Missioula, Montana is a college town and a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community. Some jerks in a pickup truck run down and assault a cyclist. Responding police officer blames the victim.
Low dark clouds threatened rain as we unloaded our mountain bikes and looked over our gear one final time before cycling up the trail. Bikes: check. Tent: check. Food: check. Rain gear: check. Spare inner tube: check. Rifles and ammunition: check. In Montana, some of the most spectacular and fruitful hunting grounds are deep in […]
The people of Twin Bridges, Montana like touring cyclists so much they’re establishing a campground just for cyclists. “I have met dozens of cyclists passing through and they were some of the nicest people I ever have met,” says local resident Bill White. “So, I gathered the troops and moved a concept to a reality. […]
Missoula, Montana middle school science teacher Jim Litz was riding his bike to school when he hit a bear. Litz was traveling about 25 mph when he saw the bear directly in front of him. After t-boning the black bear, the two cartwheeled down the road. The bear got up, scratched his back and ambled […]
The gossip blogs have all published photos of teen Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus riding her bike around. Like any normal 15 year old kid, she’s been seen riding her bike with her friends, with her family and sticking her tongue out at the camera. Riding Pretty writes: “The way I see it, when pop […]
Mike the cyclist commutes 24 miles from Centennial, Colorado to Lakewood. He recently started spreading the good word about cycling on Good Life Cyclist, where he shares all things good about riding a bicycle in Colorado. Mike enjoys mountain biking in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. “I call the foothills my backyard playground,” he […]