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Nice Ride MN Announces New Station Locations

To cap off 2011 Bike to Work Week, Nice Ride MN has announced the locations of  40 new bike-share stations to be located in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

A printable map of station locations is available online, along with an interactive online map that offers real-time information about station status, and, when open, bike availability.

Key new stations [...]

May 20th, 2011 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike rides, bike sharing, bike to work week, encouragement, minneapolis, minnesota, share the road, st. paul, transportation options | Comments are closed

Duck & Cover: Hail to the Biker

Last night, Minnesota saw some yellow-green skies and golfball-sized hail. Spring has in fact sprung.

This brings up the important safety question of what to do when the sky lets loose and you’re on your bicycle. Generally speaking, if you know there’s tornado warnings, you shouldn’t be wandering on out to go for a nice ride. That’s [...]

May 11th, 2011 | Category: bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike events, bike rides, common sense, rest stops, science, weather | Comments are closed

Active Living Expo & BikeMN Annual Meeting

This upcoming weekend is a big one. Friday night and Saturday, the Active Living Bike Expo will be at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. This event is basically free — bring a non-perishable food donation to benefit the MN Emergency Foodshelf Network, or you can join the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota and get in as well by supporting [...]

April 25th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle event calendar, bicycle recreation, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, bike events, bike rides, fun, minneapolis, minnesota, public meetings, st. paul | Comments are closed

Riding With Kids: Teaching Children to Ride

A friend Tweeted this video the other day, and I feel the need to share. This is an excellent video about teaching a child to ride a bicycle on his/her own. The techniques shown would work equally well as part of an adult education class oriented to adults who never learned to ride as children for [...]

March 5th, 2011 | Category: bicycle helmets, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, bike rides, biking with kids, children on bikes, education, video | Comments are closed

Education & Children’s Cycling Behavior

Via the League of American Bicyclists’ LCI group, I recently learned of this study from the UK that examines the impact of a cycling training program on the bicycling behavior and perceptions of children who have gone through the program.

Bikeability is a public-private partnership in the UK that teaches cycling skills for the 21st century. Three [...]

January 28th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle recreation, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, bike rides, biking with kids, children on bikes, education, encouragement, europe, league of american bicyclists, roadway use, safe routes to schools, statistics, survey | Comments are closed

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 [...]

January 20th, 2011 | Category: bicycle racing, bicycle recreation, bicyclists, bike events, bike rides, fun, minnesota, rest stops | Comments are closed
 
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