DOWNTOWN — Bicyclists who never let the cold bother them anyway can take part in the Active Transportation Alliance’s winter Bike to Work Day set for Friday at Daley Plaza.
The 15th annual "celebration of cyclists who don't let the cold temperatures or snow stop them from biking" will take place from 6:30-8 a.m. Friday, according to the Chicago-based Active Transportation Alliance.
Cyclists can fight the frost with Dark Matter Coffee and Eli's Cheesecake at Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St. Hot chocolate and tea also will be served.
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The celebration will kick off the alliance's annual Winter Bike Challenge, which runs through Jan. 27 and offers participants prizes and bragging rights.
According to data complied by the U.S. Census, 1.7 percent of Chicagoans 16 and older rode a bike to work in 2014, the last year for which data is available.
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