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Bike Pic Aug 31, and they are off for a couple more track racing events
With a track race event tonight, at the National Sports Center Velodrome, in Blaine, MN, you will want to come out, before the last race on the schedule, September 14th. Blaine is a Twin Cities Gateway community, in the north suburbs of the Twin Cities.
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Bike Pic Aug 30, fun day to ride the Mississippi River Trail
Another fun day to ride the Minnesota section of the Mississippi River Trail on this picture perfect Wednesday. Here in this photo a couple biker chicks round the scenic waterscape, with the Minneapolis downtown skyline in the background.
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Bike Pic Aug 29, many trails are drying, check before mountain biking
Tuesday morning and this mountain biking chick finds a dry trail to enjoy. In Minnesota, check MORC trail conditions to see which trail systems may be open after all the rain, the last couple days.
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Bike Pic Aug 28, Bunny Hop Monday into your sweet spot
If life were a mountain bike trail and a wheelie or Bunny Hop Monday helped smooth out your day-to-day ride or aided you to drop into your sweet spot.
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Theodore Wirth Park, a gift five minutes from downtown Minneapolis
In the western part of the Twin Cities, nestled between Golden Valley and Minneapolis is Theodore Wirth Park. A space almost as large as New York City’s Central park. With in Wirth (as it’s known to the locals) you will find several scenic, natural areas around Birch pond and Wirth Lake, plus two golf courses…
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Staying Safe by Assessing and Avoiding Road Hazards
Nothing spoils a great ride like a bad accident, but most accidents are avoidable. The easiest way to eliminate accidents is to assess road hazards in advance, and avoid them. Read on to learn about the most common road hazards and how to manage them.
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Bike Pic Aug 26, exploring the Netherlands and the canal routes there
It is fun to take a Europe bike vacation to explore the Netherlands and their 100’s of bicycle routes that follow the picturesque canals and rivers there.
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How to adjust your front derailleur for perfect and silent shifting
In the late 1920’s, in France, there was a bike race under way and it wasn’t the Tour De France. Instead, this race was a technological race that brought the front derailleur into the light. Before 1928, bicycles had a maximum of two speeds, and you needed to remove the rear wheel to change those…
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Bike Pic August 24, another fun day on the Mississippi River Trail
Another fun day to ride the Minnesota section of the Mississippi River Trail on this picture perfect Thursday. Here in this photo a cyclist and her friend round the scenic waterscape, between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Bike Pic Aug 23, ride like a bear on the St Paul Classic Bike Tour
Pedal your bike down along Summit Avenue and join the ‘Ride Like a Bear’ crew at this years St Paul Classic Bike Tour, September 10th.
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