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Ride the driftless monster at the La Crosse Bike Festival
For nine years, the La Crosse Area Labor Day Bike Festival has hosted all kinds of fun rides, for all kinds of riders. This year, along with the: family-friendly neighborhood tours, ice-cream rides, mountain biking, live music, and scenic road rides, there is the “Monster”, a 100-mile ride that will take you on an unforgettable…
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Mayor’s entrepreneurial tourism bike ride in Cedar Falls, IA
This weekend, enjoy a bike ride with Cedar Falls Mayor Jim Brown and learn about this thriving entrepreneurial community along the way. The bike ride will tour three businesses…Runners Flat, Talk to Me Technologies, Hansen’s Dairy, and Gasoline. Along the route hear each of their stories on how they started their business and why each…
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Bike races are a big draw to the Festival in the Park, in Mounds View
Mounds View is a great mix of busy and calm where you can ride your bike along creekside trails to visit festivals like the town’s Annual ‘Festival in the Park.’ This two-day jam-packed festival is a great way to wrap up your summer vacation.
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Get close on the Gitchi-Gami Trail Association North Shore Bike Ride
Get up close and personal on the 18th Annual Gitchi-Gami Trail Association North Shore Bike Ride, Saturday, August 18. Enjoy shoreline views of Lake Superior as you pedal the Gitchi-Gami Trail. Occasionally passing through a state park or riding over a serenading waterfall as it cascades into the lake on a supported 8, 28, 34…
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Pedal Van Buren tours through 10 Civil War historic villages in SE. Iowa
In its 32nd year, the villages of Van Buren County will be hosting their annual bike ride visiting several Civil War historical villages along the way. Ride participants can enjoy a 42 or 66-mile route on Saturday and a 42-mile’r on Sunday, along with a fun poker-run on the bike tour both days.
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Help put a smile on a kids face with that old bike collecting dusts
Do you have a bike or two taking up space and collecting dust? If so, consider donating them to Free Bikes for Kids (FB4K) to help them put smiles on kids faces. No bikes, no problem…if your basement, garage or storage space has already been cleaned out they still need help. FB4K’s also needs volunteers…
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A film & music festival to test out your multi-day bike touring skills
The 17th Annual Square Lake Film & Music Festival is a fun and perfect way to experience multi-day bike touring. Just north of Stillwater, MN. This unique, bike-friendly, outdoor festival is August 10-11,2019. Over the weekend, with your camping gear shuttled free, enjoy local music on the outdoor stage. Plus short film & animation sets…
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Tips and tricks for keeping your kid’s bike running smooth and safe
Summer fun for you and the kids is two wheels away. It is a time to bond and explore a new area of the neighborhood and maybe share some life lessons? Sadly, that fun can come to a premature end if the bike breaks down. Here are the best ways to keep your kid’s bike…
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A Twin Cities Gateway bicycle adventure, pre or post your soccer game
Before or after that next soccer game at the National Sports Center, grab the handlebars of a bicycle for a true north Twin Cities Gateway bicycle adventure. Surrounding the soccer fields, in Blaine, MN, the nine communities of the Gateway offer hundreds of miles of paved trail for you and family members to enjoy. Made…
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‘Ride the Ridges’ out of Winona, are up for the challenge?
If you are up for the challenge, ‘Ride the Ridges’ (RTR) bike ride, out of Winona, MN, allows you four route options. So there is something for everyone. If you believe you will exceed your planned level of endurance this summer here is a memorable way to test those glutes, thighs and calf muscles. In…
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