Biking in Winter, Fastest Mode Available
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Posts Tagged ‘Bikes’
Bikers Have Needs Too
As a Minneapolis cyclist, I do my share of whining about the conditions of our city’s bike infrastructure. The roads are a veritable minefield of potholes, the city’s priority level on bike lane upkeep seems to hover somewhere below stop-sign graffiti removal, and I have no clue what the city planner was on when they decided to put a bike lane between car doors and the curb on 1st Avenue downtown. Most cyclists in the area will be able …
Angry Catfish Bicycle and Coffee Bar
Bicycles and Coffee.
It’s the marriage of two ultra-hip products of our culture. And it’s arrived at the border of Standish and Ericsson neighborhoods in South Minneapolis.
So why should you give a damn about Angry Catfish Bicycles and Coffee? It isn’t because you’re looking for a new cup holder accessory to hold your coffee-filled thermos; it’s because you want quality.
Owner Josh Klauck cares both about quality of the coffee and bicycle-related paraphernalia served in his recently opened hybrid-store.
Currently, the coffee bar offer four kinds of …
Why I Bike in Winter, and You Should Too!
The benefits of riding a bike are well known and often extolled; exercise, fresh air, zero pollution, it’s faster than walking, cheaper than a car. Minneapolis is a bike city, and during the fairer months the campus and the city team with two-wheeled activity. But come the beginning of November, most of those bicycles will be stored awkwardly in an apartment closet or left outside all winter, neglected, lonely, and rusting. To me, this is a huge waste.
When I tell someone that I commute by bicycle year round, the resulting expression on their face usually ranges from a confused blank …
The Fixie Debate
Fixed gear bicycles are all the rage these days but is it dangerous to health and safety.
Bike Trails in Minneapolis
Fall is a beautiful time of year. School has started, the leaves are changing colors, and the weather has cooled off just enough to break out your favorite sweater. It is the perfect time of year for a bicycle ride! Too often, we fall into the groove of riding our bikes only as a means of getting to and from the places we need to go. However, it’s nice to get out there on a bike and cycle just for the pleasure of cycling! We have compiled a section of trails that will allow you to do just that. We …
How to Ride a Bicycle
The University of Minnesota is one of the largest campuses in the country. With an area spanning 21.2 million square feet and reaching into two separate cities, getting around is no walk in the park. Luckily, Minneapolis has a booming bicycle community famed as the second largest in the country next to Portland. This means there are plenty of bike paths and routes to get students and other green travelers where they need to go. The city is a perfect place for a good bike ride. So perfect in fact, that many people rely exclusively on their bicycles to get …
Campus Travel Disrupted by Bridge Construction
Many, if not all, of us here at the University of Minnesota have experienced the loud, claustrophobia-inducing walk from the East Bank to the West Bank as a result of the fencing put up on the pedestrian bridge spanning the Mississippi River. Not unbearable, but certainly not enjoyable. Thus, the fact that the restrictions placed on the bridge are finite gives us something to look forward to with the coming of spring. And with the reopening of the Interstate 35W bridge peeking around the corner, things are looking up for traffic conditions at the U of M.
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No Bikes on the Bridge
As you probably know by now the Washington Avenue Bridge is not being so kind to the bicyclists of our fair campus. Now you will be ticketed $80 if you try to ride through the enclosed walkway. Here’s what I sent Vice President O’Brien and President Bruininks:
To whom it may concern,
You claim to be caring for the safety of your students, yet you have the entire lower deck open for traffic. If all was fair, there would be further restrictions on the car deck in order to accommodate bicyclists. Your stopgap approach to the situation denies our rights as bicyclists …
One Speed: Extremely Fast
Several members of the U’s Cycling Club stepped into the St. Paul Gym for practice with sun-scorched arms and legs, a look even Hank Hill would be jealous of. Their newly acquired farmer’s tans were the result of a spring break expedition to Tucson, Ariz. which included 60-70 miles of cycling per day, and a 25-mile climb up rock-infested Mt. Lemmon. Despite the rigorous routine in Arizona, the cycling club is very accepting of riders with little cycling experience. On the trip some riders had never been on a group ride before, and about half the people who join the …