Monthly Archives: January 2012
Used Bicycles Needed
The Bike Fed operates a used bicycle repair shop out of North Division High School with a mission to teach high school aged youth to refurbish bicycles for use in our Safe Routes to School program at Milwaukee Public Schools. Each season we are in need of approximately 150 bikes to keep our SRTS fleet running [...]
January eUpdate
This is a quick update to let you know about some of the things the staff at the Bike Fed and our members have been doing over the last month to make Wisconsin an even better place to ride a bike. Apologies to the daily followers of this blog as, but most of the Bike [...]
Practicing my goodbye to all funding for bicycling
A couple of days ago there was a conference call set up by the Alliance for Biking & Walking to update advocates across the country on the status of the new Federal Transportation Bill. The bill has not been officially made public, but a number of sources have already reported on its contents and a [...]
Member Guest Post: I’m feeling vulnerable
James is a neighbor I ride with on occasion, a bike fed member and a guest blogger here. He has been feeling a bit squeezed this winter as the piles of snow at the curb effectively narrow the roads. As an attorney, he has considered his vulnerability from the legal perspective. I have told James, [...]
Bike Winter Events Listing
Don’t put your bike away just because of a little snow and cold weather. Get up and ride your bike to any of the great bike winter events below. But before you put a leg over your bike, sign up to take the Winter Bike Week Challenge from February 12th through February 18th. Registration will open [...]
I might have quit skiing this winter
A couple of winters ago I learned how to skate ski. Well, let me rephrase that, I started skate skiing. It requires quite a bit of technique to skate ski efficiently and while I had a lot of fun, got some great exercise and enjoyed the trails in the Kettle Moraine State Forest, I didn’t [...]
I walked ten miles to school in the snow…
There has been a great discussion about plowing bike paths on the Dane County Bikies listserv over the past week. The topic was raised as people emailed out trail conditions reports. This is necessary because, even though Madison has a pretty good policy about plowing bike trails, riders still can’t be sure the trail they [...]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Every time it gets really cold outside, I watch this video to stay inspired about winter riding. “After the Fall” is more than a film about winter cycling, as it takes a look at underground bike culture in a growing industrial city. Filmed in Milwaukee during the winter of 2006-2007 by Marshall Pierce, a Wisconsin native, [...]
Zinn and the Art of Bicycling
Imagine a world where you step into a bike shop with someone, and that person is treated like a rock star. Crowds form around him, pictures are taken, hands go out to be shaken, pats on the back and a beer magically appears. You might even see some female cyclists swoon–actually, the guys might be [...]
