'da best-laid plans of bikes and men...

bicycle church spoilers

the way to the river is unclear, particularly eastbound. i adore 51st, and might hold out for it. perhaps 55th because it's fast, but the lights can fight you, plus the drivers and all their fumes stink. if i'm on 47th, though, i will definitely watch out for the CURBS.

post-river, cornell has some nasty, but in the invigorating way, traffic. 57th is one-way east under the metra tarck, on the block between stony and lake park, but i will be taking it anyway. ohmigod, was that the proper use of tarck?

post–med bread, i'm not sure if i'll prefer to hit 55th on the light (woodlawn) or the stop sign (university). if uni then 55th to cottage. waiting to see where my spidey traffic senses direct me. (wow there are like 4 churches on that little stretch alone. give it up south side.) though i usually prefer drexel to king, whenever i see church traffic on drexel it is raunchy. (of course, i've only seen the afternoon church traffic, ha.)

OH who am i kidding? when i leave hyde park, i will probably start going home on autopilot. i miiiight figure it out at 33rd and halsted, or i might actually—and accidentally—go home.

i know there are shorter routes, but this is supposed to be a tour and i will treat it as such. i mean, i might as well check out eckersall park down on yates, take a little LSD, and visit one of my favorite ladies while i'm down there, circle optional. (and no, that is not what she said. she is bronze and cannot speak.)

two-and-a-half hours until registration. yeeeeessssss.