Monthly Archives: February 2012
Leap Day monthly 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 of February to make Wisconsin an even better place to ride a bike. Apologies, but February was a busy month, so there is a lot [...]
The Alliance, Bikes Belong and the League to Merge
Last week the Alliance for Biking & Walking, the League of American Bicyclists and Bike Belong jointly announced their collective intention to merge the three organizations into a single national organization. This is big, big news. All three organizations have strong histories and distinct missions. The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) was formed in 1880 as [...]
Enter the Valid Wheel Cave
The Valid Bike Shop at Milwaukee’s North Division High School got some much needed improvements in the past month. Assistant Shop Manager Brandy, helped to design and build a large wooden “Wheel Cave” to organize our spares. Constructed from pine and red bike hooks, we built a modular framing system that now stores almost 200 [...]
Small Town Wins Big National Award
Omro Middle School is one of only two schools in the country to receive the 2011 James L. Oberstar Safe Routes to School Award. “It’s given annually for the school that distinguishes itself in providing safe walking and biking to the school” said Lauren Marchetti, Director of the National Center for Safe Routes to School [...]
50 years seeking balance
Today is my 50th birthday. Looking back on half a century, the course of my life has wandered and weaved like a child on a bike learning to keep balance and stay upright. As I have grown older, I have managed to find a bit of balance in life and finally hold a reasonably straight [...]
Fat-Bike Luge Run
“Luge Run.” That’s all I could think of as I tried my best to keep the fatties centered on the frozen ice trough of a path I created riding a few days ago. Earlier in the week, I had no intention of making this luge run, but temps that day hovered around 40, and the [...]
Goes together like deer hunting and bicycles
Yesterday Gates Carbon Drive got wind of my belt-drive Schlick Northpaw and published a little piece on it that included a photo of me riding the bike out to my deer stand in Peeksville, WI last gun season. Coincidentally, the same day fellow cyclist and (successful) deer hunter Tom Perkins from the Bay View Bicycle [...]
Trekking to the Bike Summit
The Weather forecast for Monday was sunny, unseasonably warm and winds from the east so I decided to ride to Madison for the Bike Summit. I needed to be there by 3pm, so I left around 9am. I decided to ride my 1984 Trek 620 touring bike. Long-time readers may remember this bike as my [...]
Winter-Bike-To-Work-Week…Madison Style
As the mercury drops and snowflakes fall, many cyclists put their steeds to bed for the winter. Not so for a group of riders part of Madison Bike Winter (at this point over 730 strong). Started by Aaron Crandall a few years back, this group has been showing the Midwest how it’s done in the [...]
