bicycles
Pedal for Peace
Pedal for Peace invites you to join us on Saturday July 23 at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis. We hope to raise $15,000+ to help provide satellite phones, motorcycles, and uniforms for Nonviolent Peaceforce’s unarmed civilian peacekeepers in Sri Lanka, Mindanao Philippines, and South Sudan.
RECYCLE YOUR BICYCLE! - a benefit bike drive for Sibley Bike Depot at Burroughs Community School
RECYCLE YOUR BICYCLE!
A Benefit Bike Drive for Sibley Bike Depot at Burroughs Community School
Saturday, May 7th from 10am – 1pm
Grease Rag's guide to winter biking in the Twin Cities
Only the most brutal, ice-encrusted conditions can keep commuter Lee Penn off her bike.
"If my pedals can't clear the snow pack," she said Sunday, "then I pull out my skis and ski to work."MORE »
St. Paul tries pilot compost pick-up program

"Recycling alone is not gonna get us to the bottom of that trash can," Dianna Kennedy said about Eureka Recycling's new composting project. The program, which includes collecting food waste and soiled paper products from three groups of 200 households each and turning the waste into compost, is part of Eureka's effort to fulfill the city of St. Paul's goal of becoming a waste-free city by 2020. An additional group will receive education about composting and a fifth group will serve as a control group. MORE »
Pedaling whole foods to family tables: Velo Veggies joins bike delivery scene

Randall Dietel bikes up to the Mill City Farmers Market in a rush. His workday for Velo Veggies has started later than he likes -- though it's not yet even 9 a.m. on a Saturday, a time many reserve for sleeping in or sipping coffee at home.MORE »
The challenges of going green: Bicycle commuting on the Metro Transit System

As I load my bicycle into the back of my car I wonder if I'm ready for this. My trip was already delayed once by rain, or actually my lack of raingear. I haven't ridden a bike much further than around the block in years. But it looks like a nice day for a ride.MORE »
Spring cleaning for bicycles
Todo sobre mi bicicleta

Fixing a flat: Bike basics

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