The Bike Fed is holding its annual Santa Cycling Rampage on Saturday, December 3rd, and you’re invited. If you’ve never participated in the Santa Ride, I highly recommend it (see video from the 2021 Ride here, and see the “Why Ride in the Santa Cycle Rampage” article I penned for the Bike Fed a few years back, as published in Urban Milwaukee, complete with 10 “can’t miss” holiday dad jokes). The Santa Ride is a joyous and silly way to get in the holiday mood, and it’s the gateway drug of winter biking. It also helps raise money for the Bike Fed, so it can continue to do its crucial and important work. Riders are encouraged to dress as Santa (Santa costumes start as low as $15 on Amazon), or to wear some other creative holiday costume. Those of you who are doing the Ride from Shorewood, Glendale, Whitefish Bay or other points North, are invited to gather at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday December 3rd at Three Lions Pubin Shorewood on Oakland Avenue (they are expecting us). The plan is to gather there, then ride over together to Café Hollander (leaving Three Lions at 9:30 sharp, so we get to Café Hollander before the “Southern Wave of Santas” gets there around 10 or 10:30). Three Lions serves wonderful breakfast food, has a wide selection of beers, and will have that morning’s World Cup game on. Convince yourself and your friends this is the year you are all going to ride a part of the Rampage. Hope to see you at Three Lions on the 3rd. Cheers!
P.S.: Buried in all of the frivolity of the Santa Ride is a serious issue too, as it helps spread the message--in a fun and postive way--that our streets should be for everyone, not just cars:
