Chicago riding for a NY'er
04-24-08, 10:09 PM
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Chicago riding for a NY'er
I'll be in Chicago on vacation this summer, with the bike. I know this is an overly broad question, but where do the locals do their training rides? Is there a particular place to go? I'm not looking for the trail along the lake with every cyclist plodding along type of ride, but something more for training. In Manhattan a lot of people use Riverside Dr to get to the GWB and go into NJ for training, whereas the west side bikeway is just jammed with pedestrians, dog-walkers, rollerbladers and every other type of obstruction, sometimes the worst ones are the hot-dogs on their bikes that think that they're winning every race with people that aren't racing.
I guess you would want to know where I'm staying, and that would be a good question. I'll have to ask my wife since she's from there, but she's in DC at the moment.
I guess you would want to know where I'm staying, and that would be a good question. I'll have to ask my wife since she's from there, but she's in DC at the moment.
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04-24-08, 11:47 PM
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04-25-08, 06:25 AM
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, Chicago spreads from basically South Bend up to Milwaukee and west to Rockford.Here's a good starting point for rides: https://www.chicagobikeracing.com/index.php/rides
