The Chicago Neighborhood Bikeway Campaign is working hard to make Chicago safer for bicyclists with over 100 miles of protected bike paths throughout the city by 2015. The first of these, on Kinzie, will be going in soon. For me, I like riding in the streets, the implied danger gets the heart racing a little [...]
Category Archives: Biking
Chicago’s first protected bicycle lane to be installed on Kinzie Street
Chicago’s first protected bicycle lane to be installed on Kinzie Street Cycle tracks separate bicyclists from motor vehicle traffic typically by using a divider such as a construction barrier, a concrete planter box or a raised median placed to the left of the bikes-only lane. (For this pilot project, flexible posts will be installed.) A [...]
It was 68 Years Ago Today
Bicycles are great for so many things. These low impact, meandering expressions of self-sustainability are not only the most elegant way to travel between destinations – offering exercise and a mercurial posture – they also offer a chance to see the fast-forward world with slow-frame-advance eyes. The mere act of riding a bike seems subversive, [...]
Bicycle Maintenance Made Easy
Although some of you really brain damaged sods might have been riding through this god-awfully cold and long winter, there are other, less brazen folks who have been relying on public transportation for the past few months. Either way your bike probably needs a little TLC to get it ready for spring riding. Here are [...]
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Adult Green Machine!
Check this nutty shit out! The Parker Brothers have built a Green Machine chopper. Holy crap. Some of my best and first memories of this world were formed while storming the west suburban streets on my green machine, slamming one bar forward and one back so i could flat spin like the bad mother fucker [...]
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Yoga for Bicyclists @ Moksha 10am May 21st
This is a bit advanced notice, but our friend Kathleen Ellis is running a beginner’s yoga class designed especially with the cyclist in mind. Expect work on leg and lower back strengthening with some focus on parts otherwise neglected by our two-wheeled friends as well as some energetic work for that special kind of the [...]
Make Your Own Damn Butter
I know my posts have been infrequent and hovering around the similar and predictable constellation of food and beer as of late. But it’s the holidays and I’ve been drunk, stuffed with food and preoccupied by things more compelling than coifing my blog. I’ve got a back log of info on events going on around [...]
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This Video is Amazing
I need to start every morning with this video on Shinya Kimura by Henrik Hansen.
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Pumpkin Ale In a Pumpkin Fermenter
Here’s a great idea that I’m scrubbing from BYO.com, using a pumpkin as the fermenter for your pumpkin ale. I haven’t tried it yet, but this Halloween season may be the perfect time. Old Pumpculiar (Pumpkin-spiced old ale) (10 gallons, all-grain) OG = 1.059 FG = 1.013 IBU = 20 SRM = 25 ABV = [...]
Bike Crash Support Hotline Launched
ActiveTrans.org has set up what seems like a great resource for Chicago bicyclists should you need it. The Crash Support Hotline is a tool for bicyclists and pedestrians that have been in a crash. We provide resources and help determine the next steps after a crash; such as finding a lawyer, submitting property claims and [...]