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New Blog: Ouch, That's Going To Leave A Mark!

Sick of riding hurt, or worse yet, being sidelined by injuries? Well, your friendly P.T., Laura Cooper, is hanging out at the Chainlink with a little advice and some tips to help you ride without those nagging aches and pains. I am here to share a little knowledge and offer my two cents worth if you have any queries or questions. This first post is a little long, but my philosophy of treatment is not one dimensional. Future posts will be sleeker, like your dream road bike. Scroll down if… Continue

Added by coops on September 9, 2008 at 8:13am — 3 Comments

Wicker Park Critical Mass September

http://www.allthingssteve.com/2008/09/critical-mass-wicker-park-edition-sept.html

Added by L. Jerome on September 6, 2008 at 11:56pm — No Comments

Critical Mass August

http://www.allthingssteve.com/2008/08/critical-mass-chicago-august.html

Added by L. Jerome on September 6, 2008 at 11:55pm — 1 Comment

this is a link to my blog

http://suznathan.blogspot.com/

Added by Suzanne on August 27, 2008 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Carrying junk on the cheap

To many who know me, I'm an eccentric bike geek. I love wrenching as much as riding my bikes, and can often be found geeking it up with other bike nerds in the "Bicycling" forum on Craigslist. Lately, with gas being as expensive as it has been, I've been working on eliminating the car for the few trips it was designated for around town. That goal, along with my insane need to build things has led to a couple of projects I just thought I'd share, since perhaps someone else might be interested in… Continue

Added by Chucko on August 10, 2008 at 3:40pm — 1 Comment

cheap way to increase your night-time visibility

Brinkmann Go-LED waterproof mini-lights. They twist on/off. Package says they're good for 170 hours. I'll see about that. $5 for a pack of 4 at Target.

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One package of 8" Scotch Bundling Straps. They're velcro so they're easily removable for high-crime areas. $3 for a pack of 6 at Target.

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Electrical tape. This was just laying around the house so I don't know how much it costs. $2???

Tape… Continue

Added by natalee on August 8, 2008 at 2:06am — 2 Comments

Great Article on stolen bikes....

LINKY

It looks like we are getting more and more bikes stolen (at least it looks that way on craigslist. I saw this and it may shed some light on whats going on....

Added by Garz on August 5, 2008 at 10:53pm — 3 Comments

The South Shore Kids' Tri

On Saturday morning I did a quick ride down to the South Shore Country Club with Tamara, and as we got close to the Museum of Science and Industry we saw the cutest thing: the South Shore Kids' Triathlon. We rode through while the 7-10 division was racing, and it was so cool to see these little kids pedaling their hearts out on their mini mountain bikes, then later running and obviously exhausted. I wish we could have stayed and watched… Continue

Added by Leah on August 4, 2008 at 11:16pm — No Comments

6 Double makers and a pretzel tire

I figured out Saturday night if you're ME, have 6 double Maker's and a glass of wine, you will crash your bike....

But the best thing about being wasted and crashing is you don't hurt yourself because your body is so loose from being obliterated you just roll up onto your feet and go "what the fuck was that??!" then remember you're hungry.

Added by Brien on August 4, 2008 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Can you do the "El Maiquelyason"

Baila el Chiki-Chiki Eurovisión… Continue

Added by Dubi Kaufmann on July 29, 2008 at 12:58am — No Comments

How I Deal With Car Doors...

Now typically, as in pretty much always, wisdom and skill is bestowed upon me by those who are smarter, more experienced, more worldly, more talented, and just plain better than me. But today my friends; TODAY I get to give back. Today I will bestow upon you a gift from my bag of goodies. Ladies, gentlemen, and Garvey...I present to you…THE DE-DOORING URBAN-BIKER SIDEKICK.

Allow me to explain…

I have spent most of my life practicing martial arts. I have formally studied… Continue

Added by Rachel on July 28, 2008 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Chicago Ghost Bikes

This is the public feedback placeholder supporting Andrew's project to definitively publish map data regarding Chicago's ghost bikes.

That output has moved offsite: http://bedno.com/ghosts

For photos, locations, links, etc, visit http://bedno.com/ghosts
To provide additional information, feedback, etc, post here.

Added by Andrew Bedno on November 30, 1999 at 11:00am — 5 Comments