Every year since the very first Riverwest 24 in 2008, the team has introduced a new tattoo design that bestows 5 bonus laps onto ride participants. The designs have ranged from cool to tacky and upon first glance they’re almost always questionable. The quality of line varies tremendously, but that’s arguably either the aesthetic or […]
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Lunar Cycle: Ride your bike around the moon
At the end of the year I lamented that I didn’t feel like I got on my bike enough in 2013. I clocked in a total of 3,184.38 miles, which was exactly 1,815.62 miles less than last 2012 (in which I went out on New Year’s Eve to cap off precisely 5,000 miles). I’m not […]
Continue reading…Review: Slipnot Bicycle Tire Chains
I got a chance to try out the Slipnot Bicycle Tire Chain system. The results were a mixed bag. Ultimately they were overkill for my use cases, but I could imagine situations in which they could prove to be useful. I’ll run through the pros and cons below.
Continue reading…Milwaukee’s paved trails must be maintained, even when it is “too cold” to use them
“Please find attached a current photograph of the switch back, just beyond the Marsupial Bridge at Kadish park. I have often had to put forth a request to have the bike paths and recreational trails cleared after a heavy winter storm. When make the request I always ask why these trails are not cleared in […]
Continue reading…Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) wants to ban European Style Bike Boxes
“It’s basically about [rich conservatives] in Madison who hate [bicycles] and think everyone should [drive] to work. It is basically making it difficult to use [anything but an] automobile.” Sounds familiar, eh Mr. Nass? Fortunately neither are terribly true—particularly in Madison, one of the most bicycle friendly cities in America. Sure, there are some car […]
Continue reading…Bike Friendly Business Checklist
I started attending meetings for a new Milwaukee group that, at this moment is called “Milwaukee Businesses by Bike” or MBByB or “Embibe” (which is a little iffy since it’s mixing alcohol and transportation…even though it’s not about alcohol at all). At any rate we need a name, a logo, a mission statement and a […]
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Make way for the king. The automobile rules the road and getting in their way is comparable to heresy. Or, at least, that’s where the American road system has lead our beliefs. Street designers are always looking for ways to clear the way for a steady flow of auto traffic. This is particularly obvious at […]
Continue reading…Change the Milwaukee Bike Registration Page
The following is an open letter I sent to license@milwaukee.gov to get a more accurate bicycle license application page. I was talking with some of my cycling friends lately and I’m all about registering my bike. As a representative of the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective I make sure to tell everyone to get their bike registered […]
Continue reading…My aim is off on my trip to Target
A recent acquaintance of mine, Tim Cigelske dropped himself off in Colorado with a bike, a bottle of water, and a few power bars (as well as a kick ass Chipotle jersey) and in currently working his way back up to his home city of Milwaukee. Having only biked 80 miles to Madison and, more […]
Continue reading…The Riverwest 24: 23 laps, 115 miles, 24 hours
This weekend Milwaukee was loaded and packed to the brim with things to do. There was the Downer Avenue Bike Race, Brady Street Days, a Bay View block party, The Riverwest 24, a free rummage sale on Holton, GermanFest, Critical Mass, Bar Camp Madison, Secret Chiefs 3 (with aquaintence and opener, The Demix) and plenty […]
Continue reading…Easy Rider: Cycling From Milwaukee to Madison
A friend and I may have gone out of our minds, because we decided to bike from Milwaukee to Madison, a trek more than 80 miles long. Before this trip I hadn’t biked more than twenty miles in an entire day. But when we headed out we thought positively about it. We thought we could […]
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