Monthly Archives: December 2017

So it seems that this is the year that Fat bikes have hit the mainstream…and while I still don’t think you “need” a fat bike to ride in the winter, it’s hard to argue with how fun they can be. If like me, you rode something like one of the early Surly fat bikes a …

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It’s so great that earlier this week there were this many bikes still at Lake Harriet Community School in Minneapolis. And these kids are embracing the “Rakish Middle School Rider” philosophy with their cool rims.  We’d like to meet the kids who will still be riding next week!

Tomorrow is my 49th birthday and, as is common with people nearly 50, I decided that I will spend the next 12 months getting in excellent shape. . . before I’m “old.” Tom just wrote a three-part blog on winter biking for “avid bike commuters braving frigid temperatures” which gave me the fabulous idea to …

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