#bikechi twitter melting down might finally be what gets me off there for good. The bike advocacy was why I kept it, but if we're just gonna be eternally online and fighting with each other, what's the point.

Road Dust at Dusk yesterday out by Oregon #Illinois with teammates and other #bikeCHI folks. We road 60 miles, and probably encountered 5 cars. A great route for night riding without risking car encounters.

I am considering a camera to mount on my bike for recording my commutes.

I've done some preliminary research and know I want the following:
- waterproof/resistant (i ride in the rain)
- handlebar mount with good enough stabilization that the video is still good
- good enough quality to see license plates

I have heard terrible things about the cycliq customer service/quality.

Beyond that, I'm stumped! #Cycling #bikechi #biketooter

Wow, this is horrible, but as #StreetsblogChi mentions, usually if a cyclist is said to have hit a vehicle, clarification is needed. So sad about this loss. #bikeCHI
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2023/08/27/john-kezdy-64-singer-of-the-effigies-died-after-bike-crash-with-amazon-van-illegally-stopped-in-bike-lane

3 old rail tunnels on the Sparta Elroy bike trail, so long you MUST have lights to get through. 2 are 1/4 mile, and one is 3/4 of a mile. The trail is the first rails to trails conversion in the US, and part of a network of trails in Wisconsin. #bikechi #biking #midwest

Today of all days, just when I need to take a short Divvy ride, I get a black bike that loses battery 3 minutes after leaving the dock. :/ #bikechi #divvy #chicago

I got asked what bike crew I roll with and it was a little wistful as I told the young 'uns of the days of Tiny Fix Bike Gang... #bikechi #bikesox

Re-iterating how much fun it is to meet bike people! Thanks @chicagobikesox @bikegridnow and crew for a fun #bikesox #bikechi tailgate! Not sure if we'll make either of the remaining tuesday games but def going to the end of season party 10/1!

Major props to the cyclist riding on Milwaukee north of Pulaski rocking the copper fluted fenders. #bikeCHI

Wanna try cyclocross? Half Acre Cycling is hosting a super beginner-friendly race labor day weekend! More info here and feel free to ask me any questions! #bikechi #chicago
https://halfacrecycling.org/cxe

Today's AQI prediction for #chicago is ' Unhealthy for sensitive groups'. #bikeCHI

My cycling teammate made this. https://chicagogrouprides.com/

#chicago
#bikechi

@jillithd I do encourage people, and use the #bikechi hashtag and post a LOT more about my biking here than I even want to. Like you said, "be the content you wish to see"

But engagement with aldermen and advocacy orgs and news orgs just is nonexistent here!

I need to leave twitter but how can I when the only thing that gives me life is all of #bikechi coming together to yell at an alderman saying a dumb thing and supporting a worse-than-nothing "bike lane" as part of a massive road re-do, through a neighborhood/bikeway so full of cyclists that it was literally called the "hipster highway" in the early aughts?????

Beat the rain and this might be a commute speed record! #bikechi

Wow the Randolph bike lane curbs aren’t bolted down and it’s a shit show. #bikeCHI #Chicago

Did Google have spies on #chicritmass or did they pay cyclists to update their map data? #bikeCHI

#bikechi commute was completely insane this morning. Not sure if it's the rain or that I was a little later than usual or what, but the things I witnessed...

- Nearly got creamed by a driver who wanted to use the bike lane to get around traffic on Elston and made a move for it right as I was next to her.

- Dude on a Lyft scooter who 1. rode in the left side of the bike lane despite being slower than just about everyone and 2. obeyed the wrong walk signal at mke/halsted/grand & nearly got hit

I wish I had captured the two cars before I started this video on my run yesterday - they completely blew through the stop sign at full speed. These drivers were “safe” in comparison. There’s a park with a playground on this block.

#bikeCHI #Chicago

Yesterday I was driving Roxy to the vet, and as I waited at a red light to turn right, I saw a driver turning left on the green looking down at TWO different phones in his hand and looking at them and at one point released the one hand that was holding the wheel to poke at one of them while in the midst of making the turn.

In case you're wondering why we in #bikechi are convinced we're gonna get killed by a driver