It's certainly not an aerobic workout, but when I can't ride, I read about biking. Here are three books I recommend as stocking stuffers for yourself or like-minded others. Each covers biking from a unique angle, appealing to different tastes. But d...

As autumn's beauty fades, inclement weather takes control, with cycling pundits offering tips for not-so-fair weather riding. Their purpose? To convince you that cold, wind and precipitation don't mean hanging up your wheels until spring. I eschew ...

Bike shop inventory remains tight, but suburban bike collections during the shutdown continue to supply the disadvantaged in the Chicago area and overseas with used bikes. October alone saw 10 collection/recycling events, yielding hundreds of used b...

I humbly apologize. As a seasoned rider, I should know better. An observant bike shop owner gently chided me about my past column photo - my helmet is unsafe, riding too far up my forehead. Today's photo corrects that error. Several readers also reb...

You weren't imagining it - bike trails were crowded during the shutdown. Five county forest preserves confirmed double and even triple trail usage April through August. Riders and nonriders alike had to adjust. Tony Martinez, director of community r...

"Given lemons, make lemonade" is the old saying. Some bikers have gone way beyond lemonade by displaying pandemic shutdown creativity in Schaumburg, Palatine and Wheaton. For 20-plus years, the village of Schaumburg and its park district celebrated ...

Infrastructure doesn't just magically appear ... the paved trails, shared lanes, "sharrows," greenways, etc., that bike riders use every day. It starts with an idea - a cyclist's "light bulb" moment, a traffic planner's vision, a motorist's complai...

Bike riding has recently taken on new life, what with remote learning, working from home, shuttered fitness centers, and the need to bust out of the house for exercise. Bike inventory flew out the door, sales nearly doubled and bike shops have long ...

Over the past two months, the Bike Palatine Club launched a bike blog on its website, www.bikepalatine.com, with 30 entries covering safety tips, trail etiquette, mechanical issues and bike route options, among other topics. As of June 14, more tha...