just dave
vintage rules!
I can take the train down amd walk to Michigan Ave.From there I could take one of those bicycle-rik-shaw thingys,I've been wantin to try one of those.What does a ride in one of those cost?
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Leben. Thinking something drastic here.
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I can take the train down amd walk to Michigan Ave.From there I could take one of those bicycle-rik-shaw thingys,I've been wantin to try one of those.What does a ride in one of those cost?
No no no. The best way to get to my apartment is the Seqway tour. Please by carrying a vintage amp while you ride the Segway, though. Alternately, you could ride a rickshaw down the lakeshore bike path to Navy Pier and then take the water taxi to Michigan Ave, and then hop on the shoulders of one of the panhandlers present at the bridge and Wacker. For $2 they'll give you a shoulder-ride to my place. You could take the elevator up but I prefer a grappling hook combined with suction cups on my hands. I'll leave the window open.
Chopper down onto the Trump building, then use one of those flying suits, or a zip-line, to cross the river. They had those flying suit guys do that for the Transformers filming. Then later on, they set off explosives on the roof of my building.
There should be open season on Segway users.
The only cyclists that I mind are the ones who think they'll win a fight with a 3000lb car, and ride accordingly, cutting you off or taking up the entire lane. Of course, that means I mind 100% of the cyclists in Chicago.
Segway riders are easy to get away from. Just go up some stairs.
Segway riders are easy to get away from. Just go up some stairs.
just dave
vintage rules!
I hate the stretchy pants and shirt too and I never wear a helmet. I used to race a little bit and they wouldn't let me race unless I had the "proper" equipment. I said I'll wear the helmet but not those pants.
I hate the stretchy pants and shirt too and I never wear a helmet. I used to race a little bit and they wouldn't let me race unless I had the "proper" equipment. I said I'll wear the helmet but not those pants.
Thank you, Dave, from all of humanity.
Oh good, another jerk to watch out for when I'm riding!
They need to take the unused L /metro track and make an east/west bike corridor. I see the bridges..I know there's a flat path up there.
I rode in downtown Chicago traffic for 3 years without incident. I always signaled my turns, stopped at stop lights (but not always stop signs if there was no traffic) and make eye contact with drivers. I'd also make it a point to smile and wave when a driver would let me change lanes, etc.
Look, I know there are lousy cyclists, but there are lots of lousy drivers too.
I ride my motorcycle the same way I drive my car: by following the rules of the road, not cutting in and out of traffic, and making my intended actions clear to other people on the road. If everyone did that there wouldn't be any problems.
I really don't mind cyclists who work with traffic...I think I'm being affected by my years commuting back and forth to Pilsen and Logan Square, which is the hipster bike path. Some of their bikes don't even have brakes, so they 'can feel the road, man'. I ride a bike, but on the lake path. I'd ride it on the streets, but I've seen a few accidents that freaked me out, so I stay off of them.
What, the Bloomingdale right of way that runs through the Wicker Park-Bucktown youth ghetto?
I ride my bikes almost every day the weather is nice. I wear regular clothing, obey all the traffic signals and don't wear a helmet. Generally I range along the Lake from 12th St. down to 63rd and sometimes as far north as the river but never north of it. And rides over to Chinatown, Bridgeport, Canaryville and McKinley Park for the bakeries, delis and libraries. And the taverns.
That's the promotory at 55th St. I'll ride down to 63rd, turn around and then stop and smoke a cigar at 55th and relax for awhile. Sometimes I take a swim off the rocks there.
I have motorcycle too, but riding when you have 60 hp on a 400lb vehicle allows you to get out of most any situation. It's different on a bicycle and it's 1/3 hp engine.
Anyway, I've had beer bottles thrown at me and obscenities shouted (this in the northern suburbs of Chicago) for the crime of riding my bike on the shoulder of a road. I've had cars cuts in front of me and turn into their driveways, etc. If nobody did that, there wouldn't be any problems.
I assume those people 'hated' bicyclists, too.
Sorry John, that's the last I'll say on that subject