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In Praise of Oklahoma Mountain Biking
Posted on April 22, 2008 | No CommentsOklahoma is a great mountain biking state, but few people realize it. So says Christian Combs, president of the Oklahoma Earthbike Fellowship, an Oklahoma mountain biking and trail-building club dedicated to the enhancement of off-road cycling. Many people perceive Oklahoma as a relatively flat state, but it has a diverse geography and …Columbia Aims For 1000 New Bike Racks
Posted on April 21, 2008 | No CommentsColumbia, Missouri is embarking on an ambitious plan to add 1000 new bicycle racks around the city over the next few years. Currently, there are just 113 spaces in the downtown district. As cycling gains in popularity in Columbia, more bicycle parking places will be needed. The lack of …Raising Money for the WAM-SAG-MAN Trail
Posted on April 18, 2008 | No CommentsThe WAM-SAG-MAN Trail is a a proposed 20-mile paved multi-use recreational trail connecting the communities of Wamego, St. George, and Manhattan. Since first conceived in 2001, organizers have been raising funs to construct the trail. So far, they’ve accumulated about $46,000, which is a ways short of the $4.2M estimate …Missouri Seeks Advocacy Action
Posted on April 17, 2008 | No CommentsThe Missouri Bicycle Federation and Let’s Go KC are asking for your help in some upcoming bicycle advocacy efforts: Hwy 45 Bike/Ped Access: MoDOT is building a new highway through Parkville, Missouri (just north of Kansas City). Guess what? Their plans for accommodating bicycling and walking are inadequate, plus they forgot …Rides This Weekend
Posted on April 16, 2008 | No CommentsWith the weather (finally) heating up, the cycling season is starting to get going as well, with a number of events scheduled for the weekend of April 19-20: The Johnson County Bicycle Club’s annual early-season ride, the Spring Classic rolls on April 19th at 8am, offering 26, 46, or 70-mile routes …Arkansas Cyclist Rides His Age
Posted on April 15, 2008 | No CommentsMax Lynch of Bentonville, Arkansas has a tradition. Each year, for his birthday, he bicycles his age in miles. This year, for his 64th birthday, he put in a 66-miler. Lynch started his birthday rides when he turned 50 as part of his recovery from alcoholism. Now he’s a supervisor at Decision …Incomplete Streets for Missouri
Posted on April 14, 2008 | 2 CommentsIt looks like Missouri’s “Complete Streets” bill is dead. Despite being passed by the Missouri House by a vote of 139-9, and being poised to pass the Senate Transportation Committee this week, the bill, which would have required the Department of Transportation “to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, …Fifty by Bike, Including Kansas
Posted on April 11, 2008 | No CommentsAaron & Laura Beese are Oklahoma natives that have embarked on a unique bicycle tour — to visit and document each of the geographic centers of all fifty U.S. states on their tandem bicycle. This two-year journey started in central Oklahoma in June 2007, and from there they headed east and …Dealing With Mud
Posted on April 10, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s Spring in the Midwest, which means rain and mud. Even if you’re not mountain biking on wet trails (which should be avoided due to the trail damage it can cause), you’re liable to encounter mud on your routes due to runoff, flooding, muddy shoulders, or simply from taking …Is Bicycle Commuting Part of "New Reality"?
Posted on April 9, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe Omaha World-Herald recently ran a series of articles about Driving’s new reality, which incuded articles such as “Energy-efficient hybrid buffers costs of a long commute”, “Those carefree car days mom recalls from youth: gone”, and “Farmer saw the writing on the wall, and it said ‘$$$$'”. The articles point to …-
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