NAME: Coyote DeGroot

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

OCCUPATION: Optician/Techno Producer

Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?

Chicago. It’s completely flat with a very regular grid system, so navigation is a breeze. With the exception of Critical Mass, bicyclists are largely an invisible tribe to the police. You can pretty much do whatever you want on a bike in Chicago and no one will bother you. Except motorists.

What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?

Chicago, because of: Lower lower Wacker. Riding through movie sets. Sharkula. R. Kelly: Trapped In The Closet (The Alleycat). Beef N’ Bitch. Cruel Simon, champion skidder. The Tamale Guy. Barack Obama. Contributing to Team Beer’d delinquency. Tour Da Chicago. Malort (probably the best thing about Chicago). House music. Juke music. The Classics. Yojimbo’s Garage. McCormick Place’s continued use as a race track. Campfires at Northerly Island. The fact that Batman lives here. Snow. Kuma’s Corner. Late nights on the Bloomingdale Tracks. IRO Sprints. And the list goes on. That’s why everyone’s moving here.

Why do you love riding in the city?

Because walking blows.

Poetry anyone?

City grows colder

Huddled riders pass the flask

Barf froze on my shoe

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