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is biking to work making you a happier person, or an angrier one?
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So - I love riding my bike to work (which happens to be in downtown chicago).However, I often arrive at work angry and/or sad and/or shaken by the behavior of clueless, distracted, thoughtless,…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Anna Nov 17, 2012.
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Kara B replied to Bill Savage's discussion '2013 Winter Biking: What I Learned Today'"i am trying to learn not to get too attached to any piece of winter gear, no matter how awesomely breathable or reflective or wickable it may be, because i am probably going to lose it. really not sure what it is about balaclavas or [matching]…"
Kara B replied to Vince Zaworski's discussion 'Cyclist seriously injured in Berwyn'"love that idea
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Kara B replied to Bill Savage's discussion '2013 Winter Biking: What I Learned Today'"i think your rats eating rats theory is a very good/completely horrifying one.
and bacteria/other microscopic little eaters are not quite as romantic, but probably do more of the work.
eek.
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Kara B replied to Bill Savage's discussion '2013 Winter Biking: What I Learned Today'"I always wonder what happens to dead stuff in the road. Rats, especially, because that's what i see the most of, and because they don't typically get officially removed from the roadway: they start out super gross and bloody, then just get…"
Kara B replied to PFEggs's discussion 'Confrontation with a Cop'"thank you for having the presence of mind and follow-through to report this guy. "it is what it is" isn't going to get us anywhere, and, with all the new bike lanes/new riders, built and planned, we actually have reason to…"
Kara B replied to Bill Savage's discussion '2013 Winter Biking: What I Learned Today'"and - thanks for reminding me - i have to remember to get all those layers off the cold back porch overnight so they're not a) still wet; or b) just really cold when i put them on in the morning.
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Kara B replied to notoriousDUG's discussion 'When do you commute?'"i was actually thinking about that - except it puts me a few blocks east of my destination. which - i just rode my bike 6 miles but can't go two blocks out of my way for a safer/more pleasant ride?! and yet, it's sort of true...maybe…"
Kara B replied to notoriousDUG's discussion 'When do you commute?'"I'm on Archer in McKinley Park around 7:30-7:45 am from Leavitt to Loomis, after which starts a very snaky route to get downtown that also includes portions of eleanor, blue island (i'm still waiting for my ride-by cameo on chicago fire,…"
Kara B replied to Vince Zaworski's discussion 'Cyclist seriously injured in Berwyn'"thank you for doing this for Justin and his wife, and also for all of us who bike to work and/or have loved ones who do so - this is the news I dread hearing, and I can only imagine what his wife is experiencing. It feels better being able to do…"
Kara B replied to Thunder Snow's discussion 'Gabe Klein, John Kass & Jake Hartford on the Radio'":)
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- What I ride:
- Mountain, Hybrid
- The kind of riding I do:
- Recreational, Commuting
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- At 11:56am on December 15, 2012,
Mark said… - Yes it is really me!
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