Tag: Bicycle touring
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Bike Pic Dec. 12, a new twist to Winona’s scenic bluffs
Here is a happy biker touring the hills and valleys around the Driftless Area, near Winona Minnesota.
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Bike Pic Dec 10, yeah its Friday, time for a warm weather bike adventure
It’s Friday and time to plan a warm weather vacation
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Bike Pic Oct 18, a recap of summer touring fun by bicycle
This Tuesday, another perfect fall day for a fun ride
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A perfect pair of sandals can add to your bicycle touring adventures
If you are like me when cycling in a new area, it is fun to get off the bike and walk around a historical area, along the beach or venture into a shopping area with sandals. Many times these extra-curricular stops can lead to more treasured memories. The only problem, hiking around in bike shoes…
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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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Bike races are a great way to experience new trails and routes
The big issue with traveling elsewhere to ride is finding the good trails, best routes or fun secret spots that only the locals know about. That’s why I recommend you enter a bike race. Not for the race, but for the route.
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Bike Pic Dec 7, a warm weather bike reprieve in Florida
Riding the bike friendly Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail from St. Pete to Clearwater, Florida gave these two Midwest biker chicks a reprieve from the cold weather at home.
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Bike Pic Nov 9, bicycle tourism directors roll out before meetings
At the National Bicycle Tourism Conference in St Pete, FL. this week, tour bike directors from all over the U.S. rolled out for an early morning ride before scheduled BTN workshop sessions begin. Here leading the pack is T.J. Juskiewicz, Director of RAGBRAI.
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Bike Pic Dec. 14, a beautiful summer ride
Here are a couple happy cyclists touring Washington County, near the Brown’s Creek Trail that leads into Stillwater, Minnesota.
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Becoming a Randonneur
Randonneuring is long-distance unsupported endurance cycling. This style of riding is non-competitive in nature and self-sufficiency is more important then anything else. When riders participate in randonneuring events, they are part of a long tradition that goes back to the beginning of the sport of bicycling in France and Italy. Friendly camaraderie, not competition, is…