Re: Route Advice wanted - Michigan/Ohio to Montreal

Tom Sherman wrote:
> Ron Wallenfang wrote:

>>
>> To get through Chicago, there are bike paths along Lake Michigan for
>> 17 !/2 miles - from 5800 north to 7100 south.  Not recommended on a
>> summer weekend, when they're too crowded but otherwise pretty good
>> going.  South of that, you take 41 down to either 12 or 20 and then
>> go east.  12/20 eventually join up and separate again east of Gary.
>
> Thanks. That was the part I was wondering about, since much of the
> area south of downtown in Chicago is not a safe area to travel through
> without multiple police escorts (we had a utility project in the area
> where off-duty CPD officers were hired for security).

I've taken Ron's route a couple of times, and 41 / 12  isn't bad in
daylight 
for a male touring cyclist through southeast Chicago, and Gary.

There is a new route map through northern Indiana here:
http://www.nirpc.org/PPHome.html
I haven't tried these yet. They are more recreational and will suit many 
cyclists riding through the area better (maybe me), but having read Ron's 
ride re****ts it's clear he's fine doing high mileage traffic surfing.