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Copenhagenize on Winter Cycling: Right, Yet Not Entirely

The excellent Copehnagenize has an excellent post on how most posts on cycling in winter complicate the issue and emphasize subculture instead of mainstreaming the notion.

They both have a point, and miss one, in my opinion.

It’s a very good point that most of the info disseminated by bicycle advocates about cycling in the snow really orients [...]

January 6th, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle clothes, bicycle commuting, bicycle facilities, bicycle gear, bicycle routes, bicyclists, europe, midtown greenway, minneapolis, minnesota, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, transportation options, winter cycling | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Your Butt & The Multi-Day Bike Tour: A User’s Guide

Mid-June is here, and in the midwest that is the prime season for multi-day bicycling events. These events can range from 2 days (like the already-complete MS150) to a week or more (events like Bike Across Minnesota, TRAM, CANDISC, RAGBRAI, etc.).

And if you’re doing an event such as these or similar, your butt wants to talk [...]

June 21st, 2011 | Category: bicycle clothes, bicycle gear, bicycle recreation, bicyclists, bike events, bike tours, common sense, fun, health | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Bike Fit & Comfort

I see people, particularly novice cyclists and those returning to the sport after absence, obsess about bike seats all the time as a key to comfort. And I’m not going to debate the special joy of a good bike seat — I have been using the same brand and model for more than 10 years now, [...]

April 13th, 2011 | Category: bicycle frames, bicycle gear, bicycle recreation, bicycle retailing, bicyclists, bike education, health, physiology, riding position | Comments are closed

Biking With Babies

If you read the literature that comes with the average bicycle baby trailer, your reaction to actually hooking it up may be one of panic. Industry standard recommendation is not to even put the kid into a trailer until at least 12 months.

Personally, I find this a little ridiculous. By 12 months, many children are pulling [...]

February 22nd, 2011 | Tags: | Category: bicycle gear, bicycle helmets, bicycle recreation, bicycle safety, bicyclists, biking with kids, children on bikes, encouragement, fun, NSC Velodrome | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Epic Story on Bike Plows

Not much to say here save that Grist has an epic, epic post – with pictures! and video! – of bike plows in different places around the world.

Go read it, for it is [...]

February 2nd, 2011 | Category: bicycle gear, bicycle routes, bike lanes, engineering, environmentalism, europe, video, weather, winter cycling | Comments are closed

Let It Snow: First MSP Snow of the Season

Everyone panic! It’s November 13 in Minneapolis, and we’re having the first snow. Winter riding season is here!

Personally, I don’t believe this is going to last until Wednesday. It’s to warm up on Monday, and even now it’s heavy, wet and dumb snow. The plows aren’t especially visible at this point.

If you’re looking to extend your [...]

November 13th, 2010 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle gear, bicyclists, minneapolis, minnesota, winter cycling | Comments are closed
 
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