The editor of a new free magazine about international bicycle touring contacted me from her hotel in Nepal and asked if I would share the magazine with the readers of this blog. I gave it a read and think you will be as impressed as I was. The magazine is aptly called “Bicycle Traveler” and exists [...]
Despite some crazy pre-ride weather, complete with a rare waterspout in Lake Michigan, Wisconsin’s first Tweed Run went off without a problem. Most riders arrived at Sven’s Cafe in Bay View just before the heavy rain hit. Relaxing over tea, coffee and good food, Milwaukee’s country squires’ patience was rewarded with sunny skies in short [...]
For a few years now tweed rides have been in vogue in bike friendly cities across the country, but for some reason Wisconsin has been tweedless. That is until today. Casey, from Milwaukee’s fashion forward Bay View neighborhood, has put together Milwaukee’s first ride featuring the original sporting fabric. Tweed is a made from the [...]
Just over 6% of Madison residents biked to work in 2010, a 20% increase over 2009 according to the latest American Community Survey results released late yesterday morning by the US Census Bureau. That puts Madison in a tie with Portland, OR, which also has 6% of commuters going by bicycle. As a state, .75% of [...]
The Village of Shorewood is now ranked as a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists, the only village in Wisconsin with such a designation. The League has given BFC designations to 190 of the 500 communities across the country who applied. Wisconsin now has six Bicycle Friendly Communities: Gold [...]
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