I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on October 5, 2012 at 12:58pm

A dreary day all the way around, but your photos somehow captured the light that was there!

The colors are really coming out now. Even with the sun behind the clouds I was enjoying them along the lakefront as I rode home today.

Gene Tenner said:

For more bike commute photos from today, click here.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on October 5, 2012 at 2:27pm

For 2 more bike ride photos from tonight, click here.

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Permalink Reply by David of the North (David606xx) on October 5, 2012 at 6:25pm

I rode this morning, down Welles from the north like every morning. This morning, though, I rolled to where Neill Townsend lay crushed by a semi tractor after a door forced him out of our lane. First I saw his bike leaning against the truck, then I looked down and saw him dead on the pavement. The most messed up thing I've ever seen.

Bike lanes can't protect us, drivers can't be relied upon to see us or think of us. We need to band together and protect each other. Whenever there are five or six of us at a red light, we need to mob up and take the lane. Nobody left behind.

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Permalink Reply by skipton on October 6, 2012 at 3:52am

Just rode to work in a word....PERFECT!

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on October 6, 2012 at 11:23am

For more bike ride photos from today, click here.

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Permalink Reply by Tim S on October 6, 2012 at 12:13pm

rode a little wider today, seemed that drivers were a little more coutious as well. who knows...

on a goofier note - Gene did you catch an Oompa Loompa on the LFP?

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on October 7, 2012 at 3:18pm

For more bike ride photos from tonight, click here.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on October 7, 2012 at 3:21pm

Must have missed it. Grrrrr.

Tim S said:

rode a little wider today, seemed that drivers were a little more coutious as well. who knows...

on a goofier note - Gene did you catch an Oompa Loompa on the LFP?

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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on October 7, 2012 at 11:52pm

A bit nippy this morning on the commute into work from Skokie, but quite wonderful really.

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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on October 8, 2012 at 5:19am

I was super excited; this morning I rode for just the second time in almost 3 weeks. I had a case of the whooping cough and ear infection keeping me down. Feels good, man.