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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 [...]

June 9th, 2011 | Category: bicycle event calendar, bicycle racing, fun, minnesota, NSC Velodrome | Comments are closed

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 — [...]

May 20th, 2011 | Category: bicycle racing, bike events, fun, minnesota, NSC Velodrome | Comments are closed

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 [...]

February 27th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle laws, bicycle racing, bicycle recreation, bicyclists, bike events, encouragement, federal funds, league of american bicyclists, legislation, minneapolis, minnesota, NSC Velodrome, politics, public meetings, richfield, share the road, st. paul, suburbs, urban planning | 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)

Minnesota Bicycle Events: Week of February 7

There’s a number of opportunities this week to get involved in bicycle advocacy, or learn new cycling skills. Some events from our Minnesota Bicycle Event calendar for the week include:

2/7: Complete Streets workshop for the upcoming Snelling Avenue (St. Paul) remodel

2/8: St. Paul Bicycle Coalition meeting
2/9: Richfield Bicycle Master Plan meeting and Bicycle Task Force session
2/10: [...]

February 7th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle commuting, bicyclists, bike education, bike events, complete streets, education, engineering, evaluation, minneapolis, minnesota, NSC Velodrome, pedestrian access, politics, public meetings, richfield, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul, suburbs, urban planning, winter cycling | Comments are closed

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 [...]

January 25th, 2011 | Category: bicycle racing, bicyclists, bike events, fun, minnesota, NSC Velodrome | Comments are closed
 
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