Jun
8
Get ready…naked bike ride!
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It’s time for the annual World Naked Bike Ride.
Happening Saturday, June 7 to protest oil dependency and promote positive body image.
Be there!
2007 Naked Bike Ride Photo 1
2007 Naked Bike Ride Photo 2
2007 Naked Bike Ride Photo 3
Jun
8
Green Ride
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Got up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday. Yup.
Why?
Because twenty other people were also getting out of bed to meet at the Waveland Clock Tower. We went riding together to different spots in the city involved in green initiatives.
A grocery store that sells local produce and has a green roof…a school that turned […]
Jun
6
Green Ride — this Saturday!
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Wanna bike around Chicago and see what’s green?
Kathy Schubert is organizing a Green Ride this Saturday, June 7 that will wind all over the city, visiting various green initiatives.
If you want in, be at the Waveland Clock Tower at 8:30 a.m.
Any questions, contact Kathy at (773) 248-5499 or e-mail her at kangarookathy@yahoo.com.
See you there.
Jun
4
Close call with a CTA bus
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Pedaling down Southport the other day, the sideview mirror of a CTA bus nearly took my head off. Not cool. I console myself with the thought that these drivers are professionals. They’ve been at it 25, 30 years. They know what they’re doing. When they mean to give you a foot, they give you 12 […]
Jun
3
Critical Mass: Friday, May 30
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Okay so I’m late, I’m late! But I rode in Critical Mass last Friday, and I still want to tell you about it.
After riding in the somber Ride of Silence a couple of weeks ago (please see my previous post) I was really looking forward to some jubilation. And it didn’t disappoint.
Somehow I got separated […]
Jun
3
Biking Michigan Avenue
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Ever tried to bike along Michigan Avenue downtown?
Well I have. And you don’t stand much of a chance.
In the right-hand lane, there are buses traveling at a snail’s pace constantly belching their foul smoke all over you. You also have to be vigilant about taxis crossing in front of you to pick up a […]
May
27
Bringing a bike on the CTA
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How to put your bike on a CTA bus. A funny instructional video.
http://s8.video.blip.tv/1220003629396/Jdominick-BringingABikeOnTheCTA844.mp4
May
22
Ride of silence: cyclists who were killed by cars are remembered
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I just got back from participating in the Ride of Silence. At least a hundred bicyclists gathered at Daley Plaza at 7 p.m. and headed en mass to five spots in the city where bicyclists have lost their lives in collisions with cars. Three of the deaths have happened in the past month.
We were old […]
May
12
Listen!
Below is the transcription of an interview with Joe Huebner, Chicago cyclist, on March 25, 2008:
“I’ve been hit by a car three times, and I’ve collided with cars five times…
“I think most all cyclists that I know have been hit, or have collided with cars…
“Being hit more seriously usually is when someone doesn’t see you…
“The […]
May
4
Critical Mass — Friday, March 25
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Mitch Wu
Bikers flood the streets during the first warm critical mass.
Friday March 25 marked the first WARM critical mass.
For those of you who don’t know- critical mass happens every last friday of the month, and is a time when bikers from all over the city come together to bike en masse. There is no political […]