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- A conversation with Rob English about his 10.8-pound road bike, single-sided hubs and getting his weekends back
- Running fixed gear with vertical dropouts: the Trek 2300
- Maybe the most important thing to remember about the eccentric bottom bracket shell
- Up a creak with the Tern Link P7i folding bicycle
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Tag Archives: Peoria
Peoria-born business gets ready to move next to its customers on the Rock Island Trail
Good to see a locally owned business going in next to Peoria’s local trail. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Bushwhacker, Cervélo, Giant, locally owned business, new construction, Peoria, Rock Island Greenway, Surly, Trek
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A Peoria landmark you’ll be able to cross on foot or bicycle
In 2014, Peoria will gain an increasingly rare item: a new landmark, one of special interest to people who walk and bicycle, the Rock Island Greenway overpass. Continue reading
Posted in History, Infrastructure
Tagged landmark, Peoria, Rock Island Greenway, Rock Island Trail, trail
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Ian Lockwood talks Complete Streets in Peoria
On the one hand: amazing. On the other hand, one Complete Streets presentation against hundreds promoting highways to and through everywhere. Continue reading
Posted in News, Weekly Linker
Tagged Burn the Curtain, Complete streets, Don Quixote, Ian Lockwood, Peoria
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Kickstand down at Peoria’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument
I like a ride with a turnaround point. Usually the point is breakfast. Since Wednesday was a surprisingly unstructured day off for me—morning had somehow turned into afternoon—I decided to aim the Tern Link P7i toward the heart of downtown … Continue reading
If you build it, they will ride in New York, and their neighbors will complain
In three years, the New York City Department of Transportation added 200 miles of new on-street bike facilities. For people who ride bicycles, this may be the modern equivalent of an old Robert Moses project: a transformation made possible by … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Report from the road
Tagged multi-purpose, New York, Peoria, Robert Moses, trail
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League of Illinois Bicyclists announces Peoria to Bloomington bicycle guide
The new Mackinaw Valley Trail Guide includes a map and cue sheet to help people find their way as they ride bicycles between the Illinois cities of Peoria and Bloomington. The guide, available as a PDF on the League of … Continue reading
