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With New Sponsors Bike Festival Gears Up
North Memorial and PreferredOne saves the North Star Bicycle Festival and Grand Prix, scheduled for mid-June, in four Minnesota towns and one Wisconsin city. Now moving forward, the 17th Annual North Star Bicycle Festival will take place June 13-21. The future of the festival looked bleak until these two new major sponsors stepped forward. The…
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Bike Pic of the Day – May 22
Not to cold, not to hot, just a perfect sunny day to have fun biking with some friends.
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Best Cities for Biking to Work
In honor of National Bike Month TIME Magazine, in an article, rounded up the best nine U.S. cities for people who want to commute by bicycle. To find out which cities would make the cut for such a list, TIME asked three veteran bicycle policy advocates for their input. Many of the cycling-friendly cities selected have special…
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New Wheel Will Make A Bike Into An e-Bike
If you are interested in the idea and ease of an electric bicycle but don’t want to give up your perfectly good “manual” bike, there is something you can check out. If the Kickstarter campaign is successful you will be able to replace your existing rear wheel with this Smart Wheel that includes removable motors…
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Bike Picture of the Day – May 21
A lonely spectator cheers on couple doing an “ABC” check (air, brakes and crank) on their bike at the Pedal MN Bike Repair Station, in Preston, MN. This is one of eight, trail head repair stations along the Root River Trail System, in Southeastern Minnesota.
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“Race for Free” Introduces Youth To Mountain Biking
The Minnesota Mountain Bike Series (MMBS) is offering Race For Free again this year. For those new to the mountain biking scene, MMBS has been operating a state wide series for all ages since 1990 and is a proud sponsor of the Minnesota High School Cycling League. The Race For Free program allows Minnesota League…
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Best States For Bicycling
On Monday, the League of American Bicyclists released its annual Bicycle Friendly State rankings to kick off the first day of National Bike to Work Week, May 11th – 17th. For the eighth year in a row, Washington was named the most bicycle-friendly state in the country; while Minnesota retained its number two position for…
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Seventh Annual Bike Sale Benefits Local Youth Program
Cycling enthusiast Rick Anderson is ready for his seventh annual bike sale, benefiting the Kids ‘n Kinship mentoring program. The sale is this Saturday May 16, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at his Apple Valley, Minn. home. Throughout the year, Anderson along with other volunteers gather and tune up donated bikes and sell…
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Two 4th of July, Bike Rides to Consider in the Twin Cities
With summer fast approaching in the Upper Midwest, if you plan on being in the Minneapolis/St Paul area over the 4th of July here are two popular rides to check out. In the Western side of the Twin Cities, in Golden Valley, the Hiawatha Bicycling Club (HBC) will host the 16th Annual Tour D’ Amico.…
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Enter To Win A Bike Travel Getaway and Fitwell Bicycle
If you like the bike map’s in the Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide and in the Destination section of HaveFunBiking.com, here is your chance to win a Getaway Package to visit one of the bike friendly areas we showcase. Each week, starting May 26th, we will draw an email address from our e-subscriber database. Then selected winner…
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