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Dirty Apple Bike Polo 04-18-2012

Check out the Dirty Apple Bike Polo club on Facebook. As of Spring 2012, they are playing on the Goodnow Tennis Courts: Tuesday-Thursday 4:30 Sunday 2:00 For more, here is an article by Nikita Grover, originally published in the K-State Collegian – January 2012. “In […]

Sign Up for the 2012 Commuter Challenge! 04-17-2012

Last year, MS Biotec ran (or rather, “biked”) away with the Commuter Challenge championship.   Jeff Callaway, Travis Steiner, and Cody Strodtman, along with four other coworkers, commuted by bike from Manhattan to Wamego and back for a total of 472 miles! MS […]

Bike Week 2012 04-03-2012

April 29th, 2012 through May 5th, 2012 is Bike Week in Manhattan, Kansas Help Us Celebrate! With spring in the air, the City of Manhattan proclaims that May is National Bike Month, April 29th - May 5th is Bike to Work Week and Tuesday, May 1st is Bike to Work Day. Mayor […]

Linear Trail Spur to Westloop? 03-09-2012

Many of you have already discovered the “Garden Way spur” that connects Linear Trail to the Garden Way Apartments and then on to Walgreen’s, Dillon’s and the rest of Westloop. It makes a great “exit” off of our little Bicycle Highway, […]

“Yellow Bikes” for K-State: bike-share study published 12-02-2011

(Guest post by Liam Reilly) I have recently completed a feasibility study examining various bike share / bike rental options. Community and campus biking is a growing trend across the nation.  Various cities and universities have introduced bike rental programs as an alternate […]

Know where to ride on campus 10-26-2011

K-State recently announced that they will be stepping up enforcement efforts on campus. In general, it is important for bicyclists to know that riding on sidewalks on M-F between 7:45 am-5:15 am is illegal, but there are a few exceptions. See the map below to see which […]

Oh, I want! … 1973 PPV 06-16-2011

“What has one eye, a voice, 2 pedals, 5 gears, 4 wheels, is yellow all over, and holds 1 1/2 people? It’s a pedal-powered people mover, which you may buy for $500. … Although it can’t pass much, it can always pass a gasoline station.” (see […]

Help us update the map 06-14-2011

Our first printing of 1,000 “Bike Everywhere” maps are almost gone, a real tribute to the rapid growth of cycling in our community. We will be printing another 1,000 maps in July and we are looking for feedback on the current design. The updated map will show […]

Success! Commissioners Show Support 06-01-2011

Last night the Bicycle Advisory Committee presented a 5-year strategic plan for bicycling at a work session with city commissioners. The five-year plan was developed from many of the ideas you have seen on this blog. City engineer Rob Ott, Civil Design Engineer Peter Clark, […]

BAC Presentation: Master Planning 02-25-2011

On Wednesday I presented a proposal to update the 1998 Master Plan by turning our attention to “B-bikers” or as the Portland Department of Transportation calls them, the “interested but concerned” group of potential cyclists who make up over half […]