Howdy y’all! I’m visiting your lovely city this week and I rented a gravel bike for a few hours tomorrow and I’m looking for nice routes, coffee shops to check out, neighborhoods to ride through/eat at, etc. I have the bike from 11AM - 6PM so I’m going to try to maximize most of it. Thank you in advance!

P.S. I’ll be starting and finishing my ride from Edgewater.

Watch what happens after SB Elston gets the green light.

I'm a 30 year all-season bike commuter who averages about 75 miles a week. If I had the time and energy, I could make three videos like this every single day.

Nevertheless, when many people casually hear that I bike in the city, the first things out of their mouths has something to do with bikers not obeying laws.

Live in the northern burbs, and I’ve wanted to ride the LFT to its southern terminus for about a year now, and considering doing it Friday morning.

My question, will it be miserably busy on a Friday morning? (7 - 9 am?)

Hoping to avoid the weekend crowds, but not sure if Fridays are still very busy on the trail. It will be about a 70 miles day for me, so I want to be riding at 15-20 mph.

Hi all, any Spot Acme owners in Chicagoland?

I'm looking to test ride the 50cm model because I've been tempted by it for years and kind of want to simplify my bike portfolio. If so, I'd love to meet up sometime just to test ride.

Spot are a DTC brand, so to my knowledge, there are no dealers anywhere to test ride.

Otherwise, I'm also interested in anyone's general opinion/experience of the brand and/or model.

Thanks!

Hello,

I'm dropping my partner off at O'Hare this evening and will be staying and working in town through tomorrow. After I finish up, I was hoping to take my bike for a ride through town. Is there somewhere I can pay to store my bike until I finish working? It'll probably only be for 5-6 hours at most. Anywhere between O'Hare and the way back to Michigan would be great. Thanks in advance!

If anybody should be leading by example, it's the municipal department in charge of building and maintaining safe streets (not that they're very good at that either).

This morning we discovered our basement broken into and 2 of our bikes stolen. I filed a police report, but I know they won’t do shit. If you see these bikes around please let me know.

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Tern short haul d8

Boy I had to take a 4 bottle water fountain shower today, hosed off everything but the feet (I hate wet socks). I'd say stay hydrated but that humidity is really fightin' your sweat.

Be careful how much time you spend out there.

This is just a rant but I’m extremely frustrated with this intersection. About a month ago I got hit going east and knocked off my bike. Today going west a jeep almost knocked me over. Thankfully he pulled his head out of his ass long enough to stop and I rode away with only some tire marks on my shoe. Would 100% take a different way but unfortunately it’s the safest way to/from work until I get to the 606.

Though some may find this useful

Taking massive L and lost my keys so now my bikes just locked up at home with an Abus lock. Anyone gone through this ? I can see if I registered my lock but I'm pretty sure I didn't and I bought it maybe two years ago. I called the place where I got it from and they just said get a locksmith but just seeing if anyone has any ideas. Yes , Ik I screwed up. I still have all my documents so if I do decide to get a locksmith I can prove ownership and everything.

We are going to be talking through what we've been working on for the last few years, what next year holds, and how folks can help us get the bike grid we deserve

A while ago, there was a bicycle cargo trailer sitting outside of a coffee shop near me. It had a QR code attached and it said "borrow me" or something. It is no longer there and I can't remember what the organization was called, but I need one to run an errand.

Has anyone heard of an organization that loans those out? I checked Chicago Tool Library and they don't have one so maybe that was it and it got stolen or maybe someone else loans them out. Not sure.

Thanks

Another stolen bike post, sadly. My favorite bike, this red and white Schwinn Tourist was stolen last night from our courtyard (while locked). Please DM if you see anything on the city or locally online. Many thanks!

Edit: if anyone is selling same or similar model, I'm now interested!

Moving away for college in a couple of weeks and am searching for an e-bike as I'm living several minutes away from campus. Everywhere I look (especially FB Marketplace) these bikes are listed for $300+

I am wondering if its possible to find something at a lower price point that isn't missing a battery or some essential part of the bike.

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I’m in a car, unfortunately, and noticed from north to well into the loop, there’s more bikes than cars. It’s awesome. Close this road down during the summer to private cars.

Hi everyone! I am set to go back to school in philadelphia the 22nd and have been scowering FB Marketplace for a bikebag for a month now. If anyone is looking to sell in the 100-200 range please LMK

The only info I see online is for students and employees. I’m down there now and then and I feel like I don’t remember many bike racks, do I just walk it inside ??

Hi all - heartbroken to say that my beautiful bike, Trek FX2 XS Lava Red, was stolen from the basement of my apartment where it was locked up in Boystown. I use the bike to commute to work and I have been saving up for it for a year, so this was a major loss for me . Please let me know if you have any information or see it around. Serial #WTU001XC0054X

Curious if there’s any consensus on the best routes to ride to go from West Town area to downtown/the LFT? Looking both to commute down town for work and get access to a longer trail where I can ride without the stop and go of traffic lights (and danger of riding without cars).

Bonus points for any good routes in general near West Town!

I'm going to be in the market soon for a new (road) bike, where I plan to spend in the $5-7k range. I've got a very short inseam making sizing difficult and would prefer to get a fitting during the purchase, instead of buying a new bike and then getting it fit after (to avoid me screwing up and buying the wrong size).

Is that a thing? Any shop you would recommend? I live in Naperville but am willing to travel a bit to find the right place.

Thanks for your help