Membership in the Oak Park Cycle Club is easy. You'll enjoy a great bunch of people to ride with--we welcome all ages and all riding abilities--especially beginners and those getting back into cycling after a long absence. We have a long-standing tradition of niceness and we never leave riders behind for any reason. Our member are interested in casual riding, bicycle commuting, bike touring, bike mechanics, collecting, riding slow, riding fast, educating adults and children about bikes, and hanging out with like-minded people.

Some of us are strong advocates for sharing the roads between bicyclists, motorcyclists, cars and pedestrians. The roads belong to all of us and we believe we can share them safely and respectfully.

Spandex (actually it is usually Lycra) and other high-tech gear is fine on our rides, but certainly not required. You are just as likely to see our members wearing Dockers shorts and t-shirts as the latest from Pearl Izumi. People who scoff at that notion may feel free to scoff all they like. Different strokes...right?

Do consider buying a set of chamois or similar-lined undergarments or commuter riding shorts with soft liners in the "right places." They make these for both men and women and REI.com or rivbike.com are great places to research all kinds of such things, although we encourage everyone to support our local bike shops, some do not stock more than the bare minimum of casual riding clothes, if any at all.

If you want to be a casual rider, but don't want to necessarily wear tight high performance cycling clothes, by all means mention this to your local bike shop.

We are serious about expanding our club and everyone is welcome to hang with us, even non-riders. We think of ourselves as a social club that revolves around cycling. We welcome riders of any level who enjoy the social aspects of cycling.

Come join us as we continue Oak Park's rich tradition of cycling and advocating for a better cycling environment!

HOW TO JOIN

 To register online -- still just $15 a year for individual membership and only $20 for a family of any size -- just click here. WE DO PREFER ONLINE REGISTRATION, BUT IT IS NOT REQUIRED,

Anyone who wants to send a check to the club for dues should feel free to do so, but we really prefer Active.com because we already get great support from them for our signature event, the Wright Ride, and have an established account with them that makes our banking much easier.

Individual Membership: $15
Family Membership (unlimited, honor system) $20

Send Checks, or money orders (no cash please) to:

OAK PARK CYCLE CLUB
PO BOX 1488
Oak Park IL 60304

Or come to one of our monthly membership meetings and sign up there. If you prefer signing up by a paper method, there is NO paper registration form any longer. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO LIST ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER THE CURRENT DATE, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE NAMES AND AGES OF FAMILY MEMBERS IF YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP. To better serve the diverse members of our club, we also ask for your date of birth. It will be held in strict confidence and only used to help serve members of all ages better. We REQUIRE ages for children under 18 for insurance purposes.

Member Benefits

A one-time extraordinary promotion for new and renewing members from Bikefix! 

Spring Parts Buy!  Bikefix will offer a one-time parts buy to all OPCC members at only 13% over wholesale cost for any parts - wheels, tires, clothing and other accessories (excluding frames and complete bicycles), from the nation's largest distributor QBP through 3/31/11.  This is better than sale prices!!  How does it work?

Pay your 2011 OPCC membership and receive your membership number.  Get started here

Peruse the QBP catalog and select the items that you want to purchase.
E-mail, call or post a message to the Bikefix FaceBook page to secure pricing (make sure you provide your OPCC membership number). Here's the FB link

When Bikefix confirms that we have reached our $1000 threshold, (we will let you know), make your payment (catalog price + 13% - 9.95% tax) by cash or check to OPCC by 3/25/11. 

Ongoing member discounts. Please present your membership card or member number:

Amling's will offer a 10% discount on all merchandise. 

Barnard's Schwinn will offer a 10% discount on all merchandise.

Bikefix will offer $75.00 tune-ups (regularly $85 - $90) and give a 10% discount on all major services (excluding things like flats or cable changes).

Dan's will offer a 15% discount on all merchandise, including bikes.

Body by G/Coaching by G will offer a package of three spin classes at her studio for $10.00 per session (after that $17.50 in advance or $25.00 at the door) OR a personal training session for 50% of the regular price ($40 cash due at time of visit - cancellation policy enforced).

Greenline Wheels will offer a package of 1-5 stationary cycling sessions for $8 per hour, 6 - 11 at $7 per hour, and 12 (maximum) at $6.50 per hour.

Lickton's will offer a one-time $10 off with purchase of $30 or more.

Renew now!