David Barish's Page

"Yup. It takes us all  back to being  a kid and getting that shiny new bike!"

"Lots of good advice has  already  been posted. it really doesn't matter what  works for  me but  what  works for you.  I  agree  with  the  suggestions of  Ortlieb panniers and a…"

"We had to  ride over a plastic barrier that  was  already laying on the ground early on Saturday as we were returning from our yearly sojourn to the Winter Solstice Percussion Concert  and marked  the moment of  our…"

"I have been pretty happy with my current weather gear. I have three different balaclavas one  is very light. One is very heavy with a guard for my face and nose. I am wearing the middle one which is still pretty light. I avoid the heavy one…"

"I am  vexed by the antipathy to the Sun-Times editorial. that editorial advocates for more  biking infrastructure such as protected lanes.  There are two clauses in the sentence Would protected bike lanes have prevented this…"

"https://www.google.com/maps/place/S+Stony+Island+Ave+%26+E+67th+St,+Chicago,+IL+60649/@41.7733009,-87.586328,3a,75y,359.38h,69.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIEnWD3FfsKq8a30naRtHKw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e28fda5f09543:0x2b042288d8e2abe7!8m2!3d41.…"

"I  hesitated to  speak about our obligations when I posted as I did not want to give any hint of victim blaming but Tony and  Larry make a very good point.  We have to  do everything we can (and I am making no judgement…"

"The driver  was given a citation  per  Mary Wisniewski. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-truck-driver-cited-fatal-bike-crash-20191107-6ycc4fadxzbrvk2tobuppq65ge-story.html The blind spot argument is…"

"With the  every increasing reality of  cameras at intersections aimed at the  streets I  find it weird that there is simply crickets,  nothing. No leads. The time of day seems to  me to  make it easier to find a…"

"Let's take the pro-church  parking  argument and  give  it the most  weight we can, even  more than we think it may deserve. Where would that  leave us?  It would mean that there would be a sign on…"

"Yasmeen Thank you for  opening  this thread. I will say it  didn't  make me uncomfortable but in  doing so have to  admit that I  am  probably hiding something  or  ignoring  something…"

"I avoided this thread for  a long time and finally decided to  read through it. Forester's ideas were borne of a time when  the reality was the supremacy of  automobiles and when  Detroit was a thriving metropolis based…"

"The employees are told to check everybody and their job is not worth using discretion. I can't  blame them. My wife was once  asked for ID by the bouncer at a bar at  a time when our daughter could  have  produced a…"

"It takes  common sense and drivers can lack that attribute. Today I  was  in one of those  motorized  things on Damen which is  one  of my favorite streets to  cycle. At  the  entrance to the Kennedy…"

"I was  just  there.  Non-city riders will still be freaked  out as the  locals deftly cross  streets and avoid trams.However,  as noted in the comments here, 98% of the time they are on  a path, often …"

"There  are  lots of  routes and there are already good suggestions here.  my biggest suggestion is finding the place you  want  to lock your bike, making  sure you  have  used two locks or  a …"