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Nature Valley Grand Prix Starts June 15

Tomorrow, the first two stages of the 2011 Nature Valley Bicycle Festival will hit St. Paul, and wander around the area (including Wisconsin) through Sunday. This is a fun pro event, offering a variety of disciplines and opportunities to watch race action. The criterium stages are especially good events to attend with children, as unlike a [...]

Four Days Of Track Racing Ahead!

Not one, not two… but four days of track racing! This weekend at the NSC Velodrome, there’s a full schedule of track cycling to check out. Here’s the deets:

Thursday: Thursday Night Lights, 7 PM — The weekly racing at the NSC Velodrome. $2 for adults and over-12s, free for under-12s, prize drawings for picking the winner [...]

Recap: Thursday Night Lights (May 19, 2011)

Last night was the first Thursday Night Lights of the season at the NSC Velodrome up in Blaine. My family headed out to check it out, as it was a lovely evening, and my preschooler is a fan of the track cycling experience.

There was a light crowd last night — early yet in the season — [...]

Bicycle Events: February 28-March 6

As we hit the back-end of winter and look forward to the giant tire-eating potholes of spring, here are a few goodies on this week’s Minnesota Bicycle Events Calendar:

February 28: The Minnesota Bicycle Summit with the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota. Walk-up registration is available. Come and represent bikes in Saint Paul.

March 3: The third of three [...]

NSC Offering Indoor Grass/Criterium Race Series

The National Sports Center in Blaine, and the NSC Velodrome, are offering indoor criterium racing on grass this winter.

It’s a 5 race series, with 3 races each night. Racers are allowed to bring any bike they want, although it’s to be assumed that cyclocross bikes are likely the best handling. I have to assume that spectating [...]

Gran Fondo Announced for Minnesota!

The Minnesota Ironman Bicycle Ride – a 45-year spring tradition in Minnesota – is starting a new tradition this year by adding a Gran Fondo (the Minnesota Gran Fondo) to their already solid event.

The Ironman is a typical one-day event ride with the mild twist of offering a metric century and a century route early in [...]