Evanston, IL, here, but just barely. I'm maybe 100 yards from Chicago. I commute 9 miles each way every day down to Wicker Park. The Lakefront Trail is too busy for me, so I've been heading north for most of my other rides. I've been winding along the Green Bay trail or just meandering the streets north. I haven't been doing much organized riding, just stuff for myself, but I'm proud to live around here where there are so many active cyclists!
And yes, I just noticed this subgroup as well. I think I fell off the BF wagon a bit when they pulled the ability to search down. I was mostly just checking the commuter forums the past few months. I'm happy to see they got searching back up.
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Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.
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