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04-23-2009, 09:56 AM
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No, the bike lane is there for a reason, so bikers should be able to go as far as they want to in the bike lane, but that does not include running lights and stops like I see every biker do. If I had a dollar for every time I almost made a right turn (at a 4-way stop) across a biker speeding up from behind me...
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with bicyclists. I am an avid motorcyclist, so I know what it's like to be much smaller and vulnerable than all the surrounding traffic. But as a result of that, I am more cautious when on my motorcycle, not more reckless.
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While I hear you, I think you're automatically going to the worst cyclist behavior (which irks me, too). That doesn't really have anything to do with being able to bike past standstill traffic while in the bike lane or in the margin of a street without a specified bike lane. Which is nice, and something I enjoy greatly. |
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04-23-2009, 10:17 AM
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God, I know. It was like pressing needles into my flesh to do so....
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Because you have 11 Needles worth $75 in your Wicker Park home!!! |
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04-23-2009, 10:20 AM
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I rarely see a cyclist NOT run a red light in Chicago. They have no right to complain about drivers' behavior until they start following the laws themselves. I'd say at least 95% of the cyclists in Chicago behave dangerously. I'm all for people getting out of their cars, but it's out of hand here.
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04-23-2009, 10:27 AM
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I rarely see a cyclist NOT run a red light in Chicago. They have no right to complain about drivers' behavior until they start following the laws themselves. I'd say at least 95% of the cyclists in Chicago behave dangerously. I'm all for people getting out of their cars, but it's out of hand here.
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Well... I don't know that I'll agree. The truth is, drivers can kill lots of other people by driving recklessly. A reckless cyclist endangers only himself. Therefore, I, as a cyclist, follow the law (for the most part), but I won't say that a reckless cyclist is on par with a reckless driver. |
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04-23-2009, 10:28 AM
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Because you have 11 Needles worth $75 in your Wicker Park home!!!
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Yeah. I once stitched 14,432 stitches by hand with a sewing machine needle! ALPHA! |
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04-23-2009, 10:35 AM
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Well... I don't know that I'll agree. The truth is, drivers can kill lots of other people by driving recklessly. A reckless cyclist endangers only himself. Therefore, I, as a cyclist, follow the law (for the most part), but I won't say that a reckless cyclist is on par with a reckless driver.
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I'm not defending reckless drivers by any means. Just bitching about reckless cyclists. |
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04-23-2009, 11:27 AM
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Wow, summer, PLEASE COME SOON. Thanks for the pics 60614!!!
I often frequent Montrose Beach. It's usually not too crowded as North Beach is, and it's great to get away sometimes from Frat Boy land. Although North Beach is really fun a lot of times, it CAN get old. Montrose has great diversity of people, and is a lot more tame. Perfect for reading.
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04-23-2009, 01:22 PM
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Wow, summer, PLEASE COME SOON. Thanks for the pics 60614!!!
I often frequent Montrose Beach. It's usually not too crowded as North Beach is, and it's great to get away sometimes from Frat Boy land. Although North Beach is really fun a lot of times, it CAN get old. Montrose has great diversity of people, and is a lot more tame. Perfect for reading.
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I'm a fan of Foster Beach, myself. Montrose Beach is dirtier, and gets stripped of that nice top layer of sand a lot of times. |
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04-23-2009, 01:24 PM
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I'm not defending reckless drivers by any means. Just bitching about reckless cyclists.
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Right on. I don't like 'em either. I just don't think anyone needs to get "doored". Which is what started this whole thing. |
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04-23-2009, 02:23 PM
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When I was a kid we'd go up to Foster and swim off the rocks. We also swam off the seawalls along the Drive south of North Ave.
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