Editor's note: This is the first column in a two-part series. Part two will publish next week. Mounting a bike on a May Texas evening, little did I realize that a minor fall would mean more bike writing than riding this summer. That same Saturday, ...

"Zero Mile Ride." Oxymoron maybe? Actually, it's a social activity the Arlington Heights Bicycle Club enjoys. When it's too cold, club members indulge in two favorite pursuits - eating and socializing - while pedaling, that's right, zero miles. This...

Bezos can have his weightless fun. A brisk 15 to 20 mph cycle is excitement enough for me. Re-entry is simple, safe, too, just flicking down the kickstand. Green lighting this column last July, the Daily Herald launched me into the bike writing ethe...

Bezos can have his weightless fun. A brisk 15 to 20 mph cycle is excitement enough for me. Re-entry is simple, safe, too, just flicking down the kickstand. Green lighting this column last July, the Daily Herald launched me into the bike writing ethe...

At age 90, Arlington Heights resident Rita Moody considered her cycling days long past. That is, until Elk Grove Village chapter of Cycling Without Age upended that notion, refreshing Moody's vivid wind-in-the-hair biking memories. Their three-wheel...

It's a bright future for Illinois biking! Illinois Department of Transportation recently awarded 99 grants for biking and walking projects, with 45 in the Chicago area. Totaling $105.9 million, ranging from $32,000 to $2 million through the Illinois...

With riding season in full swing, biking columnists worth their pickle juice, er ... salt, should be publicizing organized club rides about this time. Luckily, the 2021 Ride Guide does that for me already. Published by Ride Illinois, the statewide, ...

Fifth Third Bike the Drive, the largest organized bike ride in Illinois, is back! Boasting upward of 20,000 participants, the Fifth Third Bike the Drive launches bright and early Sunday, Sept. 5, capturing Chicago's lakefront with a rolling fleet of...

I know what it takes for a marriage to flourish 40-plus years. What about a bike club? Organized in spring 1981, the McHenry County Bicycle Club celebrates its 40th anniversary with a 40-mile ride Saturday, June 26. The ride departs at 9 a.m. from t...

A parked car at age 12 has been my only bike-vehicle encounter. I've been lucky. Last year 26 area cyclists were not. Bike fatalities more than doubled in northeastern Illinois from 2019. Daily Herald reporter Marni Pyke wrote mid-February that cycl...