Minnesota Bike Atlas

The Twin Cities Bicycle Club and HI-Minnesota have teamed up again to produce a completely new edition of the Minnesota Bike Atlas – now in its 35th year of publication. With all new maps and an interactive CD which will blow your cycling socks off, this edition...

Book Recommendation – Pedal Power

I just finished reading Pedal Power, The Quiet Rise of the Bicycle in American Public Life by J. Harry Wray. I highly recommend this read to any one interested in climate change, politics or just the fun of cycling. Wray is a bike enthusiast and Professor of Political...

Ever had an itch to watch professional bike racing?

Ever had an itch to watch professional bike racing? Now in it’s 10th year, the 2008 Nature Valley Grand Prix will showcase Minnesota with stages in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cannon Falls, Mankato and Stillwater. The race will be held June 11-18, 2008. Also this...

Beginning of a new era

The revamped Astana cycling team, now under the management of former Discovery director Johann Bruyneel, is in Jávea, Spain, for a training camp this week. Article and pictures Filed by Graham Watson, Dec. 20, 2007 for Velo News

Who needs legs?

FROM LAKE GENEVA TO THE DEAD SEA: ARMIN KÖHLI’S NEW CYCLING CHALLENGE Swiss cyclist Armin Koehli arrives at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea near Amman November 17, 2007. Koehli lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine 26 years ago. He...

Interbike 2007

  Tina and I made a quick trip to Vegas for the Interbike show last week. Some of the highlights besides making new friends, included the bike races held evenings after the show. Wednesday was a Cross race held in a Vegas Soccer complex and Thursday, the USA Crit...