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It's been a while! Thank you for visiting this little blog and having a look around. The goal here is to share stories of the many ways bikes just make life better. Please let me know what you think - I'd appreciate the feedback. A New Trail Will Make It Safer and Easier to Bike from Chicago to Michigan via Block Club Chicago Or...from Michigan to Chicago. Either way, this is pretty cool. Once complete, folks will be able to ride a paved, dedicated trail along the  58-mile Marquette Greenway which will use existing trails and new construction to connect Chicago’s Southeast Side with downtown New Buffalo, Michigan. Bike Libraries Are Boosting Access to Bikes Across the U.S. via Next City At Madison, Wisconsin’s nine public libraries, residents can check out books of all kinds, from hardbacks and paperbacks to ebooks and audiobooks. They can check out movies as DVDs and Blu-rays. And since last year, library card holders can also check out electric bicycles. Madison’s public libr...

Hello and thank you for taking a moment to check out Bike Love News. It's a round up of interesting stories about bikes and how they just make life better. Hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think.  Community invited to finish painting bike friendly Kalamazoo mural via WWMT I shared a story about this mural last week and the story keeps getting better. Now the local residents have been invited to help finish painting the mural. Nice. It's intended to help create a more bike-friendly community, which of course is cool. Pop-up bike lanes in Kalamazoo via WWMT OK, Kalamazoo seems to be working toward becoming a very bike friendly city. As they're working through road construction, they're also installing pop-up bike lanes - new bike lanes that will eventually be protected by bollards. It's part of a pilot to track traffic patterns. The bike lanes will be plowed during winter - a big plus in our part of the world. Wonder what the gent at Not Just Bi...

Hello and welcome to Bike Love News, a (mostly) weekly roundup of stories about how bikes just make life better. Thanks for reading, and please let me know what you think. Black-led bike club cycles for a more inclusive community in Kansas City, MO via WBUR Give a listen to this story featuring a man who refound his childhood love of cycling and used it to bring more folks to the sport. Thrift center helps women's shelter replace bicycles via Hillsdale Daily News Domestic Harmony, which provides services to survivors of domestic violence, received a truckload of bikes of all different sizes, for both children and adults.  “Women and children arrive there most often with nothing, sometimes without a vehicle,” Community Thrift officials said in a prepared statement. “Having the bikes gives the mothers and children a way to have outside therapy, exercise, and a way to get to the store or court.” The Bike Circus helps folks restore and  maintain their rides via RTE ...

Hello and thanks for taking a moment to read Bike Love News - it's a little side project of mine where I pull together interesting stories on the difference bikes make in people's lives. I'd love to know what you think so please consider leaving a comment. OK, let's dive in! Bike Enthusiast Starts First All-Women Cycling Club via VolumeOne Citing a lack of cohesion in the cycling community, and especially among women, local cyclist Sarah Mount decided that a women’s cycling club was something the Chippewa Valley desperately needed.  So she started the Valley Girls – an inclusive women’s cycling club for all abilities, ages, and interests on two wheels. How community bike shop Westminster Wheels is changing lives via BikeBiz Bike shop Westminster Wheels is providing opportunities for out of work residents to train as bike mechanics and be paid the London Living Wage while they are learning. The shop is located in one of the areas with the highest rate of unemployment ...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Bike Love News - a roundup of stories about the difference bikes make in people's lives. Let's dive in! Magic of Music bike rides connect people to the community via StreetsBlog Chicago I have many bike-related Venn diagrams. This effort from non-profit Equiticity combines biking, music and community. I rather love the author's description of their riding experience: " One of the most fun things about the ride was how it instantly activated the areas it passed through. People hanging out on the street or waiting for a bus at first looked surprised by the booming music and group of mostly Black and Latino folks on bikes, and then delighted, moving their bodies to the beat. It was clear that the experience had brightened their day." Check out the cool video of their ride. Adaptive mountain bikes help riders get back to what they love via ABC News Australia Adaptive bikes are a wonderful way to help more people feel the free...