountain bikes, cargo bikes full of children & pets, gravel bikes, trikes, road bikes, scooters, or other PEVs.
Another ride to support on Wednesday, August 23rd with Cruise Chi! Cruise is a group for Queers on Bikes. This specific ride is completely Femme-led!
2 of our lovely F+T leaders - Krystle & Brittany - will be ride leaders for this ride. RSVP here:
Come join us and our friends at
@chicagobikesox
for Pride Night at the ballpark on Tuesday, June 18th!!! ⚾️🌈
We’ll meet up at The Picasso @ Daley Plaza downtown and ride approx 5 1/2 miles to Guaranteed Rate Field where we’ll be tailgating at the bike racks b4 the game 🤩🚲🍻🏳️🌈
Route drop!!! So excited for Saturday!
Don’t forget to bring bike lights if you plan on riding home after the festival. There will be ample bike parking, as promised by the fest.
We are so excited for our 4th social ride on Saturday, August 5th! Meet up @ 4pm at BFF Bikes, we roll at 4:30. As always, there are a couple different options for folks to end the ride to accommodate different riders comfort.
Come join us for our April social ride on Saturday, April 6th ☁️🌷🌿
We’ll be meeting up at LaBagh Woods Picnic Grove
#3
& riding approx 9 miles to
@thegaragechicago
where we can eat, drink, and play games! Bring your faves.
Meet up is at 10:30am, we will roll at 11.
Birthday party ride details!!!
Meet up at the Green City Farmer’s Market in Lincoln Park @ 11AM for some icebreakers - we roll at 11:30. Get to the market earlier if ya wanna grab some foods ☕️🌯🍳🍪🍑🍓🍒 Together we will ride approximately 10 miles to Ping Tom Memorial Park.