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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 [...]
So, here we are. Minneapolis gets recognition and awards for its bike culture. Bicyclists, woo!
And once again, the new year highlights that there is a very real differentiator between “bicyclists” and “people who bike.” This differentiator can be fatal, as in the case of Kerry Steven Baker. Mr. Baker was killed pre-dawn on New Year’s morning, [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
There has been the expected annual spate of winter cycling stories on multiple local news channels and sites – from the Strib and PiPress to features on local news and radio programs.
There is a common theme to these stories: Hey, look at the freaks! Sure, many of the stories have positive elements, such as the riders [...]
Yesterday, the Plymouth Avenue bridge in Minneapolis reopened for cyclists and pedestrians only.
As I expected when I wrote about this bridge and its corroded cables in October, the reopening for cyclists does have some plowing dependencies. While Minneapolis is on its ‘new’ plowing budget for 2011 after completely blowing the budget for 2010 with all the [...]
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Minnesota Bicycle Event Calendar
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