Ride Boldly!

No, I’m not being catty. MPR reports that during the GOP Convention, 1,000 bicycles will be available for check-out from racks around both Minneapolis and St. Paul. There are all sorts of interesting things to think about this. How does this fit in with the St. Paul Council’s refusal to extend bar hours to save [...]

Shamelessly stolen from Bicycle Retailer, a good source for this kind of thing: This chart proves a few things I’ve been saying all along, one of which is that it’s fair to assume many cyclists are regular contributors into the general tax base of our state and nation. I wonder sometimes if the perception that [...]

Spring is here. High gas prices are here, too. With that comes a deluge of people asking: “What bike should I buy?” I end up answering that a lot for friends, relatives, random co-workers who see the picture of me and my husband on bikes I have in my office and who have heard rumors [...]

Having previously mentioned Senator Tom Harkin’s ‘Complete Streets’ legislation (proposed March 3), I would be remiss in not mentioning House Resolution 305, proposed by US Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) on February 28. Representative James Oberstar (DFL-Minnesota) also seems to be involved. There are many fine ‘whereas’ statements in the proposed bill, all of which lead [...]

Our environmental friends at the Sierra Club have assembled an online quiz about the ‘greenness’ of people’s cycling habits. The quiz pretty clearly favors those who are using cycling as transportation, versus recreational cyclists and certain types of cyclotourists. For instance, they love the bamboo bicycle. They aren’t keen on unnatural fibers (spandex, wicking polyesters), [...]

Riding in rural areas is scenic and interesting. Be prepared, and be open-minded.