Saint Louis is the final frontier on a 300-mile bike ride from Adler Planetarium

by Ryan Smith on September 17, 2015 at 3:03PM

The ride was inspired by the Planets on the Path, a temporary exhibit the Adler installed last summer on the lakefront path to provide a visible scale model of the solar system, but Walkowicz says she had to abandon those measurements for practical purposes. "Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away—that's pretty far," she said.

Let's Roast Cycles: Chicago's first BMX bike shop

by Julia Thiel on September 20, 2013 at 9:47AM

It goes both ways: the Dearborn bike lane gives Rahm bragging rights and cyclists a protected ride

by Kevin Warwick on December 19, 2012 at 6:44PM

"How you liking these new lanes?" a pedestrian asked as I sat perched on my bike at Dearborn and Madison patiently waiting for a tiny, glowing-red image of a bicycle to turn green. "I'm thinking you guys will crash into each other."

Making your bike imitate a horse, a necessary measure

by Kevin Warwick on December 5, 2012 at 6:00PM

Because of course it did, Original Content London—a "creative concept and innovation studio" located on the other side of the pond—dreamed up a way that your bicycle can mimic the clip-clop of a trusty steed ambling down a cobblestone path. Fitting to the bike's front brake mount, Trotify is an elaborate wooden device that ships flat in one amalgamated laser-cut piece and breaks apart for home assembly.

To the burbs! Touring Barrington for the upcoming Chicagoland Bike Map

by Kevin Warwick on November 28, 2012 at 6:00PM

Having grown up in the burbs of southwestern Ohio, I maintain a bizarre affinity for strip malls, craft smoothie shops, and Monte Carlo nights at neighborhood churches. One thing I don't miss? The necessity of owning a car.

On the scene at Cranksgiving Chicago, the annual "food drive on two wheels"

by Nyki Salinas-Duda on November 21, 2012 at 3:40PM

Last Saturday, Adrian Gonzalez, a bike delivery person with an empty messenger bag and a mental to-do list, whipped down Oakley Avenue, away from Bucktown's Holstein Park and toward his first stop: the nearest grocery store. Like many errand runners last weekend, Gonzalez was racing to pick up canned veggies, bagged stuffing, and cranberry sauce.

Keep up with the Lakefront Trail on Twitter

by Kevin Warwick on November 14, 2012 at 6:00PM

On the surface, the impetus for a bike ride from Logan Square to Hyde Park this past Saturday was to see about a jankity vintage couch from Craigslist that I presupposed I wouldn't buy. Mostly, though, I just wanted to cruise the south side of the Lakefront Trail.

The best Craigslist ad for a vintage, early-70s motorcycle that I've seen today

by Kevin Warwick on November 9, 2012 at 1:14PM

Trolling Craigslist for vintage motorcycles in any condition is one of the greatest and most enjoyable time sucks during a drudging workday—an hour or two on Bring a Trailer ain't bad either—because some days you find a gem like this one: Hey there junior badass, ever feel like there's a caged animal trapped inside of you? Only one cure for that: getting a fucking sick motorcycle.

Can you stop a bike from getting nicked?

by Kevin Warwick on November 7, 2012 at 6:00PM

Several of us here at the Reader believe in cycling to work. We also believe in jamming our bikes onto crowded freight elevators, riding with them up ten flights, and leaning them against our cubicles.

Becoming Elliott, E.T. not included

by Kevin Warwick on October 31, 2012 at 6:00PM

• Red American Apparel hoodie (check)• Gray discarded milk crate (check)• Ragged white blanket (check)• Savvy bike posse (check)• Keen ability to outwit the Man (check)• Anxious, stumpy brown alien (still looking)• Power of flight (when I find the alien) Happy Halloween.