Ingenious solution.

You don’t keep a spare set of hex bits in your bike bag?

I had to look up what a Charmera was. I biked downtown this morning to cheer on these inspiring athletes. It was wonderful to have the B&O available to safely bike in from the west side.

Nice story!

(2/2) …along 56th to about ~3900W where I cut through neighborhoods such as Saddlebrook, Morningside (48th), and Crooked Creek until I come to Coldspring at Michigan Rd. Then it’s a MUP south to the Canal Towpath and east to the Monon.

IMO there is no best route. Just differing degrees of bad.

(1/2) bazblue. You recall the situation correctly.

Heading east along 71st its trail/MUP to Georgetown. Afterward, it’s unprotected painted bike lane. At Spring Mill you pop up to 75th which leads east to the Monon.

If I am at Eagle Creek’s South Gate, I may ride a very intense MUP east …

I see the makings of a satirical book.

YES! I am VERY excited about the city closing that 1.3 mile gap between the Eagle Creek Trail and the B&O in west Speedway. I'll be able to more safely get downtown and (more importantly) all you East-siders can safely venture out north-west to explore the amazing Eagle Creek Park.

It’s not my favorite route but there aren’t a lot of good options for me if I want to start riding from home.

I generally felt pretty safe.

Just west of Michigan Rd, on a curve, lane is overgrown with honeysuckle which pushes you into traffic.

Lots of grit/sand in the bike lane courtesy DPW.

Showing my full 6 mile route to Eagle Creek Park. The trail's missing 1.3 mile gap (Phase 2B), a connection that will run S.E. along the levy to the B&O Trail's Speedway pedestrian bridge, is "scheduled" to finish in a year. Can't wait!
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If you'd like to take a look, his name is @edfujawa.bsky.social. I find his mix of skeeting and blogging very effective and engaging - his posts generally use a photo with a brief intro to his topic with a link to his blog. Have you tried this approach for sharing your poetry and stories? (2/2)

Hi Jaime. I don't comment to my old Post friends as much as I used to but I thought I'd chime-in (butt-in?) about overcoming Bluesky char limits. One of my favorite follows here is an Indianapolis-based, local historian and author who uses Bluesky to link to his history essays on his blog. (1/2)

Hmmm

Seems about right - except I assume zero tax revenue will ever be realized.

Thanks for sharing this. I too hope the park can continue to grow. I’ve biked the wonderful Greenway system from the Hammond/Griffith area that leads to Dunes (the Oak-Savannah, Prairie Duneland and Porter-Brickyard Trails).

Nice job - a metric century! There was a rather strong breeze today but it was mostly a crosswind for your ride!

an instant classic!

Does a comprehensive list of BlueSky labelers exist someplace? This particular one seems quite useful.

I actually may switch to ending all my google searches with "Dumbass" rather than "-AI" 😄