Cycling Sisters

We had a wonderful Cycle-Sis ride to Wolf Lake this past Saturday. Great group of eleven, great weather, great Chicago views, and some wonderful surprises.

At our meet-up spot, the 57th Street Beach house, Tracy and Elfie, who CTA'd all the way from Lincoln Square, and Robin, who just moved to Chicago, arrived a little early and enjoyed the quiet of the lake in the morning light.

At 8:15 we headed south on the lakefront trail into a slight headwind at an easy pace between 10 and 11mph, maneuvering around packs of CARA marathon trainers.

On the bike lane on 41, we wound through the varied neighborhoods of South Shore and South Chicago and along the huge fenced empty lots of US Steel.

Kristin H wrote: Hello, I need to commute from the area of Belmont/Leavitt down to UIC next year.  I'm wondering what my commute
time would be on Damen or Leavitt--I've never gone down Leavitt past Division before, so I don't know if it's even feasible.  I need to make it in less than 45 minutes.  Is this realistic?  Any suggestions for this
commute would be most welcome.

Becki responded: I live at Western and Division and I commute to UIC, and I usually stay off Damen (too narrow of a bike lane, and their are better roads that go in the same direction). I take Levitt or Oakley (both cross the expressway) to Warren (with a bike lane), to Racine (never any traffic), to Jackson (bike lane past Ashland), to Peoria - and on the sidewalk into campus. You should make it in 45 minutes - it takes me about 25 and I am not very fast (but I am closer than you).