07.22.2009 10:31 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If you missed the Crank and Click scavenger hunt bike ride in May, you’ll have another chance next month. Another biking urban adventure is on the calendar.
The Urban Assault Ride is planned for August 16, the first time the ride…
05.14.2009 2:56 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you’ve been thinking about pedaling to work, Friday could be your excuse to try it. It’s national Bike to Work Day. If you need more inspiration, just think of the money saved, the calories burned and the reduction in your carbon…
05.08.2009 6:04 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri is moving up, and Illinois is losing ground, in the eyes of the League of American Bicyclists.
The organization today released its ranking of bicycle friendly states. Missouri placed 17th, after coming in 28th last year. Illinois, widely known for…
04.28.2009 10:08 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columbia, Mo. became the first city in the state this week to receive a Bicycle Friendly City designation from the League of American Bicyclists.
Nationwide, 108 cities share the status. There’s a lot we could learn from Columbia. To start, many…
11.24.2008 6:32 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The day before the New I-64 opens, bicyclists will have a chance to ride it. The St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation put out more details today on Ride 64 — the Dec. 14 bicycling event on the rebuilt section of Highway 40. Bad…
11.14.2008 11:49 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Here’s the latest on the Highway 40 reopening bash. It will be noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14.
The celebration will include a ribbon cutting at the McCutcheon overpass, a 5K run, a cycling time trial and a fun bike ride. Every entrance…
10.31.2008 3:00 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If you live in the St. Louis area and drive to work, you’re probably driving alone.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released commuting characteristics for the St. Louis metropolitan area that show 90.9 percent of us in 2007 commuted by car, truck…
10.23.2008 11:38 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A bike ride and a 5K or 10K run will be held on the closed section of Highway 40 (Interstate 64) before it reopens later this year. That’s in addition to other festivities. We don’t know the date, but MoDOT has told us…
09.11.2008 9:15 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Many who bring their bicycles when boarding MetroLink trains say they have had a lot more company these days.
Indeed, it was hard to find a MetroLink car that didn’t have at least one cyclist leaning on a bike earlier this week. Still-high gas…
08.25.2008 4:45 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I just returned from Hanley and Wydown in Clayton, where I interviewed a bicyclist for a story I’m working on. He said something that made me think. More than anything, more than dedicated bike lanes and more share-the-road signs, he…