We've heard from a couple readers about bike issues now that the warmer weather is here:
- "Just wanted to remind everyone that with spring comes bicycle riding, and unfortunately, bicycle theft. This morning (Sunday 4/25) around 10:30am, I witnessed an attempted bike theft from my balcony, on the east side of Beacon St, about 100 ft north of Leland and Beacon. The guy was a white male, gray beard, approximately 50-60 years old, ~5'10. He was wearing a blue zip-up hoodie and had a blue baseball cap on. He was carrying around what looked like an open house flyer, pretending to look at properties. He circled around the bicycles (locked to a street sign), walked up to them, pretended to drop his flyer and then proceeded to start yanking on the front tire and trying to remove it. After I yelled at him twice and threatened to call the police, he walked off, heading east down Leland. Please be on the lookout for this guy, and watch where and how your bicycles are locked up."
- "As the warmer weather is getting here and more and more people are out enjoying it. People are bringing the bikes out of storage (those of us that are just warm weather riders) and riding about town. This might be a great time to remind riders that they need to obey the same rules of the road as car drivers. I can't begin to tell you how many cyclists are blowing through stop signs, stop lights, illegally crossing intersections and almost causing accidents. Here is a link that cyclists can use, not only to find out the laws but also find lakefront trail maps, biking events, theft prevention and much more: http://www.chicagobikes.org/. Lets keep our Uptown cyclists safe this spring, summer and year round."
a few weeks ago my boyfriend was reading the paper while waiting for the bus in front of the chase on montrose and broadway when a guy on a bike rode up and locked his bike up to the bus stop sign and went in to the chase. Well another guy who was standing next to him walked up to the bike with a small device of sorts palmed in his hand and swiped it across the chain. My boyfriend said he saw sparks fly and with in seconds the chain dropped and the guy hopped on the bike and rode off on it. the owner of the bike ran out of the chase yelling after the guy but couldn't stop him. The theif was a white guy with a big pot leaf tattoo on his calf/shin area. this all happened on a bright afternoon day on a very busy corner.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding cyclists to follow the rules of the road! I'm tired of crossing the street and almost being hit by bikes! If you're on the road you MUST stop at all stop signs and traffic lights. And that goes for CARS too! I almost get runover at Argyle and Marine on a daily basis. Stop means STOP not slow down and roll through.
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