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A Halloween Capital, Discovering Anoka’s History, Trails, and More
By Andrew Ellis Rolling into Anoka, MN for my next bike adventure, I felt a welcoming charm in this relaxing community with hospitality everywhere that I turned. With gear on, I was ready to this pedal this area they call the Halloween Capital of the World. The vast trail and bike-friendly road network in the Twin…
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Testing mountain bikes at Interbike’s Dirt Demo: Review Patrol 672
I have to admit it, Interbike was more fun before the internet. The reason for this is that you would walk isle after isle and see all the new, awesome products. In the age of digital media, it becomes a lot harder to find something new, and even harder still to find something new and…
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Interbike’s Cascade of Clever Concepts for Children’s Bikes
If you look between the isles of Interbike (figuratively) you can see the future. I’m excited to say, when it comes to bicycles, the Children are the future. Interbike had loads of unique and exciting bikes, accessories and programs for all the little riders out there.
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Bike Pic Sept 26, join the fun at the Wild Ride Mountain Bike Festival
Are you ready for the Wild Ride Mountain Bike Festival? These two young mountain bikers are and this family-friendly festival includes: bike demonstrations, build-your-skills sessions, gear talks, fix-it clinics, bike games, group rides, timed competitive events, kids’ activities, a best beard contest and a best flannel outfit contests.
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Bike Pic Sept 24, another ‘Ice Cream Smiles Sunday’ pic from RAGBRAI
Its Ice Cream Smiles Sunday here in the upper Midwest. Here on RAGBRAI 2017, these two cyclists stopping in Clear Lake, IA. for the evening, enjoyed a cool treat while sharing fun stories of the bike adventures along the way.
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Bike Pic Sept 23, have fun on that next bike adventure
With warm summer temperatures continuing here in the upper Midwest, have fun with family and friends on that next bike adventure.
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Tern Bicycles showcase all their folding bike capabilities in the new GSD
Tern Bicycles is a relatively new company who burst onto the cycling scene with a clean and hyper functional line of folding bikes. Over the past few years, their forward thinking design team has worked to solve problems that plague cyclist with limited storage space and now offer the new GSD “Get Stuff Done” model.
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Dirt Demo Reviews: Thoughts and Feelings on the Marin B17
I was amazed how well the Marin B17 bike handled! To start, it had a near telepathic handling character. Simply I would think about changing direction and the bike did it. Following that, I was amazed at how well its suspension operated. Even when thrown down rocky chutes or off camber, jagged turns, the B17’s…