cyclecommuting Woohoo!!!

"Max" wrote in message
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Earlier this week i sealed a contract to purchase a home two safe short
and easy blocks away from the Fox River Trail in St. Charles, where I'll
be about 7.6 miles from work, of which 7.1 miles are on bike path. An
excellent independant grocery store is a mile up the path in the other
direction.

Congratulations, and here's hoping this isn't a sign that your company will
be transferring you soon!

Max wrote:

--------Earlier this week I sealed a contract to
purchase a home two safe short and easy blocks
away from the Fox River Trail in St. Charles--------
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Sounds like a Chicago area scene. From what people have said
earlier about laws (or lack thereof)
regarding bicycle rights in Illinois, a separate bikepath may be
especially good. Just what is the current situation about bike riding
in that state?

Steve McDonald

"Steve McDonald" wrote in message
...

Sounds like a Chicago area scene. From what people have said
earlier about laws (or lack thereof)
regarding bicycle rights in Illinois, a separate bikepath may be
especially good. Just what is the current situation about bike riding
in that state?

The legislature still hasn't passed any changes which mitigate the Boub
decision.

In the last session, this bill was sponsored by a legislator from a
neighboring district (Nekritz), who is a former racer (Cat 2?), -- and if
she will forgive the compliment, still has the looks of a racer.

Legislative problems aside, the Chicago area is a good place to bike, as
large urban areas go.
The city itself is supportive, the inner suburbs are older, and so have
bike-friendlier designs. Out in exurbia it's the land of the auto, but this
is somewhat mitigated by the fact that since Chicago was such a gigantic
rail center, there are a fair number of abandoned rail lines that have
become rails to trails conversions.

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in winter biking, with
an active calendar
http://bikewinter.org/

(Steve McDonald) wrote:

Max wrote:

--------Earlier this week I sealed a contract to
purchase a home two safe short and easy blocks
away from the Fox River Trail in St. Charles--------
------------------------------------------------------

Sounds like a Chicago area scene. From what people have said
earlier about laws (or lack thereof)
regarding bicycle rights in Illinois, a separate bikepath may be
especially good. Just what is the current situation about bike riding
in that state?

At the personal level, it's about like always: just ride and have a good
time, punctuated w/ incidents w/ cars and dogs. I prefer the bike path
for my round-the-clock commuting from a getting-spattered-by-a-drunk
standpoint, although i enjoy riding through the corn and soybean country
roads more from a let's hammer/build miles/feel the wind and sun
perspective.

On the macro level. the Boub case, a piece of singular judicial idiocy
which essentially says bikes don't belong on the Illinois road (an
oversimplification) , spawned an attempt to legislate around it, but the
attempt is a little mired, details here
http://www.bikelib.org/boubcase/20030719update.html.

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was played by maxwell monningh 8-p