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North Star Bicycle Festival Race Results, Grand Prix Day-2
After the time trials and criterium in St. Paul on Wednesday, the Festival’s Grand Prix moved to Cannon Falls, Minn. for the first full day of road racing yesterday. With crosswinds creating havoc, Ryan Anderson (Optum) took the men’s stage win. Carmen Small (Specialized-lululemon) and her teammates put in a smart race letting the team…
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HaveFunBiking Glance at This Weekend’s Events
With summer heating up plenty of fun events are scheduled here around the upper Midwest to fill this coming weekend with excitement and memories. Starting Wednesday, our local version of the Tour d’ France, begins with the North Star Bike Festival for the next five days with pro-bike racers and a bike festival. Then throughout…
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Tour D’ Amico Offers a Selfie Contest on the 4th of July
Start your July 4th with the 15th Annual Tour D’ Amico bike ride, beginning and ending in Golden Valley, Minn. All you will need is your bike, helmet and a cell phone to take pictures of yourself and your friends having a great time along thre way!
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New and Improved CamelBak Water Bottles, Even Better
CamelBak took the innovative design features of their Podium water bottles and made them even better this year with a few new improvements. Still made with CamelBak’s BPA-Free TruTaste polypropylene with HydroGuard, you taste the water and not the bottle. The new improvements make hydrating on the bike even easier.
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Toddlers Compete in Championship Balance Bike Race
Developing balance and having fun, that’s what its all about when you are two to five years old. Looking for something new, be sure to take your family to the Lake George Municipal Complex, in St Cloud, to witness or participate in Strider Racing at its best. Come out and cheer on the young riders…
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Girls Having Fun, No Mater What They Are Riding
Just a few of the HaveFunBiking ladies we have had the honor of capturing on camera. Check them out and I think you will agree these bicyclist sure know how to cut loose, taking a break from their two-wheel steed to having a little fun!
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July 4th Bike Ride Offers New Routes and a Sinfully Delicious Italian Picnic
What a great way to start the 4th of July! This year’s Tour D’ Amico (TDA) will be Hiawatha Bicycling Club (HBC’s) 15th year running the ride. A special year, the club promises several new scenic routes through the western suburbs of the Twin Cities Area offering food samplings along the way and a sinfully-delicious…
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Tour de Cure Beats the Rain Raising More Awareness in the Twin Cities
Congratulations Twin Cities Tour de Cure! With the threat of monsoon rains in the forecast, for mid afternoon last Saturday, over 2,000 riders and volunteers for the TC Cure came out to make this annual occasion more than just another bicycling event. Talking with many of the Red Riders (those in the red shirts, riding…
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Where Big Ideas Come in Very Small Packages – Bike Ride
Geared towards the discovery, education and business side of new Nano Technologies, a bike ride will kick off a full day of interesting ideas cantered around this growing industry open to all ages. For the fifth year in a row the Rushford Institute for NanoTechnology (RINTek), will host this annual event at the Rushford-Peterson High…
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How to Lube and Clean Your Bike Chain in 5-Easy Steps
We have all heard the expression many times, “It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it,” but who? Unless you can afford to hire someone else to clean and lube your bike’s drive train, normally on a weekly basis, here are five simple steps to help your do the job quickly and easily…
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