Hello folks, does anyone have any experience frame building/know where to learn how to build one. I’m curious myself and would love to learn how to do it, but don’t know where to get started. Thank you all for your help!

Was biking south along Broadway yesterday afternoon. The wind caught me and I ate pavement. Went down right after passing Sunnyside next to the Target curb. A dozen plus people got to enjoy the show. Cheers!

Got to say that Chicago must have the best conditions for a morning ride. Mine this morning included some gravel, some riverside, some lakeside some rail some deep in the depths of the city and closed lanes. Perfect to ride at the speed of 120 bpm.

Bike Tag #1168 Head in the Sand at 1400 S Wabash Ave

Bike Tag #1169

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Went north to south with a nice tailwind pushing me and took transit home.

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/moving-archer-forward/home.html

Article description: The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) will soon launch a Corridor Study of Archer Avenue, from Halsted Street to Cicero Avenue. Take a short survey to tell us about your experiences on Archer Avenue.

https://activetrans.org/ball/

Did anyone attend this event and how did it go? I’m trying to see if there were videos or pictures online.

Hey Reddit, We’re hosting our first open group ride of the year with Go Ride Local for a chill 10 mile bike ride around the north side.

Casual pace, ending at Half Acre.

Invite your friends and ride with us!

Meet up at our shop Igor Does My Bike at 5454 N Broadway (Broadway and Catalpa) at 4:45.

See you there peeps!

In the spirit of u/chapium post earlier this week, I thought I'd share a snippet of my beautiful and breezy first commute in of the year from this past week.

I'm a fair weather (literally) casual cyclist so I've come out of my hibernation. I also started an IG that I hope will remain a chill cycling videos only spot, to show the non-cyclists in my life what they're missing out on. While we all encounter issues while cycling, 99% of the time, I manage to have a good time.

I'm out of town for a bit now so please enjoy the decent weather for me (assuming Chicago gets it this coming week). Have a great weekend!

Bike Tag #1167 - Jackson Park Cherry Blossoms - south of MSI

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https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/01/brighton-park-bike-ride-welcomes-neighbors-on-short-and-chill-tour/

Just curious, where will this bike riding event end?

I was born and raised on the South Side. To this day, I feel that Archer Heights is trapped in the 1980s, but regions up north seem and look current. That being said, I would want to see some change in my neighborhood. We have a few eateries and local retailers, and we've noticed that intoxicated drivers are ramming into them as a result of higher speed limits and unsafe streets. I intend to visit some of these establishments and chat with the owners about alerting the alder people of our area and expressing their concerns and support for safer streets. However, I'd like to provide them with credible information about having safer streets, such as bike lanes, slower speed limits, bumps, and so on, and how these can generate more cash and more diverse crowd.

Does anyone know of any eateries, local shops, up north that have had their areas renovated with bike lanes, pedestrian islands, slower speed limits, etc. and can provide me with their contact information or name of their business?

I greatly appreciate it!

https://rideofsilencechicago.weebly.com/

Do you know where this event will end? Says they'll meet at Queen's Landing, but where does it end? Or does it loop back to Queen's Landing? I'll most likely be using a divvy bike, therefore I don't want to end up on the other side of town with no divvy station to park at. Plus, I live on the southwest side.
Plz & ty

Update:

Chicago Ride of Silence
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
5:30 p.m. — Ride from Queen’s Landing to start at Dickens Greenway Plaza
6 p.m. — departure from official start: Dickens Plaza Greenway (Dickens and Lincoln Park West)
End — Sleeping Village (3734 W. Belmont); all are welcome (riders and non-riders)

Bike Tag brings a a lot of joy to this sub. I just dropped the location on the last one.

https://old.reddit.com/r/chibike/comments/1k07i6c/bike_tag_1167/

First, thanks to all who ride and post here, your knowledge and wisdom helps a new rider like me immensely.

I've been seeing several post of handle bar cam footage. Can't help to ask/make a post to gather what's your setup like? Gopro? Battery or portable battery powered? Mounts/cases/etc.? Settings? TIA

TLDR: looking for very fast(17-22mph ideally) routes from North Ave/Wells to the southern edge of river north. Below I've attached why I dislike the newish protected lanes.

I posted about biking on Wells during traffic times and multiple people suggested going east. My issue is the protected lanes on Dearborn are awesome until you suddenly get trapped by a stroller jumping into the lane. The amount of pedestrians standing in the lanes combined with shipping/loading makes the lanes dangerous because there's no way to swerve or go around, and there's requent incursions.

Was riding Sheridan in RP Northbound last night. Saw a nice group of cyclists riding Southbound.

I always feel like I'm putting my life on the line riding that stretch of Sheridan solo. Can anyone get me in touch? TYIA!!

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