I Love Riding in the City

NAME: John Cline
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
OCCUPATION: Spy

Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?
I live in Wicker Park, a hep a easy going place in Chicago. Riding in Chicago is a lot of fun and challenging. Lots of people yell at you, shake fists at you, try and run you down, all because of what? Because I don’t like to stop and I guess they don’t either. Not a lot of hills, but the wind…you are rarely down.

What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
Portland, aside from having the highest concentration of strip clubs in the United States, the city is hilly and fun. The people are VERY receptive to bikers as well. Doing a track stand at an intersection all the cars waited for me to cross and were waving me through. I was shocked.

Why do you love riding in the city?
I look at it like a real life video game. Always alert for something jumping out at you while going fast through the streets and only having one life. Perfect.

Or just say whatever you want about riding in the city…
I like hitting a trail or a velodrome once in a while but I am never as comfortable as I am on the street of any urban area, it’s like home. I have been dragging my Soma all over the country to different cities and man it has been a blast…

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