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Feeling down when riding your bike and cars nearly cut you off? Appalled at the state of the roads or paths while heading west or through a park? Looking for those mystery bike lanes while people pull theirs butts out of taxis? Buck up, little cyclist - two local groups offer a bit of support.

Chicago Critial Mass, an advocacy group for an alternate mode of transportation that requires no fuel nor produces emissions, organizes monthly bike rides and incites a bit of fun on two wheels.

Working Bikes Cooperative is a Chicago-based nonprofit volunteer organization that helps close the loop on these human-powered personal transport devices. WBC “recovers landfill-bound bicycles, repairs them to working condition, and sells them to Chicagoans at a low cost in order to fund shipments of bicycles and bike parts to developing countries.”