I've heard this cycling complaint too often: “Someone's going to get hurt here unless ...” Thanks to an interactive GIS mapping tool, one can now do something besides bellyache, courtesy of the Illinois Department of Transportation. Background: IDOT...

Mild winters and warm springs tend to lure me back into the saddle early. If your bike still hangs in storage, inspiration beckons, as May is National Bike Month. No matter your skill level, the riding season promises plenty of exciting cycling acti...

Until recently, e-bikers were considered cheaters. No longer. While e-bikes make it easier to overcome the “too” barriers - too far, too hard, too hilly - they've gone mainstream in the biking community. As one of the fastest growing segments of the...

Editor's note: This is the third and final installment of the three-part series titled, Birth of a Trail. No prior mountain biking trail, rogue or otherwise, existed in the Paul Douglas Preserve before construction began. In cooperation with th...

Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. Part 1 ran March 28. In part three, CAMBr volunteers build the trail. In 2015, the Chicago Area Mountain Bikers initially approached the Forest Preserves of Cook Count...

Editor's note: This is the first article of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. In part 2, CAMBr sets its sights on another Cook County trail. Seven years, 4,000 volunteer hours and $75,000 in private funding later, more than 13 miles of si...

Connect to a global movement while cycling. Celebrating International Women's Day March 8, cyclists have six free Chicago area riding events that are open to all. Nonprofit Inspyrd Movement, founded by Dawn Piech, a Lombard physical therapist and lo...

As first reported in online Silent Sports magazine, the 8-year-old boy paralyzed in Highland Park's July Fourth shooting can ride a bike again. Thanks to Project Mobility and fundraising by George Pastorino, Cooper Roberts received his customized ha...

The idea crystallized last January: A year-end biking roundup - a 2022 glance back. Synthesizing months of Chicago area biking - dozens of clubs, scores of shops, thousands of cyclists across multiple counties - how hard could that be? What was I t...

Need holiday gift ideas for a cyclist? Maybe you're so busy cycling you missed these recent biking books. Don't let these pass you by. You'll be disappointed if you expect an ordinary history in Jody Rosen's "Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery...