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So it appears I'm going to be in Chicago from March 9th-10th for business, which is posing a challenge to a goal of mine. I'm trying to get in a bike ride per day for the entire year. Thus far I'm holding strong, including a business trip that necessitated both a 5AM and 11PM bike ride. However this schedule is going to make the 10th a significant challenge as I likely won't arrive back in town until after midnight. I think I can get the 9th taken care of before leaving for the airport, but I could use some help from anyone in the downtown Chicago area. Staying at the Palmer House FWIW.
I'm not 100% sure how to make this work. I was thinking about demo-ing a bike at a local bike shop, but the hours could make that tough. Does anyone nearby have a bike I can borrow for like half an hour? Or want to go for an early morning ride?
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Divvy it up, bitch
https://www.divvybikes.com/
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Fuuuuckk, I forgot that some cities are not in the late 18th century like Boise. Good call JM, station right around the corner.
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Yeah those bikes kinda suck, but they work. My bike is down right now, but I can always do a sweet 3rd gear pull in the FoST right by you if you want.
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They look like generic cruisers but they'll get the job done. Better than relegating myself to an exercise bike, which would require arbitrary modification of my arbitrary goal.
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Yeah those bikes are built for utility and built to fit everyone, but hey, they have to be durable. You'll get a workout.
Your hotel location is pretty close to the lake, get a Divvy and hit the lakefront trail, if the weather is ok. 
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Gonna be buttfuck early in the morning but I'll probably head out that way. I've got cold weather biking gear.
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You'll probably need it, hopefully it's not icy.
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Tried to use Divvy before. The machine froze up so I never ended up riding one. That's my extent of experience with them. Cool story huh?
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Non-trip question for you, possible one for me- are you going to Treefort this year?
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I haven't gone in the past, but I hear good things. Undecided on this year.
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Aw man, I'm at a work conference in Nashville during these dates otherwise I would have brought you a bike down to the city and some beers 
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Super shitty dates, Blackhawks and Bulls are both away as well.
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Divvys can handle stairs. Loud and bumpily, but they'll make it. Hard to wheelie.
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We have two fireplace mantelpieces in our Aspen museum that were originally in the Palmer House.
(today's worthless trivia)
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Justin is confused...
JM, Divvy worked great. Meh bikes but did the job. Got about 10 miles in between last night and this morning.
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You got some decent weather for it, that's for sure.
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hyperboarder wrote:
Justin is confused...
JM, Divvy worked great. Meh bikes but did the job. Got about 10 miles in between last night and this morning.
Justin is on point. LSD= Lake Shore Drive.
Glad the bike worked out.
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hammyt wrote:
You got some decent weather for it, that's for sure.
Today's pretty meh but yesterday was a good day to ride. I'm hoping for everything to start drying up so I can mountain bike but we're supposed to get a lot of rain coming up 
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Fair enough, LSD is LSD 
. I should have brought gloves, fingers got cold, but I wasn't exactly scooting along either.
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drewsro wrote:
Today's pretty meh but yesterday was a good day to ride. I'm hoping for everything to start drying up so I can mountain bike but we're supposed to get a lot of rain coming up
It is March during an El Nino, dry? haaaa
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