The Chainlink2024-03-29T11:29:34Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelthttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/96832351?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://thechainlink.org/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=0vin7t8rakhka&feed=yes&xn_auth=noChicago Critical Masstag:thechainlink.org,2024-03-28:2211490:Topic:12376772024-03-28T14:17:40.897Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p>Tomorrow, March 29th.</p>
<p>I posted this as an event but it never got "approved" and put on the event list. Maybe it isn't an approved ride?</p>
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<p>Tomorrow, March 29th.</p>
<p>I posted this as an event but it never got "approved" and put on the event list. Maybe it isn't an approved ride?</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12213841470?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12213841470?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> Blommer Chocolate to close Chicago factorytag:thechainlink.org,2024-03-23:2211490:Topic:12371462024-03-23T11:56:24.621Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/03/22/blommer-chocolate-close-chicago-factory" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/03/22/blommer-chocolate-close-chicago-factory</a></p>
<p>If we ride down Milwaukee Avenue to downtown, how will we know when to turn onto Kinzie? Without the smell of chocolate will bike riding be the same?…</p>
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<p><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/03/22/blommer-chocolate-close-chicago-factory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/03/22/blommer-chocolate-close-chicago-factory</a></p>
<p>If we ride down Milwaukee Avenue to downtown, how will we know when to turn onto Kinzie? Without the smell of chocolate will bike riding be the same?</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12403640700?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12403640700?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> Spring equinoxtag:thechainlink.org,2024-03-17:2211490:Topic:12375622024-03-17T18:50:17.468Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p>Officially this Wednesday, the 20th. Be careful riding on the east-west street in Chicago in the morning or afternoon hours when the sun is directly in front of you, in your eye sight.</p>
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<p>Officially this Wednesday, the 20th. Be careful riding on the east-west street in Chicago in the morning or afternoon hours when the sun is directly in front of you, in your eye sight.</p>
<p></p> Skokie Bike Network's Tails from the Trails- July 14 at noon at Sketchbook!tag:thechainlink.org,2024-03-12:2211490:Topic:12370612024-03-12T17:55:18.567Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p>Skokie Bike Network's Tails from the Trails will be back! We had a tremendous storytelling show last July at Sketchbook in Skokie. <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sketchbook+Brewing+Co/@42.0327151,-87.7524382,17z/data=">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sketchbook+Brewing+Co/@42.0327151,-87.7524382,17z/data=</a>!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x880fcf38f9d036e1:0x95ffbdbddd41fea5!8m2!3d42.0327111!4d-87.7498633!16s%2Fg%2F11j6dr806g?authuser=0&entry=ttu</p>
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<p>We will be back…</p>
<p>Skokie Bike Network's Tails from the Trails will be back! We had a tremendous storytelling show last July at Sketchbook in Skokie. <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sketchbook+Brewing+Co/@42.0327151,-87.7524382,17z/data=">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sketchbook+Brewing+Co/@42.0327151,-87.7524382,17z/data=</a>!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x880fcf38f9d036e1:0x95ffbdbddd41fea5!8m2!3d42.0327111!4d-87.7498633!16s%2Fg%2F11j6dr806g?authuser=0&entry=ttu</p>
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<p>We will be back on July 14. In the next few weeks we will post more information. We will be soliciting bike riders to submit their stories. We will review submissions and pick stories to be told at Sketchbook on July 14 at noon. </p>
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<p>In the meantime, what can you do? Start thinking about the crazy, funny, scary, touching things that have happened to you and your bike. Start thinking about how to craft that vignette or quip or dinner table comment into a story. If you want to go to a brew pub that is right off of a trail and easy to access from the city to hear some bike themed stories but don't want to get up on stage and tell a story all you have to do is mark your calendar that you have a destination for your morning ride on July 14. </p>
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<p>To some of you, we can't wait to read and then hear your stories. To the rest of you, cheers! we will see you on the 14th of July.</p>
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<p><a href="https://skokiebikenet.org/activities/tales-from-the-trails/">https://skokiebikenet.org/activities/tales-from-the-trails/</a></p> Secure Bike Parking in the Loop?tag:thechainlink.org,2024-03-05:2211490:Topic:12375522024-03-05T16:17:25.327Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p><span>Hi! I have been out of the loop (literally) for seven years and now that I am working in the Loop again, I am really dismayed to find that the Bike Station in Millennium Park is no more. Where are people parking their bikes downtown these days? I need to find someplace safe as my office building does not have a bike room. Thanks!</span></p>
<p><span>Hi! I have been out of the loop (literally) for seven years and now that I am working in the Loop again, I am really dismayed to find that the Bike Station in Millennium Park is no more. Where are people parking their bikes downtown these days? I need to find someplace safe as my office building does not have a bike room. Thanks!</span></p> Bike friendly folks with bedroom apartment for renttag:thechainlink.org,2024-02-13:2211490:Topic:12373142024-02-13T14:59:52.530Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p>Yep, it's us again. We have a one bedroom apartment, first floor, own gate, gangway and door. Wood floor living room, tiled kitchen and pantry and newly carpeted bedroom. Easy bike in and out. No washer/dryer, window a/c units, we cover all utilities (gas, water, electricity - hot water heating system. 1500US$ per month, one year lease. If you still have a car, there is street permit parking, multiple bus lines and blue line. One dog or one cat ok. For more information email is best…</p>
<p>Yep, it's us again. We have a one bedroom apartment, first floor, own gate, gangway and door. Wood floor living room, tiled kitchen and pantry and newly carpeted bedroom. Easy bike in and out. No washer/dryer, window a/c units, we cover all utilities (gas, water, electricity - hot water heating system. 1500US$ per month, one year lease. If you still have a car, there is street permit parking, multiple bus lines and blue line. One dog or one cat ok. For more information email is best nfaginbooks@gmail.com Nancy and Ron</p> Auto Show Shutdown?tag:thechainlink.org,2024-02-07:2211490:Topic:12375052024-02-07T13:58:52.677Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p>In the old days, we had a big demonstration trying to shut down the show that promoted car driving. When did this end? Or is it still happening?</p>
<h1 class="Page-headline">Start your engines: Chicago Auto Show returns to McCormick Place this weekend</h1>
<h2 class="Page-subHeadline">This year’s exhibition will feature three indoor test tracks, three outdoor “ride-and-drives” and 10 electric vehicle manufacturers, including the debut of Tesla, Lucid Motors, and Rivian.…</h2>
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<p>In the old days, we had a big demonstration trying to shut down the show that promoted car driving. When did this end? Or is it still happening?</p>
<h1 class="Page-headline">Start your engines: Chicago Auto Show returns to McCormick Place this weekend</h1>
<h2 class="Page-subHeadline">This year’s exhibition will feature three indoor test tracks, three outdoor “ride-and-drives” and 10 electric vehicle manufacturers, including the debut of Tesla, Lucid Motors, and Rivian.</h2>
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<p><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2024/2/6/24063791/chicago-auto-show-2024-mccormick-place-tesla-lucid-motors-rivian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2024/2/6/24063791/chicago-auto-show-2024-mccormick-place-tesla-lucid-motors-rivian</a></p>
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<h1 class="Page-headline">Big Marsh Park looks to add new mountain bike trails after supporters raise $360K of $1.5M goal</h1>
<h2 class="Page-subHeadline">The mountain bike trails will include ramps, sharp turns, jumps and hills. There will also be pedestrian-friendly parts to the trail.</h2>
<p>A South Side nonprofit is raising money to build eight mountain bike trails in Big Marsh Park so Chicagoans can learn how to tackle mountain biking without leaving the city.</p>
<p>The new trails,…</p>
<h1 class="Page-headline">Big Marsh Park looks to add new mountain bike trails after supporters raise $360K of $1.5M goal</h1>
<h2 class="Page-subHeadline">The mountain bike trails will include ramps, sharp turns, jumps and hills. There will also be pedestrian-friendly parts to the trail.</h2>
<p>A South Side nonprofit is raising money to build eight mountain bike trails in Big Marsh Park so Chicagoans can learn how to tackle mountain biking without leaving the city.</p>
<p>The new trails, totaling over a mile in length, will include ramps, sharp turns, jumps and hills, said Paul Fitzgerald, executive director of Friends of Big Marsh. There will also be pedestrian-friendly parts to the trail.</p>
<p>“We don’t have an opportunity in Chicago for mountain biking, which is a really fast-growing part of the sport,” Fitzgerald said. “I think that it’s important that young people have a lot of opportunities to test their skills and their comfort level with a variety of sports.”</p>
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<p>Construction could begin this spring and be completed in 2025, Fitzgerald said.</p>
<p>Big Marsh Park, 11555 S. Stony Island Ave. in South Deering, was the “first purpose-built bike park” when in Chicago, Fitzgerald said. A former waste site for steel production, the park opened in 2016. The nearly 300-acre park has single track biking trails, a pump track, a street-style plaza for skaters and bikers, and jump lines. </p>
<p>Friends of Big Marsh helped design the park.</p>
<p>Half of the new trails will feature a red clay material, sourced from Alabama, while the other half will be an asphalt, all-weather material, he said. They will be placed on a 30-foot-tall hill, known in the park as “Big Hill.”</p>
<p>The park <a class="Link" href="https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/big-marsh-park" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also features</a> the Ford Calumet Environmental Center with nature-based educational programming, spaces for nature walking and bird watching, a picnic and grilling area.</p>
<p>“The park is both a place for active and passive recreation,” said Chicago Park District spokesperson Irene Tostado.</p>
<p>The Chicago Park District said about 19,000 vehicles entered the park in 2022, with 21,000 in 2023, though they didn’t have numbers for how many people attended. As the park continues to expand, they expect this number to continue to grow, Tostado said in an email.</p>
<p>The new bike trails will be “a step-up” for experienced bicyclists and “provide vertical elements unique to this space for an amped experience,” she said.</p>
<p>Friends of Big Marsh has raised about $360,000 of the $1.5 million needed for the new trails. “The project will be completed in phases, if necessary,” Fitzgerald said, if the full amount isn’t raised by the time construction begins.</p>
<p><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/22/24043331/big-marsh-park-chicago-new-mountain-bike-trails-2025">https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/22/24043331/big-marsh-park-chicago-new-mountain-bike-trails-2025</a></p>
<p></p> Metra allows bikes on all trains, makes COVID-era policy permanenttag:thechainlink.org,2024-01-18:2211490:Topic:12368812024-01-18T12:27:49.177Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p>The commuter rail agency said it saw a booming number of bicycles and scooters brought aboard. Metra also plans to install racks on dozens more cars.</p>
<p>Metra on Wednesday made permanent a pandemic-era policy of allowing bicycles on all trains, even during rush periods and implemented a passenger code of conduct that can be enforced with suspensions.</p>
<p>The commuter rail agency said it enshrined the bike policy after seeing a booming number of bicycles and scooters brought aboard.…</p>
<p>The commuter rail agency said it saw a booming number of bicycles and scooters brought aboard. Metra also plans to install racks on dozens more cars.</p>
<p>Metra on Wednesday made permanent a pandemic-era policy of allowing bicycles on all trains, even during rush periods and implemented a passenger code of conduct that can be enforced with suspensions.</p>
<p>The commuter rail agency said it enshrined the bike policy after seeing a booming number of bicycles and scooters brought aboard. Metra also plans to install racks on dozens more cars.</p>
<p>Bikes have been allowed in the accessible seating areas of Metra trains during non-rush periods since 2005. The agency relaxed its rules when ridership plummeted during the COVID-19 lockdown, allowing bikes on all trains regardless of the time of day.<br/>An example of a bike rack on a Metra train. The commuter rail agency said it’s adding similar racks to 50 more train cars.</p>
<p>The number of people bringing bikes on trains is higher than before COVID-19. Last year, 260,000 riders brought bikes on trains, the highest annual number ever, Metra said in a news release.</p>
<p>To accommodate the increase in cyclists using trains, Metra said it’s adding bike racks to 50 train cars. The new racks can hold two to four bikes and can also be used to store e-scooters. Train cars with racks will be identified with an exterior bike logo.</p>
<p>Bikes can still be stored on the ADA section of rail cars. The creation of more bike-only rack space is meant to ease the usage of those ADA spaces, which are prioritized for passengers with disabilities.</p>
<p>Metra said it changed its bike policy after bicycle advocates lobbied its board.</p>
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<p><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/17/24041839/metra-bicycle-train-policy-conduct-code" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/17/24041839/metra-bicycle-train-policy-conduct-code</a></p>
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<p></p> Wanted: Chrome ike windshirttag:thechainlink.org,2024-01-10:2211490:Topic:12367752024-01-10T15:18:37.206Zkiltedcelthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/kiltedcelt
<p>I know this is a long shot - but I lost my fav cycling jacket a couple years ago. If anyone has a chrome ike windshirt in XL that they'd like to sell pls let me know.</p>
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<p>I know this is a long shot - but I lost my fav cycling jacket a couple years ago. If anyone has a chrome ike windshirt in XL that they'd like to sell pls let me know.</p>
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