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Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on May 4, 2010 at 6:45am

I kinda don't like kids so as far away from me as possible! Ha! I kid, I kid.

Permalink Reply by Liz W. Durham on May 8, 2010 at 5:50am

Probably an Albany Park ride would work. I can work with Tony from A.P.B. on route planning. And I am sure I can gete his help in passing the word along in the Albany Park area of the ride. There might be other ways A.P.B. can help out too.

Permalink Reply by Jason Greenberg on May 16, 2010 at 2:50am

July 17th is the date
If A.P.B. is working out for July, then this proposal below could transfer to August...

My idea for another ride is go down to the lakefront with the kids when the weather is warm so the lake effect winds shouldn't be a chilly problem.

We could start the ride at the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum parking lot inside Lincoln Park and could start with a loop within the park walkways for young kids. Then we could take Stockton Drive south past the Farm in the Zoo, little kids could stay & play there (farm in the zoo or at the Botanical Gardens along the drive) while the older/more adventurous kids could continue and cross the pedestrian bridge to the bike path and the beaches. Then we could take a ride to the fountain plaza in front of Navy Pier and then back again to rejoin the group and return to the Notebart.

One issue is Todd, your trike-mobile won't make the turns on the pedestrian bridge. Could be tough for parents with kids in tow on Burley carriers too. There are underpasses at Fullerton & North Ave and we could relink up with the "trailer contingent" on the bike path... Or maybe we avoid trying to get to the waterfront at the other side of LSD and just enjoy a variety of loops & the drives (both Stockton & Cannon Drives are a nice loop) within Lincoln Park...

Permalink Reply by Todd Allen on May 19, 2010 at 4:32am

I've been unable to contact Eddie Cortes about Portage Park and Tony hasn't gotten back to me with a commitment yet for Albany park. Because the May Rogers park ride was lightly attended with cool gray weather, perhaps we should reconsider a repeat of that ride for July? Would anybody be up for doing some flyering/promotion for it?

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on May 19, 2010 at 4:46am

I kind of agree with Jason about doing a Lincoln Park ride. A problem I could see us running into is an abundance of pedestrian/bike traffic at the park or on the Lake Front Trail.

Repeating Rogers park might be nice since it would minimize route planning, but it might be nice to get a few more rides done before repeating.

If we do Albany park, I could do some flyering.

Permalink Reply by Liz W. Durham on May 21, 2010 at 8:24am

I think we can make Albany Park a definite go! I have been talking with Tony. He may not be able to ride it but we will work on a route together, he will help with promoting it, I will be at the ride.

We have an APB board meeting this upcoming Thursday and I will make sure we have the ride on our agenda.

Permalink Reply by Todd Allen on May 21, 2010 at 10:06am

Liz,

That sounds great, since we are already quite behind on scheduling let's go ahead and commit to an Albany Park ride for July unless anyway raises a strident objection.

Now we need a starting location. Looking at the map, I think starting at Gompers park near the tennis courts of 5121 N Keeler would be excellent. Easy access, by both bike and car. Lots of ride possibilities from there too. My suggestion would be E on Carmen, N on Bernard, W on Hollywood, N on Drake, W on Thorndale, jog S on Central Park to enter North Park Village. We could stop and play there and then return perhaps E on Ardmore, S on St. Louis and W back into Gompers.

If you, Tony or anyone else have suggestions for a better start location and route, please speak up asap so we can start publishing the start location.

Liz W. Durham said:

I think we can make Albany Park a definite go! I have been talking with Tony. He may not be able to ride it but we will work on a route together, he will help with promoting it, I will be at the ride.

We have an APB board meeting this upcoming Thursday and I will make sure we have the ride on our agenda.

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on May 21, 2010 at 10:44am

Hey Todd-

That area is quite nice...is it still Albany park, or are we in North Park at that point? Regardless, it's still a nice area.

There is a really nice path that goes around Eugene park and into the North Park Campus. We could probably take that to hook up with Bernard North. Do you see a good place to cross Pulaski? This route puts us at about 2.5 miles each way: http://bit.ly/bL5fch




I'm not seeing too many true parks right in Albany park. Maybe another idea could be to meet in Horner Park, where there is a large loop for starting and then go to a school's playground, as I'm not really seeing many other parks in the vacinity.

There are also

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on May 21, 2010 at 10:59am

If we do go up by the North Park village, I can absolutely put some flyers up as I'm up there pretty frequently.

Permalink Reply by Liz W. Durham on May 21, 2010 at 5:03pm

I believe Eugene Field Park has a playground and a small spray pool. It seems like it might make sense for a start point for those reasons. As for ease of parking around there, I bow to more knowledgeable and wiser heads.

jamimaria said:

Hey Todd-

That area is quite nice...is it still Albany park, or are we in North Park at that point? Regardless, it's still a nice area.

There is a really nice path that goes around Eugene park and into the North Park Campus. We could probably take that to hook up with Bernard North. Do you see a good place to cross Pulaski? This route puts us at about 2.5 miles each way: http://bit.ly/bL5fch




I'm not seeing too many true parks right in Albany park. Maybe another idea could be to meet in Horner Park, where there is a large loop for starting and then go to a school's playground, as I'm not really seeing many other parks in the vacinity.

There are also

Permalink Reply by Todd Allen on May 22, 2010 at 2:40am

Looking at Google Maps satellite view I don't see any parking for Eugene Field park. But if we started at Gompers it would be easy to incorporate as an early stop point, perfect for toddlers.


Liz W. Durham said:

I believe Eugene Field Park has a playground and a small spray pool. It seems like it might make sense for a start point for those reasons. As for ease of parking around there, I bow to more knowledgeable and wiser heads.

Permalink Reply by buddaa38 on May 22, 2010 at 4:37am

Jason,
This may sound harsh for you. I don't think that L.F.P. is a kind of place for a group ride. At 9:00a it's like driving on freeway in Cali. We could face serve accidents! Know 4/5 is possible.

Jason Greenberg said:

July 17th is the date
If A.P.B. is working out for July, then this proposal below could transfer to August...

My idea for another ride is go down to the lakefront with the kids when the weather is warm so the lake effect winds shouldn't be a chilly problem.

We could start the ride at the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum parking lot inside Lincoln Park and could start with a loop within the park walkways for young kids. Then we could take Stockton Drive south past the Farm in the Zoo, little kids could stay & play there (farm in the zoo or at the Botanical Gardens along the drive) while the older/more adventurous kids could continue and cross the pedestrian bridge to the bike path and the beaches. Then we could take a ride to the fountain plaza in front of Navy Pier and then back again to rejoin the group and return to the Notebart.

One issue is Todd, your trike-mobile won't make the turns on the pedestrian bridge. Could be tough for parents with kids in tow on Burley carriers too. There are underpasses at Fullerton & North Ave and we could relink up with the "trailer contingent" on the bike path... Or maybe we avoid trying to get to the waterfront at the other side of LSD and just enjoy a variety of loops & the drives (both Stockton & Cannon Drives are a nice loop) within Lincoln Park...

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