At the beginning of the season I bought a beautiful teal 1988 Trek 1000 and have been riding the hell out of it. Unfortunately all that riding has come at a price, Ive ruined two rear wheels(rims) over the span of a few months....
I really enjoyed the Sweet Roll I joined in July, their next ride is coming up latter this month and I can’t wait to see what they have planned this time around. I still have dreams about the almond croissant from Bitter Sweet.
BFF starts up their fall brewery rides later this month(the 22nd) as well, I’m going to try to make it to at least one of these before it gets too cold! (www.bffbikes.com/…/september-22-brewery-crawl)
I’ll be posting about both again as they get closer.
One of the HAC team members shared this great resource to #bikeChi on Mastodon so I wanted to share it here. I’ve also added it to the sidebar for future reference.
Save A Lot locations under the ownership of a company called Yellow Banana have opened on the South Side and the West Side. Save A Lot locations have closed unexpectedly, and Yellow Banana owners have acknowledged poor store conditions and expired foods. A location closed briefly in 2022 due to a rat infestation.
Not a day goes by I don’t appreciate being walking distance from a Pete’s.
I enjoy biking here and encourage anybody interested to start biking as a form of transportation but hopefully these studies push us to resolve the issues that still exist!
Ive been thinking about the city speed limit since that report came out in June. 30 absolutely too high, it should really be 25 or even 20, especially on residential streets.
Chicago ranked 161st out of 163 big cities and scored a seven out of 100. Speed limits tanked the city’s bikeability. The report’s analysis considers streets with a 30 mph speed limit — a standard for most Chicago streets — or higher as unsafe for cycling.
“The person who wrote the People For Bikes report told Streetsblog last year that if Chicago had a 25 mph speed limit, we would shoot up to being the 15th best city in the U.S. in their rankings.”
The Federal Highway Administration has found that a car traveling 30 mph that hits a pedestrian has a 45% chance of killing or seriously injuring them, while at 20 mph, the likelihood of death drops to 5%
Im not pretending to be an expert in city planning but lowering the default limit seems like a good place to start.
People still driving crazy? Advocate for a camera(both replies i got said it was the only way it’s enforced and I agree, and lets not bring a cop with a gun into every speeding violation), or for traffic calming devices(speed bumps, narrowing streets with bollards, etc) . If you make it harder to speed on side streets people are going to go back to the thoroughfares as it should be and enforcing those lower limits elsewhere becomes less of an issue.
Sad to see these guys are closing their doors. Apparently they never bounced back post COVID, too bad, I enjoyed most of their offerings that I’ve tried.
Maybe I should be drinking more beer, you know to save the local economy… 🤷
Im an avid siri user, yeah it doesnt get it right all the time but its super useful for homekit and helpful in the kitchen. I couldn’t imagine them just abandoning it without introducing an alternative.
If you want to run a railroad, you should be on it. These fat-cat elites are far removed from the real life of public transportation. The biggies are too busy, their matters too important, to bother with the CTA. They have no clue about what it’s like to search for safety on a train car as the thieves and miscreants prey on...
I’ve been thinking about this comment a lot recently. I appreciate the perspective, the “leftist” affiliation hadn’t initially bothered me (my people) but I can see why folks might be hesitant about it, and I think this conversation could be important if we want to keep growing.
One of the best parts about the fediverse is we can host this community anywhere, and you don’t necessarily need to create an account on midwest.social to interact and participate so folks have the option to ignore the rest of the server.
I appreciate the fact that both /c/Chicago and /c/Chibike are on a regional server catering to the Midwest but I’d go where the community is.
Concerned Parent in North Texas BRAVELY visits downtown Chicago and BARELY SURVIVES (twitter.com)
How Hard Is Lacing A Wheel, Really?
At the beginning of the season I bought a beautiful teal 1988 Trek 1000 and have been riding the hell out of it. Unfortunately all that riding has come at a price, Ive ruined two rear wheels(rims) over the span of a few months....
Casual Chat | 100+ Subscribers!
We’re about 3 months into this little experiment and we recently passed 100!...
Tour De Grid | Bike Grid Now | Saturday, Sept 9th (bikegridnow.org)
Tour De Grid...
Logan Square Bike Jam | Bike Grid Now | Sunday 5:30pm (bikegridnow.org)
RESCHEDULED TO THE 27th!...
'Chicago Bike Sox' is now on Mastodon! (urbanists.social)
Glad to see more folks coming over to The Fedi!...
Chicago Group Rides - A new group ride list from the fine folks at Half Acre Cycling (midwest.social)
One of the HAC team members shared this great resource to #bikeChi on Mastodon so I wanted to share it here. I’ve also added it to the sidebar for future reference.
Can I take my bike onto subways and busses?
Also any biking paths in the city that you recommend?
You’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your Fault (www.mcsweeneys.net)
McSweeney’s bringing some hard truths with this one. We could all be doing better....
Exodus of major grocers paints a bleak picture of food access for some in Chicago. The number of Chicagoans living more than a mile away from a major grocer has jumped by 63% since 2013. (www.wbez.org)
Chicago is Gay 🏳️🌈 (midwest.social)
Cop Plays Dead To Get Out Of Confronting School Shooter (www.theonion.com)
Chicago’s ‘bikeability’ is behind the curve in recent cycling studies (chicago.suntimes.com)
I enjoy biking here and encourage anybody interested to start biking as a form of transportation but hopefully these studies push us to resolve the issues that still exist!
Izzy decided to nap all day for International Cat Day (i.imgur.com)
Low Rez Brewing Closing After 7 Years In Pilsen (blockclubchicago.org)
It's International Cat Day! Post some cat pics! (midwest.social)
Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri (9to5mac.com)
Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to...
CTA leaders far removed from realities of mass transit (digitaledition.chicagotribune.com)
If you want to run a railroad, you should be on it. These fat-cat elites are far removed from the real life of public transportation. The biggies are too busy, their matters too important, to bother with the CTA. They have no clue about what it’s like to search for safety on a train car as the thieves and miscreants prey on...
Welcome New Users from Reddit!
See a lot of people floating in from Reddit. Welcome!...