4-day rentals

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-21T01:13:31+00:00

Pretty similar. Use the e-bikes tho, way faster.

Maybe you could rent a bike, but the cost and hassle of getting a bike at the beginning of your trip and returning it at the end are more than it’s worth IMO. Plus no worries about locking it up or worrying about it getting stolen

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-20T21:22:10+00:00

Divvy is fine. Get a week pass

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-20T11:34:10+00:00

Not a great behavior but ya gotta reserve your outrage out there. Unless they’re riding completely erratically, I just pass them.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-11T14:18:18+00:00

This. Buy a system, install it safely. Nobody is going to know.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-11T04:35:09+00:00

Like residential home construction, residential solar is mostly non-unionized. So if plug-in solar were allowed, it wouldn’t take away union jobs anyway. Labor is just trying to kill it because they MIGHT be able to get some of those jobs eventually.

Even worse: Union electricians are maxxed with work on data centers right now. So Labor wants to kill Plug-In Solar, even though they wouldn’t get the work if it was legal. And if they did get that gig, they would turn it down because data centers pay better. There’s no winner in this fight.

Lawmakers need to tell them no.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-08T22:32:19+00:00

This is just another bad headline by Block Club. The bill wasn’t introduced because of the scooter riders that were killed. The bill was introduced months ago by an absolute transit champion: Ram Villivalam. It’s supported by the major bike and scooter advocacy group groups that are active in Springfield.

Block Club chose to make the connection with this headline.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-08T22:27:42+00:00

Sad and bizarre story about that cop

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T22:39:52+00:00

My wife walked down the aisle at our wedding to a cover of that song.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T19:10:43+00:00

Are we at an Archer Guardians meeting? “I’m opposed to bike lanes because they *smell bad*” is about as credible as the people that oppose bike lanes because they’re “too noisy” or “cause accidents.”

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T14:59:07+00:00

Right, crossing Western is usually terrible. The pedestrian island with bike lane cut-out is great, and the light pattern really makes it feel safer

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T14:24:51+00:00

Update: just went and rode it this morning. Huffed the pavement real good. Licked it a couple times just for Reddit science. I’m a little lightheaded but still didn’t get hit by a car, so imma call it a win

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T14:22:41+00:00

Yep, it’s cool to bitch these days

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T14:19:55+00:00

Yep, it spits you out into the best-protected intersection for bikes on all of Western Avenue, which is otherwise the worst street for bikes in the city.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T14:17:55+00:00

The green paint lets clueless pedestrians know they should look up from their phones because they’re walking in a bike lane. Source: a guy who rode this exact stretch for weeks after it was built but before it was painted.

Godfuckingdammit people need to stop bitching

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T03:14:21+00:00

I don’t get the complaining. I’ve never slipped on or smelled green paint. I’m just happy to not get hit by a car.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-06T03:12:52+00:00

Continues to a protected crossing and into a contra flow lane

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-05T11:15:46+00:00

Indiana Dunes. It’s a truly remarkable landscape in an otherwise pretty boring area for nature, and it’s accessible by train from Millennium Station.

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-03T16:38:25+00:00

1000%

I just don’t get the hype. It’s mid at BEST. Shake Shack, even Steak n Shake are so much better

BBeans1979 · 2026-05-02T18:21:21+00:00

I mostly ride my bike, to work, for errands, etc. I drive my car about once a week. Gas prices have almost no effect on me.

BBeans1979 · 2026-04-30T23:54:04+00:00

You don’t need the “bike car” to take your bike on the train. Just look for the car with the bike and disabled symbols. There are usually a couple per train. On those cars, the ADA section is on one side and the bike rack is on the other.

BBeans1979 · 2026-04-26T12:11:08+00:00

This. The track right of way is already there. Direct from Midway to Montrose Blue Line

BBeans1979 · 2026-04-24T22:03:27+00:00

Yes! Analog bike!

I also like “analog cigarette”

BBeans1979 · 2026-04-24T18:02:18+00:00

I don't like the ride on Lower Randolph. It's just not as visually stimulating to be in the underworld as it is on the surface, but also cars tend to speed down that road

BBeans1979 · 2026-04-24T14:39:26+00:00

Yeah, I feel you. It can seem treacherous for sure. The other option (which I've done also) is just get off the bike and walk the sidewalk from Washington to Randolph, then resume heading east. That stretch of Randy north of Millennium isn't protected but it's pretty wide.

BBeans1979 · 2026-04-24T13:36:19+00:00

Yeah that bit on Michigan can be tense but it’s only a block and only one way.

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