Tag Archives: MN Bike/Hike Guide

Bike Pic April 5, Get the Bike Ready It Looks Like Spring Is Here!

With above normal temps in the forecast for this weekend, its time to take your bike out and prepare for your #nextBikeAdventure. If your favorite bike is or has been in storage, take it out for a ABC Tips check to make sure its ready. Once Bike ready, get out on the road or trail with your family or friends and have some fun.

View the new Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide and remember to register for the Root River Bluff & Valley Bicycle Tour and all the other fun rides coming up.

Thanks for viewing Today’s Bike Ready Pic

Now rolling into our 10th year as a bike tourism media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike and have fun. While highlighting all the unforgettable places for you to ride. As we continue to showcase more place to have fun we hope the photos we shoot are worth a grin. As you scroll through the information and stories we have posted, enjoy.

Do you have a fun bicycle related photo of yourself or someone you may know that we should post? If so, please send your picture(s) to: [email protected]. Include a brief caption (for each), of who is in the photo (if you know?) and where the picture was taken. Photo(s) should be a minimum of 1,000 pixels wide or larger to be considered. If we do use your photo, you will receive photo credit and acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As we continues to encourage more people to bike, please view our Destination section at HaveFunBiking.com for your next bike adventure – Also, check out the MN Bike Guide, now mobile friendly, as we enter into our 8th year of producing the guide.

So bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure. Please share all our picks with your friends and don’t forget to smile. We may be around the next corner with one of our camera’s ready to document your next move while you are riding and having fun. We may capture you in one of our next Pic of the Day posts.

Have a great day!

Bike Pic March 26, Ice Cream Sunday, Life Is Better With A Scoop, Or Two.

Ice Cream Sunday is back and always makes life better. So jump on your bike and head on down to your local ice cream parlor and order a scoop or two of something you’d never thought you would try! Life is full of surprises, you might just end up loving it!

View the new Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide and remember to register for the Root River Bluff & Valley Bicycle Tour and all the other fun rides coming up.

Thanks for viewing Today’s Ice Cream Sunday Life is Better Pic

Have a great day!

Bike Pic March 23, It’s National Puppy Day Celebrate Your Furry Friend

It’s National Puppy Day and a day to celebrate your furry friend! Who said that us humans are the only ones who enjoy a nice bike ride? We love to bike and we love cute puppies!

We’d love to have more bike pics featuring puppies so if you have a pic of you riding your bike with your furry friend accompanying you, please send them to Steph our Media person!

View the new Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide and remember to register for the Root River Bluff & Valley Bicycle Tour and all the other fun rides coming up.

Thanks for viewing Today’s National Puppy Day Celebrate Your Furry Friend Pic

Have a great day!

The Spring MN Bike/Hike Guide is now available digitally with more maps

With spring in the air, a Minnesota tradition in less than two weeks and the 7^th Annual MN Bike/Hike Guide coming in from the printers, carry this handy booklet with you in its digital format today!

As we continue to add more links and helpful information to assist you in finding your next adventure, please page through the Guide’s events, maps and helpful tips pages – and let us know if we missed something. With the summer issue, in its digital format, coming out in late May, we can make change and additions. So, please tell us as you plan your next adventure!

Our HaveFunBiking ‘Pic of the Day’ may help you find your next adventure

Now rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle tourism media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike while showcasing the unforgettable places to ride. As we search for fun bike photos, many worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted – it may help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there exploring, if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to a road route you regularly commute on or at an event – be prepared to smile. You never know where our cameras will be and what we will post next!

Plus, we welcome your candid bike shots

Do you have a fun bicycle related photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us post at HaveFunBiking?

If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to: [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be a minimum of 800 pixels wide or larger for us to consider using them. If we do use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

Be a part of a Minnesota bike tradition and get the a free copy of the printed guide

Regarding the 2016 printed guides, be one of the first to receive a printed copy by coming out to Stillwater, MN and participating in the MN Ironman Bicycle Ride on April 24^th. With no running or swimming required this spring bike opener will be a fun way to celebrate its 50^th year and start the summer cycling season – A true Minnesota tradition with bragging rights guaranteed.

So please bookmark the MN Guide and HaveFunBiking.com to help find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos online or in the Bike/Hike Guide.

Have Fun and Keep Riding!

Bike Pic March 25, ice cream smiles Friday!

Making a stop on her bike ride this cyclist enjoys a cool treat at one of the sweet shops in Willmar, a Western Minnesota town.

Where the lakes begin, the area here also features the paved, Glacial Lakes State Trail. A trail that will take you from Willmar out to Sibley State Park and several country parks where you will find more cool treats. To find out more about this fun bike destination check out, At-a-glance Willmar.

See more events, places to ride and explore in the new Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide.

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB).

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle tourism media our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As HFB searches and presents more fun cycling related photos, worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted that may help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun bicycle related photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us post? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to: [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be a minimum of 800 pixels wide or larger for us to consider using them. If we do use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for at the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of information, now available for mobile devices.

So bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

Bike Pic March 18, ice cream smiles Friday!

Here John Escritt, on his bike, makes a stop on a Hiawatha Bicycle Club (HBC) ride for one of his favorite afternoon treats, ice cream.

See more places to ride and enjoy ice cream in the new Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide.

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB).

So bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

Take a sneak peek of the 2016 MN Bike Hike Guide

As we prepare for press, we invite you to take a sneak peek of the Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide and let us know what you think. As we add more links and helpful information to assist you in finding your next adventure, please page through all the bike events, maps and helpful tips and let us know if we missed something.

Flip through the pages on your computer screen, book the site for future reference and take it with you for your mobile devices when you are on the go. In both our print and quarterly digital editions you will find a full schedule of bike event listings with links, helpful tips to have a safe journey and plenty of maps showcasing bike friendly destinations for planning and riding into your next adventure.

And check back regularly for our HaveFunBiking ‘Pic of the Day’

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle tourism media our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As HFB searches and presents more fun cycling related photos, many worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted – it may help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there exploring, if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun bicycle related photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us post on HaveFunBiking? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to: [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be a minimum of 800 pixels wide or larger for us to consider using them. If we do use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

So bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

New bike guide is ready to review and explore

Winter bike fun is here in the latest e-edition of the Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide. Flip through the pages on your screen where you will find a full schedule of winter and spring bike event listings and plenty of mapped bike destinations to review and explore throughout the year.

#FindYourNextAdventure

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB).

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself so.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!