make sure to say hi to "Hi Guy" on the path this winter

If you see a guy riding a bike with all kinds of bells, whistles, stuffed animals, gadgets, gizmos, etc. on his bike tooling down the bike path and stopping to sweep up debris, glass, sand, etc., make sure to say 'hi' to him as he is the 'Hi Guy' for those who don't know. I was out on the path today and saw him sweeping sand off the bike path. This is an honorable gentleman who does this out of the kindness of his heart and he deserves a shout of encouragement from all of us. You will see his chalk greetings all over the bike path as he was very busy today.

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Permalink Reply by Leah on November 15, 2009 at 8:36am
I know who he is! For years I saw his "hi guy" written in chalk on the path, but I never knew who he was. I just saw him for the first time a couple of weeks ago!
Permalink Reply by Dr. Doom on November 15, 2009 at 8:55am
Hi Guy is great. You should check out his website. Apparently he's run 154 marathons in sandals since 2000!
Permalink Reply by Lee Diamond on November 15, 2009 at 9:50am
That is one seriously densely packed website!

Dr. Doom said:
Hi Guy is great. You should check out his website. Apparently he's run 154 marathons in sandals since 2000!
Permalink Reply by cutifly on November 15, 2009 at 10:14am
He has great teeth.
Permalink Reply by Vilda on November 15, 2009 at 10:40am
The site gave me a seizure! I'm not clickin' on anything! ;-)
Permalink Reply by Sam S on November 15, 2009 at 11:37am
Hi Guy is awesome. I chatted with him a bit on top of the sledding hill recently... he seemed a bit down. Hope I cheered him up a little.
Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on November 15, 2009 at 1:16pm
I had heard that too that he lives in the suburbs but I always see his bike parked downtown just outside the west loop....I find it hard to believe this guy is riding and/or metra'ing it into town this frequently...

M.A.R.K. said:
HI Guy get's around that's for sure.. He is all over the place and you never know when or where you will run into him.

A native and current resident of Arlington Hts. if I'm not mistaken.
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 15, 2009 at 7:05pm
I'm on the lookout, practicing the right tone of "hi" I will use.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 16, 2009 at 2:43am
I haven't seen the Hi Guy in a while, but I've usually spotted him in the Loop.
Permalink Reply by J M on November 16, 2009 at 4:42am
I saw him on the LFP a few weeks ago. I said "hi!" and he started serenading me a little tune to the effect of "Hi Bike guy" over and over till I couldn't hear him anymore.
Permalink Reply by Weir's beard on November 16, 2009 at 6:06am
M.A.R.K. said:
HI Guy get's around that's for sure.. He is all over the place and you never know when or where you will run into him.

A native and current resident of Arlington Hts. if I'm not mistaken.

I've seen him exit the train at AH before. My suspicion is he does live there.
Permalink Reply by pjc jr on November 16, 2009 at 6:43am
"Hi Guy" is awesome. I have been riding the LFT for over ten years! And I see him out there all the time. Just this Sunday I saw him twice in two different locations. The second time, he was north of North Ave. beach, shoveling all the sand drifts off the trail. I was with a small gang of riders and we all told him how awesome he was! I think we almost made him cry.

I see him a lot during the day on weekdays, so he must have plenty of money set aside to live on? He's always out there and brightens my day. We should elect him the Ambassador of the LFT!

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