Bike The Drive

Susie and I went to Palatine to visit with our daughter and her family this last weekend. We also went in to Chicago to ride the “Bike the Drive”. The Police shut down the Lake Shore Drive from 57^th St. to Bryn Mawr Ave. The ride takes you past Grant Park where the Post-Ride Festival is held, past Navy Pier, the Chicago River, the harbor and many other sites and buildings that you don’t have time to look at when diving in a car.  The ride was set up and ran very well especially when you consider there were over 20,000 riders. The bike traffic wasn’t too bad and food and water was not a problem. There was a breakfast after the ride of pancakes, eggs, sausages, juice and yogurt. They had lots of vender tents set up and live music. The also had a free bike valet service so you could walk around and enjoy the area. Walking through the bike parking area was like going into a candy store for me. There was just about every brand of bike I’ve seen before, but no Follis. Some of the old bikes were all original, others were rebuilt to look like new and others were altered and changed into fixies or other contraptions. I hate seeing that knowing that the good parts removed from these quality rides probably end up in the trash.