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I’ve been having some problems with my bike lately.  My commute to work has been great, but the downside is that I fold and unfold the bike several times a day.  My current bike, a Giant Halfway, wasn’t really designed for this type of abuse.  It’s more of a keep in ( Read more... )

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Looks like today the honeymoon is over.  The Metra train from Lombard to Chicago was over an hour late.  In a moment of wisdom, Metra decided not to charge the angry, waiting riders.  Still…  that’s a lot of time to waste at a train stop.  Can someone say suck.

The ( Read more... )

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I made it through the second week of the train commute. Yes, the second week. It would have been the third week, but I got the flu right after the first week (probably from someone on the train).

Anyway, I’m learning a lot more about Chicago as a result of taking ( Read more... )

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Today was my big test of the train version of my commute. Here’s what I learned.

• 5:00 AM is really friggin’ early. REALLY!
• It may be better if I check my bike as luggage on Amtrak.
• Waiting 1.5 hours for Metra sucks balls.
• Once I finally figured out the trick to ( Read more... )

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Tomorrow I embark on an epic journey.  Instead of driving to Chicago, I’ll be taking the train.  This is a big deal for me.  I’ll be adding a ton of extra time to my commute, but I’ll be saving quite a bit of coin.  I’m testing it out this week to see if it will be ( Read more... )

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So now that I have the folding bike, I’ve been thinking of ways that I can take the train to Chicago instead of commuting by car.  One obvious option is to take Amtrak up.  The only problem is that my office is actually in the west suburbs of Chicago, an area that ( Read more... )