March 24, 20161 Comment on Bicycle right-of-way bill in Illinois General Assembly
Here’s an interesting bill introduced by Democrat Representative Anna Moeller of Elgin. HB 5912 would add a single sentence to the Illinois Vehicle Code:
Sec. 11-903.5. Bicycles. A driver of a vehicle upon a highway shall yield the right-of-way to any person operating a bicycle.
December 11, 20131 Comment on Cyclocross on a bike share bike
The Chicago Sun Times blogs says this is Frederick Wu of Spidermonkey Cycling in Chicago. He was seen hucking that 40 pound Divvy bike last weekend at Chicago Cross Cup where he placed 83rd in the men’s Cat 4/5 Open race.
Photo by Craig Newman and used with his permission. View his whole set of Divvycross photos here. Via Chris.
April 13, 20121 Comment on Normal teens bike to school
Here’s an encouraging story from Normal, Illinois: a group of high school seniors — all of them with access to cars — have taken up biking to school, and they’re encouraging the underclassmen to do the same.
June 22, 2011Leave a Comment
One of the earliest memories I have of my first bike was when we moved from Chicago to Santa Cruz in 1972. It was a Kermit The Frog green Stingray with jungle bars, a banana seat and a sissy bar jacked up to the max. Depending on the day, you might find Amos Otis, Gates Brown or Mickey Lolich in the spokes, clipped on to the fender with clothespins.
The big Mayflower truck was parked in the front yard, and instructions were to pack everything in and allow me to ride my bike up the ramp to seal the deal. This would be the second biggest bike fail of my young life, the first being the clipping of Bob Gibson and Al Kaline to my fender for motorcycle sound effects.
April 25, 2011Leave a Comment
The state of Illinois will now track doorings in their crash data, according the Chicago Tribune.
March 9, 20116 Comments on Illinois three foot law
Illinois enacted a three foot passing law in 2007. That didn’t help David and Cindy Combs, the disabled couple from Champaign, IL who were hit by a driver as they rode their tandem bicycle to choir practice on Monday afternoon. Cindy, age 53, was killed in the crash. Her widower David remains in critical condition.