http://bikeverywhere.com Publishing popular bicycling guides since 1984 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:26:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Summerfest, on Milwaukee’s lakefront, bills itself as the World’s Largest Music Festival. Running from June 26 to July 6 this year, it has multiple stages booked with music from noon to midnight daily. It also has a long history of providing free parking for bicyclists right in front of the ... http://bikeverywhere.com/bike-to-summerfest/ Do It Green, an organization dedicated to educating and motivating Minnesotans to live more sustainably, will host a Commuter Buddy Program on Saturday, June 7. Experienced bicycle commuters will pair up with new commuters to plan a commuter route and set a date to practice and time the route. I'll ... http://bikeverywhere.com/bike-commuting-support-twin-cities/ Roads around the I-35W/Hwy 62 interchange have been in constant flux as the new highway alignment continues. The good news, for now, is that Minnehaha Parkway has re-opened. It was closed during construction of the support pillars that will take I-35W over Minnehaha Creek. Nicollett Ave under Hwy 62 is ... http://bikeverywhere.com/crosstown-reconstruction/ Minnehaha Park has gone through a multi-year renovation to become one of the premier parks in Minneapolis. The latest improvements include new picnic shelters near the Veterans Home and bike paths that connect the Veterans Bridge to the road down to Lock and Dam #1. A spur trail also connects ... http://bikeverywhere.com/new-bike-trail-through-minnehaha-park/ It didn't take long for alert readers to notice that I forgot to include the finished part of the Badger State Trail between Belleville and Purcell Rd. No excuses for that oversight. In the process of converting the map into GIS format I overlooked the missing trail. My apologies. Click ... http://bikeverywhere.com/map-correction-for-madison-and-dane-county/ Minneapolis bicyclists looking for a bike route across Minnehaha Creek no longer have the option to cross on the Bryant Ave. Pedestrian Bridge. The bridge was closed a couple of days ago for safety reasons. After reports that the bridge swayed as much as 12 inches when people crossed it, Minneapolis ... http://bikeverywhere.com/bryant-ave-ped-bridge-closed/ This is a fund raiser for the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin presented by Trek Bicycle Stores of Madison. The evening starts with a bike ride from the Trek Bicycle Store East to the Eastgate Cinema to see Klunkerz, a movie about the rise of mountain biking from its Marin ... http://bikeverywhere.com/bike-to-the-movies-with-gary-fischer/ One On One Bikes continues its unique blend of bikes, coffee and art gallery with a new show starting Saturday night, April 5. ARTCRANK, a poster party for bike people, will feature bike related posters from 34 artists, music by Keston Westdal, Beer by Rush River Brewing Company and a ... http://bikeverywhere.com/artcrank-poster-party-saturday-night/ The Metro Council will offer an expanded Bike-2-Benefits program this year to cyclists interested in trying bike commuting. The program, still in the planning stages, will include custom route planning between your home and job, a copy of the 2005 Twin Cities Bike Map and incentives for cyclists who commit ... http://bikeverywhere.com/metro-council-to-offer-new-bike-commuting-incentive/ Bobmbay Bicycle Club will be offering more rides east and south of Madison this year in addition to their full complement of rides in the gorgeous, but hilly western part of Dane County. The club is also offering a Leisure Ride series for the casual rider. the new initiatives are ... http://bikeverywhere.com/bombay-bike-club-offering-more-variety-of-rides/