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Permalink Reply by Joe Studer 8.0 mi on January 20, 2010 at 3:40am

Whie I rode in today (OK, so I ride in most days), I didn't have time to ride north of the river to say hi. Sorry. Sorry too that the City is now charging you to host this in Daley Plaza.

Anyway, if you're counting riders, count me.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on January 20, 2010 at 5:07am

Cheesecake for breakfast... I just couldn't do it. In retrospect I should have taken one to go. It was nice to see so many winter bikers this morning. The location was great for me, but is something sad about a tent on a River North sidewalk vs an event on our public square in the loop.

I must confess that when the Medill News Service video guy shot me on my departure, I waited for a red light to turn green even though there was no valid safety reason to do so.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 20, 2010 at 5:23am

I rode by and waved at about 7:30 am, but didn't have time to stop. You wished me happy bike to work day. If you're counting riders, you should count me too.

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Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on January 20, 2010 at 10:48am

Thanks to everyone who showed up, it was a great year for the Winter Bike to Work Day event...I've personally been involved in six now and this one rocked for a lot of reasons (weather, people, Caribou, Eli's, new Active Trans members, good times all around).

Thanks to our friends with Bike Winter (Willow, Martin, et al) for joining us and passing out awesome fleece gear and winter biking love!

Regarding the location, we did a lot of research and hope to have a free, downtown plaza location for next year. We got a great lead on one but it was too late in the game for us to go through the process.

We'll keep making it bigger and better, thanks for all the support!

Ethan, with Active Trans

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Permalink Reply by David Travis on January 20, 2010 at 12:50pm

Hope you find a more central location as I work in the south Loop and commuted from Hyde Park today. Oh, yeah, a touch less wind on the homeward trip, if it can be arranged next year. Keep working miracles.

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Permalink Reply by Rubani on January 20, 2010 at 3:58pm

Your headwind on your homeward trip is the first Chicago tailwind-reward I can remember. I fought the headwind this morning and in the past have learned to expect the wind to change direction by evening. Instead I was pleasantly surprised.

David Travis said:

Hope you find a more central location as I work in the south Loop and commuted from Hyde Park today. Oh, yeah, a touch less wind on the homeward trip, if it can be arranged next year. Keep working miracles.

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