Denver’s B-Cycle vs Minneapolis’ NiceRide, originally uploaded by edkohler. I’ve been riding around downtown Denver on their Bcycle bike system bikes. Based on my experience with NiceRide, here are my first impression differences. 1. The pricing is similar, with a flat fee for 24 hour access, with extra charges for keeping a bike out for [...]
Aaron and I did the Tour de Niceride on Thursday night. It was basically a scavenger hunt where we had to make 10 stops around town using the Niceride bikes. A clue was provided for each stop, at one of the 65 Niceride locations around town. The manifest of clues came out at noon, so [...]
Hansi Johnson discovered a study (PDF) done by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison (via the Bicycling Federation of Wisconsin) that attempted to quantify the value of biking on Wisconsin’s economy. Wisconsin has some beautiful trails and awesome country roads that draw cyclists to the state. And it’s also home to some serious [...]
Trails.com does a nice job mapping out the various bike friendly trails around the country, including those in Minnesota. This helped me discover more trails than I knew were within an easy drive of Minneapolis. MNTrails.com is another good sources for trail info, although they list fewer trails as of this writing. Registration (and in [...]
The Other Mike and biked around a good chunk of Northern Minnesota last week with stops in Duluth, Little Marais, Ely, Virginia, Hibbing, and back to Duluth. One day that started out difficult and turned very cool over time was from Little Marais to Ely. Little Marais is around 10 miles up the North Short [...]
David Schueller doesn’t let below zero temps ruin his fun. In fact, he’s been biking on Lake Minnetonka in this weather. How does he dress for it? Layers: David’s spin: Two days at 20 below And what do I wear on my feet? In order: neoprene socks, mountain bike shoes with Time cleats, time trial [...]
This just in from Ann Bernstein on the Longfellow Community Council’s River Gorge Committee mailing list: It’s my pleasure to share some news that I know will make many runners happy: Nick Eoloff, the project manager for the West River Parkway Trail renovation project, has informed me that the Park & Rec Board has agreed [...]
My friend Kyle was off fries for all of 2008, so come 2009 he decided he needed to do something significant to celebrate that milestone. (It should be noted that Kyle did lick a fry at Matt’s one night, and still ate tots.) This led to Fry-Day, which was originally scheduled for a Friday but [...]
Chuck Olsen with MNStories (coming soon) talked to a group of bikers who are taking back the Greenway from the thugs who’ve disrupted a major transportation route through the City of Minneapolis. This seems like a much better response than surrendering the city to me. via Aaron
I think the trick is to focus as hard as you can, but not quite that hard. via Future Now
