I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by JeffB on March 17, 2014 at 4:35am

A fair amount of broken glass on Clark in Wrigleyville too.  I pried a piece out of my Ribmo tread at a stop light.  Fingers crossed that it didn't leave behind a slow leak surprise when I leave tonight.

rwein5 said:

Watch out for the broken glass on the LFT. St. Patrick's Day revelers left a heap of green shards a little north of the Oak St ramp, covering the west half of the trail.

Permalink Reply by Jonathan Owens on March 17, 2014 at 8:03am

Im just glad the roads are clearing up.

Im a design student working on a project regarding bike safety in the city.  If anyone could take a minute to please help me out by filling out this survey it would be truly appreciated!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9JG5TC2

Thanks,

Jon.

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on March 17, 2014 at 8:11am

Dear Mr. Owens:

The problem with any survey is the nature of the questions.    You left out some very important "answers".   For example, you asked what made a rider feel "less safe" but left out from the options "Bike Lanes".    You also asked whether I felt safer using protected bike lanes, but didn't ask compared to what.   Do I feel safer in a PBL than riding on the Kennedy late at night?  You bet.  Do I feel safer in a PBL than riding in a regular bike lane?   Yup.   Do I feel safer riding in a PBL than riding on a low traffic parallel one way street?  Nope.   

Permalink Reply by Jonathan Owens on March 17, 2014 at 8:18am



Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

Dear Mr. Owens:

The problem with any survey is the nature of the questions.    You left out some very important "answers".   For example, you asked what made a rider feel "less safe" but left out from the options "Bike Lanes".    You also asked whether I felt safer using protected bike lanes, but didn't ask compared to what.   Do I feel safer in a PBL than riding on the Kennedy late at night?  You bet.  Do I feel safer in a PBL than riding in a regular bike lane?   Yup.   Do I feel safer riding in a PBL than riding on a low traffic parallel one way street?  Nope.   

David,

Thanks for the response this is very helpful!  Ive been able to find some resources regarding crashes from the CDOT crash report.  Unfortunately survey monkey only lets me use 10 questions haha.  If you had any additional resource you feel that I may benefit from that would be wonderful!

Thanks,

Jon.

Permalink Reply by EssFresh on March 18, 2014 at 1:49am

No wind plus above freezing temps equals happy cyclist. Been riding the new bargesque, geared, fendered,  quasitouring bike and it's been an absolute joy. Saw a few folks out on Armitage and many of Elston.

Permalink Reply by EssFresh on March 18, 2014 at 2:31am
Yeah, I might take a head wind over pothole whack-a-mole.
Permalink Reply by Robert Underwood on March 18, 2014 at 3:07am

I was heading north and didn't notice any wind, though there may have been some I cant remember what direction it may have come from.

That's cool someone would buy you coffee.  That would calm my rage I think, if that happened to me. 

No incidents this morning, except my boots sticking to my platform pedals.  old work boots and the bottoms are all gummy for some reason.  not wearing them again. 

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on March 18, 2014 at 3:17am

Nice this morning but it'll be rotten with people after work.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on March 18, 2014 at 3:20am

Not sure where you people are finding "no wind"...

Fortunately for me, it seems like this will continue through the evening, so I should have a nice push on the way home.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on March 18, 2014 at 3:52am

Permalink Reply by Simon Phearson on March 18, 2014 at 3:56am

Agreed! Strange how 50 degrees seems to be the on/off switch. 

Tricolor said:

Nice this morning but it'll be rotten with people after work.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 18, 2014 at 4:01am

The difference between lakefront and inland . . .

There did not seem to be much wind on the ride from Wicker Park to the Loop.
 
Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

Not sure where you people are finding "no wind"...

Fortunately for me, it seems like this will continue through the evening, so I should have a nice push on the way home.

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