David Barish's Page

"Dirke, I  hear you and  I  suspect some drivers will think that way. I use all modes in the city.  I drive.  I use CTA and Metra. I ride. I walk. There is no question the  City of Chicago's decision to have cameras…"

"2636 miles in 2020.  More rides of shorter distance. Slightly increased over recent years and about half of what I was riding 20 years ago when  I was a bit more  obsessive. I have not been out yet in 2021 but did spend 45 glorious…"

"2499.9 miles so far."

"This has become its own  epidemic.  My daughter  had her  bike stolen  while  locked in the vestibule to her building and  it took nearly three months for her  to  get a new one which now has hub locks…"

"A number of years ago I wrote this essay. ------------------------- It is that time of blinding transition. Again.    I am driving my car in an easterly direction at about 730 am. The sun has  risen over the lake and is looking …"

"It may be that  in some way the pandemic has  less people  commuting to work and less people doing  group rides and the reasons why we are  all drawn  together  as cyclists are not  on  the forefront.…"

"This was an interesting  thread last  week when Curtis and Keto Guy were discussing statements  purported to be from  BLM supporting the  recent looting as reparations. Both seemed  to  come from a point of support…"

"This is difficult for me as I  had adopted neck  gaitors as my barrier of  choice. I will keep  them for the bike  but need to go  back to  more  traditional masks elsewhere."

"I  have not ridden the  LFT  since January or February.  I rode it on Saturday morning from  Wilson to  Monroe. peds and  pedals share the path south of  Fullerton.  Just north of  North …"

"I have had more  miles, more  rides,  less miles per ride. I have very few rides over 40 miles. When  working  from home, I  am making sure  to get  out, even if it is  just a dozen  or so…"

"I think these are  two different riders. From  what I can find it  looks like the new Collegiate will be a department store bike that is a decent city bike. Waterford  is for enthusiasts, like us. I  bought a …"

"I suggest speaking with Joe Reichart at Amlings in Niles. They specialize in recumbents and adult trikes are a subset of those. https://amlingscycle.com/collections/recumbent-trikes"

"I  understand  Yasmeen's reference to the slippery slope. We don't want to  victim blame, but we do  want  to solve  the riddle so we can  avoid future  crashes for  ourselves and for everybody…"

"Agreed.  Besides, virtually everything we have, or at least its components (including our bikes) is transported via truck of some sort at one time or another in it's production cycle.  To continue to fight stereo types about such…"

"Heartening. Yes!"

"Thanks for sharing a good story."