So, I've been riding but not writing about rides, though I was quoted in the RedEye about riding. But now that the weather has turned I more or less ride for everything. I've been riding to class, I ride to Dominick's, I ride to the post office, I ride to Wrigley: no desire to get behind the wheel anymore, which is good given the newly discovered cracked radiator. And though I try to change things up as often as possible a lot of the routes are very similar, so in order to avoid redundancy I'm going to focus on new paths, exercise rides, and pavement bombing routes as opposed to the "for fun" and short zen rides.
So since my last ride post I've gone on three document-worthy rides, numbers thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. Thirteen was pure exercise, I raced myself every minute of the ride. Saturday afternoon... Saturdaaaay Afternooon ...April 10th, 1pm to 3pm and it was my exact throwback route.
Ride fourteen was a mad dash from point A to B to C. I had 10 minutes to get from Bryn Mar and Kimball to Wrigley Field for the 1st Inning. I made it with 3 minutes to spare, even squeezing out a twitpic walking in. Google Map'd.
The following pictures are from Wrigley. Cubs rallied for four runs in the eighth to win 7 - 6 over the Brewers, great game. Theriot, Fukudome, and Lee all hitting real well.
Addison & Clark Entrance, 04/14/10 - Walking in during the National Anthem
A beautiful day at The Friendly Confines
Five dollar tickets on Stubhub. Of course I snuck down seven rows
Ride fifteen was today. I reversed my normal route and headed Southeast on Lincoln towards the lake, then South into Old Town, East on Division, and then back North on the Lake Shore Bike Path. Winds were around 25 mph and I was hoping to catch the stream heading North but they were crashing in from the West pretty heavily. Google Map'd.
Pictures below are in order corresponding to the numbers listed on the map.
The Hancock Building in the distance from the corner of Division and Astor
Lake Shore Bike Path on the left, facing North
Starting the hunt for a new bike this weekend. I want to go into this as educated as possible so I'm taking my time doing as much research and test riding as I can. Any suggestions or advice is always welcome and greatly appreciated.
Happy Official Awesome Spring Chicago Weather Riding Season!
-Zach
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