Riding the Red Line vs. the Brown Line for downtown commutes - night and day difference

After 6 months of taking the Red Line from Rogers Park, I switched to the Brown Line and saved myself 15 minutes each way because the Brown Line rarely gets those sudden signal delays. Anyone else find a faster CTA route by switching lines?

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ivanl761mo agoMost Upvoted

Are you sure it's not just the time of day you're riding?

davis.casey1mo ago

Oh dude, my buddy Mike got a dual sport last spring and was having the exact same issue. He'd ride after work around 5pm and the bike would just feel dead, no power going up the hills near his place. He kept blaming the time of day for weeks, thinking maybe it was hotter or something. Then one weekend he woke up early, took it out at 7am on a Saturday and it rode like a completely different machine, all that power was just there. Turned out his carb was slightly clogged and the cooler morning air made the fuel mix just right enough to hide the problem. He spent forever tearing that thing apart before he finally found a tiny piece of gunk stuck in the main jet.

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