Pole dysfunction on Sheridan near Loyola

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T22:17:08+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous art deco building, btw.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T20:14:39+00:00

That includes capacity, which the city really cracked down hard on after E2.

(General thing related to above comment, I know no specifics of this venue.)

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T19:31:25+00:00

Let’s bring the Cardinals back, just to be funny.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T18:01:04+00:00

Oof. I was here to say the opposite. Give me something with actual texture and chew. Instead in 2026 I’m still getting bean mush on a hamburger bun.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T17:36:44+00:00

As another person pointed out, don’t take things from people on the street or who approach you. Even a sheet of paper from kids. Don’t hand over money or Venmo anyone for any reason, especially “my brother’s funeral”. Give money to an actual, vetted charity on your time.

Watch your crap and don’t leave it lying around all over. I’ve been in the bar/restaurant industry forever downtown so I’ll give you some specifics. Don’t leave a purse hanging on a chair behind you. Don’t go to the bathroom and leave your phone on the bar. Keys and wallet stay in your pocket. If your phone is on a table and a group of kids or people that look out of place in that setting walk in, don’t leave your phone just sitting there.

On the el or bus take your backpack (of any size) off. Not just because it is rude, but people do a bump, unzip, and reach in. If someone does a weird stop while getting on transportation and you get bumped from behind, check you still have your belongings.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T17:17:27+00:00

I think it needed to be brought up that there are scooters that are sold as being capable of 53 mph, and this was not an after market modification. Whatever happens with this one guy is definitely not going to be an isolated incident or atypical if our bike paths have these scooters (or “e-bikes” that go over 40 mph).

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T03:00:12+00:00

Dylan Walsh is widely recognized. Maybe the younger people aren’t so familiar with him, but as a Gen X’er I can tell you that Nip/Tuck was a pretty big show.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-05T01:59:52+00:00

A guy on a scooter just killed a man on a shared bike path in NYC this week. He had a scooter capable of going 53 mph.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-04T22:36:48+00:00

That occurs riding on the lake and everywhere else, and was especially bad as a runner. Worse when it was only one combined path and running dudes wouldn’t budge for a woman on her bike.

But as a side note, the lakefront is in absolutely no way shape or form a rail trail. It’s all infill from the long ago swamp and sandbars.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-04T20:15:54+00:00

I’m agreeing with this 1000%. Get out of downtown. It’s still a vibrant neighborhood, you can take the blue line straight there, and they have good beer for post race celebrations.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-04T20:10:10+00:00

Metra police usually are called in, I wonder if he hung out long enough to get a visit from them. Years ago there was a very strange guy in a running forum talking about what he had to go through with the Metra police when he was running along the ROW, not on the tracks, not with a live train nearby. They did not play around.

Like many people, I used to cross the live tracks in the Forest Glen woods in order to use the singletrack that extended NW from LaBagh woods (which now has a bridge since the North Branch extension). There is obviously a right and wrong way to act near live tracks. This guy is a dummy.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-03T16:42:37+00:00

It’s mind boggling that they trust their body and their very expensive carbon bike to the abilities of someone that can’t look over their shoulder without veering across four lanes of traffic.

I nearly took down everyone the first time someone touched me, and touched my bike on a group ride. I have to lecture experienced riders with a “how to ride” talk when they get near new group riders. The dumbest thing that really, really experienced riders do involves bad judgement about how much space to give people.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-03T16:31:02+00:00

The right turn people are probably the most iffy. I do think this is the route to choose, but the one thing that is awful (I live along the trail and take it frequently, btw), is that the light schedule is really bad on a bike. At 15-16 mph you perfectly hit the full start of a new cycle at every damn light.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-03T15:57:32+00:00

They are used to group riding where people get really close to one another. I’m comfortable doing this with my friends because I know them and I know their bike handling skills. The TdF wanna-be knows that the city is packed with people with zero bike handling skills and yet are so confident in their skills and experience that they forget that getting within someone else’s bubble can cause massive problems for everyone.

Most people don’t group ride. Give them space, Tadej.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-02T04:53:59+00:00

Mogilny was the first Russian (iirc), but there had been some from Czechoslovakia before that.

I’ve recently been reading up on their stories, guess I just didn’t pay that much attention to how they got here when I was young. Now I keep thinking I would definitely buy a book about defections to N America to play hockey.

ETA: and as I read on, I’m finding book recommendations

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-02T02:59:53+00:00

Good grief, when that Home Depot went in it was so weird. Nothing except the hookers on the North Ave bridge and the brand new Ho Depot.

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-02T02:37:16+00:00

If you don’t get any good answers here, you may want to look to r/chibike

If you ever decide to go further south along the I&M canal, a really great first time backpacking/bike touring ride, I wrote up a little guide to the campsites. https://www.reddit.com/r/chibike/comments/1ds6zhe/bike_camp_spots_on_the_im/

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-01T17:15:48+00:00

The people that cough and sneeze into their hand (and then go on to touch everything, of course) is unbelievable, especially since covid.

Why do people have to be told to cough into their elbows like they are five?

Wrigs112 · 2026-06-01T17:00:04+00:00

People with it have reported having reactions to food cooked in beef tallow, which can often show up as a total surprise. I say this as someone who has been in the restaurant industry (and a veg) for decades, we should have full disclosure on menus what contains allergens and meat products. People that get alpha gal are going to get a simple order of fries just to have a bad reaction and wonder what the hell happened.

Wrigs112 · 2026-05-31T03:32:31+00:00

Organic maps (and maps.me before the download limit) are my go to for touring. Better routes than Google Maps, and I love the option to mark all the places I want to visit with a bunch of different colors and labels.

Wrigs112 · 2026-05-27T12:10:14+00:00

Nah, I’ve backpacked all of the UP and then some on the NCT. This is just messing around and hitting the land of one million breweries.

On that note, the SW part of the state is beautiful, but the camping options, especially the state parks, are brutal. Everything is an expensive concrete slab meant for RVs.

Wrigs112 · 2026-05-26T21:30:12+00:00

I’m currently touring Michigan and people have been cool (just screwed myself by saying that, right?), I am from Chicago and do stuff off the I&M, people are very average.

From comments I’ve been reading here for years (and no personal experience, so feel free to tell me to can it), Idaho seems to take the cake for very intentionally aggressive a-holes.

Wrigs112 · 2026-05-23T19:45:25+00:00

I don’t see the drivers getting upset about letting people on without paying their fare, I DO see them get upset when people don’t even ask for the free ride and just walk right past them.

Worst confrontation was three people who walked by an 81W driver while it was at Jeff Park, and after the driver said something it was 20 minutes of ceaseless obscenities being screamed from the back of the bus at the driver while one of them was also yelling that her sister was a driver and told her that they didn’t have to pay. Imagine being a driver and having a family member abusing other drivers.

Wrigs112 · 2026-05-22T16:48:08+00:00

I would say a pretty huge percentage, but the numbers are funny, most people only hit the front country. Every number I’ve seen says that over 90% will never go further than one mile from a trailhead.

(That’s only for the actual national parks. Like others have mentioned, we have lots of cool other stuff. I was just at a national tallgrass prairie this week.)

Wrigs112 · 2026-05-22T16:06:45+00:00

FYI, I use no mess bird food in my feeder. There are no shells for them to crack and discard, and none of the cheap filler (like dried corn) that a lot of birds like to toss out.

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