The 3/4-Minus Cykeltur: A wild ride through Idaho’s back roads
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you’re a bike enthusiast, there is no shortage of rides and races available in the west. Whether it’s road races like the CHAFE 150 …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you’re a bike enthusiast, there is no shortage of rides and races available in the west. Whether it’s road races like the CHAFE 150 …
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
Holland is the land of the bicycle. Around 1900, when industrial countries had the choice between bicycles and cars, Holland did not ignore the cyclists, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Cyclocross is not a sport for the faint of heart.
“Imagine a road bike with knobby tires — and then combine that with a steeplechase,” …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
For biking enthusiasts, it’s the most wonderful time of the year.
That’s right: CHAFE 150 is right around the corner, and that means bicyclists from …
By Tom Tuttle
Reader Contributor
It always happens at this time of year that the bicycles, pedestrian, visitors, and local drivers begin to work out how to share space in …
By Steve Sanchez
Reader Contributor
Last weekend, the Pend Oreille Pedalers (POP) Bicycle Club hosted a Trail Work Day at the Mineral Point/Lost Lake Trail System. Over 20 volunteers from …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
What is there to do on a ski hill in summer? Well, in a word: everything.
Schweitzer Mountain Resort’s summer activities are in full swing, …
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