I rode all over that city, lived there bro!!  Chicago has some world class bike rides, Lincoln and Grant Park are super bomb!!  Riding the STREETS of Chicago I'm surprised I lived through that without being killed by some jerk car driver ... I felt completely justified in riding a lil rogue there, blowing through stop signs and lights just so the car drivers on my tail couldn't catch up with myself.

Next time you are back there, go ride the lower drives downtown.  I DARE YA ... ;)  I did!!  I used to commute on my bike from Lincoln Square area, NW Chicago, all the way down to the Wrigley Building.  The street riding was super dangerous.

I'm aware Chicago has gotten better in terms of more paths, but the drivers still want to murder ya!!