Still in beta the bike directions seem to still have a few bugs for typical routes, and some just don’t apply for scoots. Like, how it seems to always put you on the Lake Shore Bike path if you are anywhere close.
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Chicago Scooter Club member/follower Angela and her cousin Elizabeth on a spring break (for Elizabeth) hitting the road in Capri, Bell’ Italia. Elizabeth is a Bradley U. student studying in Florence this spring and Angela is just damn lucky.  These ladies have, well, stones, as this road is a 20-switchback cliffhanger climbing up to the [...]

Ever been stuck at a red light cause you just don’t have what it takes to trip the sensors, ever thought to yourself, “What the hell am I waiting for”?
Like South Carolina, which already allows riders to “safely” run red lights, Oklahoma now has a House Bill proposing just that.
“Representative Chuck Hoskins has authored House [...]

GO Car- Computer Guided Traffic Jam, originally uploaded by chicagoscooterclub.
Scooter like…I guess. But here’s the thing, it’s computer guided and and slow as all hell. (NO WE DID NOT GET IN ONE GIVE US SOME CREDIT).
The ones we did see being used only caused traffic issues, and lol, they might as well screamed out [...]

Over at Chicagogasprices.com I made a quick little chart showing the last 6 months of Chicago Gas Prices. Compared to the national average Chicago is paying its share of the oil companies massive profits.  It’s just outrageous what these companies are allowed to rake in while so many are struggling to get by.
I don’t drive [...]

Today on my way home from the Loop I pulled up next to a fellow scooterist.  We excanged the custamary head nod and “whad ups”.  Then he asked me, “you alway ride in the bike lane?”
At first I was thinking who is this sanctimonious no helmet having dude?  But then I got to thinking maybe [...]