The House Transportation Committee gave bicycle safety a kind nod today. After three weeks of arduous discussion and deferrals, House Transportation decided just how wide a berth cars ought to give bicycles. House Bill 1030, as originally drafted by the…
Posts tagged as “bicycling”
David Montgomery leaves us with a report on the Minnehaha County Commission's decision to drive more bicyclists off the road by rumble-stripping the Wall Lake Road. The shoulder there is already narrow; rumble strips will make the rideable shoulder perilously…
In the midst of the open season Sioux Falls motorists have apparently declared on bicyclists, the City of Sturgis® announces an odd choice for grand marshal of the Mayor's Ride during the Sturgis® Motorcycle Rally™: The City of Sturgis is…
Look at this view, coming into Deadwood from the north on US 85: If you look at this photo and say, "Let's go inside!" you have no soul. But that's exactly the response on which Deadwood has built its economic…
Sunday before last, I wrote about the discussion in Spearfish over the proper use and care of Lookout Mountain. Among the points that came out in the discussion before the Spearfish City Council between advocates and opponents of a plan…
Former Spearfish mayor Jerry Krambeck worries that we're going to love Lookout Mountain to death. With views like this, how couldn't we? Great galloping trail runners! Slap this photo on the Dakota Roots kiosk at the Mall of America, and…
I love the Black Hills. I also love my bike. How better to show someone you love them than spending the entire day with them? I spent Wednesday on my bike pedaling from Spearfish to Hot Springs. I started and…
In August I mentioned that the Brits are a lot less uptight than we Americans about wearing bicycle helmets. Many European countries share a research-backed view that wearing a bike helmet is much less important than getting people to ride…