Articles filed under Cycling
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Support gender equality by joining International Women's Day ride
Feb 16, 2021 6:00 AM - Get your bikes out of the garage for an early March ride that is all about solidarity. Lombard rider Dawn Piech, founder of International Women's Day Together We Ride event in 2020, hopes for another big turnout for her event this year, even though it will be virtual. -
Avid cyclist advocates for more suburban biking, transit infrastructure
Jan 29, 2021 8:46 AM - Last September, Ride Illinois, the statewide, nonprofit bike advocacy organization, bestowed its 2020 Leadership Award for advocacy training to suburban Advocacy Manager Maggie (Melin) Czerwinski of the Active Transportation Alliance (Active Trans). -
Seasoned riders share their biking resolutions for 2021
Jan 19, 2021 6:00 AM - Seasoned riders, novices, shop owners and club officers across the suburbs offer their 2021 goals, some specific and individual, others broad and general. All are worthy no matter what type of rider you are. -
How biking helped us in 2020 -- and a look back at some key trail improvements
Jan 7, 2021 12:27 PM - As 2020 ends with a universal, "Let's never do that again!" a simple recognition emerged -- biking was a physical, if not mental, lifesaver for many. -
Tips on how to dress for cold weather while cycling
Dec 4, 2020 2:09 PM - "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes." That's the mantra of Scandinavian parents raising healthy, resilient youngsters unafraid of the outdoors. Same refrain for cold weather bikers, too. -
Recommended reading when you can't bike ride
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 AM - It's certainly not an aerobic workout, but when columnist Ralph Banasiak can't ride, he reads about biking. Here are three books he recommends as stocking stuffers for yourself or like-minded others. -
Tips for riding your bike during the colder winter months
Nov 10, 2020 6:00 AM - Lists of "Top 10 Fall Riding Tips" skirt the real reason riders stay off their bikes. For cold weather riding, enemy No. 1 isn't nasty old Mother Nature. The real nemesis is mental inertia. -
Suburban bike collections supply wheels during the shutdown
Oct 26, 2020 10:20 AM - 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. -
When going out for a bike ride, don't forget your helmet
Oct 19, 2020 6:00 AM - Ralp Banasiak says like the majority of area bike clubs, he is in the wear-a-helmet camp. -
Buffalo Grove man makes videos to motivate others to get out in nature
Oct 9, 2020 6:00 AM - Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a toddler, David Goldman has battled an array of significant health issues over the years. The longtime Buffalo Grove resident points to two things that have helped get him get through chronic illness: his bicycle and the Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway.
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