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Outside the Spring Lake Park Dairy Queen. Current bike line up are a black Surly Cross Check (with the pink bar tape), a grey Surly Cross Check with a Weehoo bike trailer, and a jolly red Special...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2018/05/29/still-life-bikes-with-stroad/

On Friday, the Ramsey County attorney’s office announced that no charges will be filed against the school bus driver involved in May’s fatal Summit Avenue crash. Initial gut response: WTF,...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2018/05/26/summit-avenue-fatality-no-charges-no-change/

Today, in St. Paul, a cyclist was killed when hit by a school bus. The accident happened at Snelling and Summit, which is a complex intersection involving service roads. You can get a sense of it...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2018/05/09/helmets-shouldnt-be-a-question-in-the-snelling-summit-bike-fatality/

But the good news is I have the Event Calendar operating again! Updates are ongoing, but May and June are (mostly) fleshed out, with public meetings being the next stuff to be added. I promise to...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2018/04/21/yeah-yeah-i-am-a-slacker/

On a 6-1 vote on August 3, the Blaine (MN) City Council approved an actual high-density housing development. As of 11 days later, the world hasn’t ended (even if there are signs it’s trying t...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2017/08/14/blaine-approves-high-density-housing-world-doesnt-end-yet/

Proposals to get St. Paul up to a higher standard of multi-modal joy abound. One key proposal is the City of St. Paul Bike Plan. It is a comprehensive approach to closing gaps in city bikeways an...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2015/06/11/one-soccer-mom-for-bike-lanes/

Following up on our last post about the NSC Velodrome, the current state of affairs remains a hazard for the beloved Velodrome. The NSC Foundation, along with the Friends of the Velodrome, have a...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2015/01/02/velodrome-in-limbo-whats-next/

The NSC Velodrome is in some danger of demolition. The facts are pretty straightforward. A wooden track, built in 1990, is beyond its design lifestyle — especially in a climate like that in Min...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2014/12/14/nsc-velodrome-in-danger-what-metrics-matter/

Mudslides have forced the closing of both Highway 13 in Mendota from 2nd  Street and Lexington Avenue, and the closing of the Big Rivers Regional Trail from the Lilydale Trailhead to Mendota a...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2014/06/10/alert-big-rivers-trail-closed-between-lilydale-mendota/

It’s true. I have fully updated the Minnesota Bicycle Events Calendar to provide new functionality, including legibility. It’s populated through June 2014 right now, with ongoing work to add ...

http://www.rideboldly.org/2014/05/14/introducing-the-improved-minnesota-bike-events-calendar/