February 17, 2025 Dreaming of summer on Lake Michigan: Riding Fort Sheridan in June We need coping mechanisms to get through the winter. The sights and sounds of Fort Sheridan and Lake Michigan in June are a good start.
February 14, 2025 NBC 5 report: About that greenway on the Lake County Route 53 land NBC 5 just aired a piece recapping the money spent on the Route 53 extension in Lake County. But it didn’t get into the greenway and trail now proposed for that land. Here’s the latest on that.
February 11, 2025 DuPage County’s own suggested bike rides, and my road loops Our counties and many towns post online maps of bike routes and trails. DuPage County goes a step further by suggesting whole rides. I’ve made my own loops, too.
February 7, 2025 Ride snippet: The West DuPage River Trail’s south end in February I headed south to buy a few degrees for a ride in February, and I was lucky to find sunshine and the south end of the West Branch DuPage River Trail.
February 6, 2025 Cushy seat? Ride on sidewalks? Go commando? Shave legs? Tips for beginning bicyclists Think riding a bike is … just like riding a bike? If you want to get any bit of serious about it, there are lessons and skills to learn at your own pace.
February 2, 2025 Are e-bikes allowed on suburban bike trails? Support for e-bikes is growing, but their use on trails is where the disagreements come. That bears out in the range of local regulations.
January 30, 2025 The colors of the Busse Woods Trail: Spring vs. fall The peacefulness, beauty and colors of the Busse Woods Trail in Cook County keep me coming year after year. Check out the difference there between the spring and fall.
January 28, 2025 Six Chicago suburbs make League’s ‘Bicycle Friendly Communities’ list The League of American Bicyclists just announced its latest list of “Bicycle Friendly Communities,” and six Chicago suburbs are on it at the “Bronze” level.
January 27, 2025 Success despite bike/ped bridges’ cost: Excitement in Streamwood With all the busy roads in the suburbs, bike-pedestrian bridges definitely are handy and even life-saving. One problem: Each costs millions. But success soon is coming to Streamwood.
January 23, 2025 ‘On your left!’ When should a bicyclist really call it out? A bicyclist passing walkers, runners or other bicyclists on a trail should always call out “On your left!” Right? It turns out it’s not always so simple.
January 22, 2025 Favorite roads: Powis and Munger in DuPage County Lying amid the forest on the west edge of DuPage County are two roads that make good bike rides: Powis Road and Munger Road, connected by Smith Road.
January 21, 2025 Advocacy highlight: Ride Illinois’ quest to foster bicycling, end deaths Ride Illinois is a bicycling advocacy group based in Elk Grove Village. Its top mission right now is to eliminate bicyclists’ deaths in traffic.
January 16, 2025 Favorite road: Old McHenry Road in Lake County One of my favorite stretches of road is this 8 miles from Long Grove to Wauconda.
January 14, 2025 Ride snippet: Fall colors around Lake Ellyn My quest last fall to document great fall colors in suburban Chicago led me to tree-lined Glen Ellyn, and it did not disappoint. It was especially pretty around Lake Ellyn.
January 12, 2025 Favorite ride: Long Grove to Wauconda to Lake Zurich One of my favorite rides takes me on roads through Long Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Wauconda and Lake Zurich.
January 12, 2025 Why ‘bicycling,’ not ‘cycling’? Why did I call this website “Suburban Chicago Bicycling” instead of “Suburban Chicago Cycling”? There’s some nuance in the terminology.
December 13, 2024 Bicycle on roads in Chicago’s suburbs? How to find the good ones Can you really bicycle on roads in the suburbs of Chicago? Of course! But it’s true that some roads are more suitable for bicycling…
