Things That Are Amazing about Biking in Chicago That I Re-Discovered This Week

1) When you ride downtown past 8pm, only students, the homeless, and punk rockers seem to be roaming the streets



2) If you ride downtown at night, you WILL encounter some sort of socially unacceptable behavior--whether its drunken brawls or drunken Trixies or a crazy guy yelling or other sorts of things of that sort



3) You sometimes see rainbows for no reason in the middle of the sky (like I did on my way home from work today!)



4) At night, you can ride down the beautiful streets in the ritzy areas and finally see into the houses that have their windows open. And sometimes it it AMAZING! And sometimes it is TERRIFYING. (Scary rich old people have some weird shit in their homes!)



5) It can be so peaceful right after it rains. Especially on the lakefront when you are the ONLY one soaking wet and riding free



6) You can hollar at cute boys and by the time they realize it, you are gone!



7) On a crisp Fall morning, your face stings in a good way



8) Eventually after you ride by the same groundskeeper every morning, he starts smiling every time and saying "good morning" to you



9) Riding in a gang of people, you feel powerful



10) It's extremely meditative and a time of reflection if you want it to be (and if you can also avoid being doored at the same time!)



11) It's fun to get REALLY freakin mad at an idiot driver and cuss them out as loud as you can so everyone stops to stare



12) It is good for your heart, head and soul to see the greatest city in the country wizzing past you, and feel so lucky to be right here, right now