Grease on Elston

On my ride in this morning I noticed grease (used fryer oil most likely) spilled on the road between Belmont and Western on Elston heading SE into the city - the intersections are particularly slippery. Saw one rider go down at Belmont.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 26, 2013 at 4:10am

Did you call it in to 311?

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on August 26, 2013 at 4:42am

That happened to me once. I went straight down.  Def report it and if anyone is riding by there later today let us know if it has been cleaned up yet.  Definite hazard.

Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on August 26, 2013 at 5:35am

I'll be through there this evening and update later.  Going into the city.

Permalink Reply by grayn8 on August 26, 2013 at 5:38am
I think I hit this spill this am as well. At first I just thought my front rim brakes were shot.
Permalink Reply by PC on August 26, 2013 at 6:50am

What time were people riding in? I rode this stretch between 5-5:30 am and didn't notice anything strange or slippery.

Permalink Reply by grayn8 on August 26, 2013 at 7:04am
I was there around 7:30 am


Peter said:

What time were people riding in? I rode this stretch between 5-5:30 am and didn't notice anything strange or slippery.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on August 26, 2013 at 8:43am

Brain fart - no.

Anne Alt said:

Did you call it in to 311?

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on August 26, 2013 at 8:43am

I was probably about 15 minutes behind you.

Peter said:

What time were people riding in? I rode this stretch between 5-5:30 am and didn't notice anything strange or slippery.

Permalink Reply by Tom Dworzanski on August 26, 2013 at 12:43pm

Rode from Milwaukee & Elston to Milwaukee & Elston (did you know this is the only intersection in Chicago that happens twice?) about an hour ago and didn't notice anything.

Permalink Reply by David Altenburg on August 26, 2013 at 1:28pm

Superdawg!

Tom Dworzanski said:

Rode from Milwaukee & Elston to Milwaukee & Elston (did you know this is the only intersection in Chicago that happens twice?) about an hour ago and didn't notice anything.

Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on August 27, 2013 at 10:49am

I live less than a mile from there.

As for the grease, there was a bike slick spill-o-something at the corner of Elston and Western headed into the city.  I watched a rider skid to a stop, I hopped the curb and walked around it.  But that was all I saw.

David Altenburg said:

Superdawg!

Tom Dworzanski said:

Rode from Milwaukee & Elston to Milwaukee & Elston (did you know this is the only intersection in Chicago that happens twice?) about an hour ago and didn't notice anything.

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