No matter what, “play it safe” is wise advice. For biking, plenty of safety training exists, much of it free, either instructor-led, virtual, online resources or, my favorite, oral tradition. I earned my ride leader stripes years ago in the League o...

Biking amid eye-popping fall colors in our rain-starved corner of Illinois may be tough, given a seven-inch shortfall in normal precipitation. Daily Herald reporter Mick Zawislak's recent “Fall Is Here” article noted several weather factors affecti...

A sunny blue-sky morning, hauntingly familiar, greeted us Sept. 9 for a 9/11 Remembrance Ride in Schaumburg. The 20-mile bike ride, followed by silence and prayers at Zurich North America's KAMP Remembrance Garden, honored four employees killed on 9...

Can't find an organized bike ride? Really? Club rides abound - distance-leveled fundraisers: 15-25 mile family rides, metric centuries (62 miles) and classics (100), plus weekly shorter “slow-rolls,” many welcoming nonmembers. Check your local club;...

Editor's note: This is part 2 of a two-column series. Part 1 appeared Friday, Sept. 3. “Sounds like the twisties,” a family friend surmised. Adam suspected that my three-month hesitancy of ever riding bikes again paralleled what Simone Biles experie...

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...