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The concept of bike sharing is attractive to most folks. Who wouldn't want to be able to check out a bike from a conveniently-located kiosk, ride it to where they need to go, and check it back in at their destination? However, the logistics of bike sharing on a large scale can be more tricky. The most well-known worldwide effort is Paris' Velib, while there have been domestic attempts in Minneapolis, Denver (check out the slick Bcycle video below), Washington, …
| Last Saturday, the second annual Chambana Cranksgiving collected 888 pounds of food for Eastern Illinois Food Bank. 34 riders (and several others who didn't participate in the event, but donated food) crisscrossed Champaign and Urbana, visiting local grocery stores and purchasing non-perishable food items.
Any volunteer-run organization struggles to keep up with day-to-day responsibilities — you may have even noticed that around these parts. Committed volunteers balance work or school and family with organizational duties, but it's a balancing act that can be easily toppled during busy times. Sometimes, all it takes is one committed person with the time, ability and interest available to keeping everything running smoothly and tip the organization from frustration over to success. For the Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign, such …
As we get deeper into fall, it gets easier to justify putting your bicycle away for the winter, especially on crappy, rainy days like today. But they won't all be like this. Keep your head up and your bike close at hand, and you can take advantage of several fall events in the C-U bike community. Here's a quick primer on what's coming up: "LIGHT THE NIGHT" BIKE LIGHT CAMPAIGN (OCTOBER 15) Feeling under-illuminated as the days get shorter? It's …
This is an excerpt from my full-on Bike!Bike! blogging extravaganza. Check it out for the full story. Phil Graff and I traveled to Bike!Bike! in Minneapolis this past weekend. This is our story:
On Sunday, August 30 at 6 p.m., the Independent Media Center will host a double feature of bicycle goodness. First up is Schwinntonation, a Chicago-based musical group (pictured above). They make music from bikes and bike parts. After the music will be a screening of Veer, a movie which "explores America's fast growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups they belong to. The film follows these characters over …
Bike Tourin': The premier bike tour of the year for Champaign-Urbana is coming up in just ten short days, as Prairie Cycle Club's C-U Across the Prairie takes place on Saturday, August 15. The ride starts at Lake of the Woods and offers loops of 15, 35 and 63 miles. Organizer Sue Jones has brought in some great sponsors this year, which means that lunch from Minneci's is included in the $30 entry fee ($25 for PCC members) — as …
There have been several serious, disturbing incidents between cars and bikes in Champaign-Urbana in the past couple of weeks. These incidents have brought several safety issues to the surface, and in response to that, we asked several people in the C-U cycling community to share their tips for staying safe while on a bike. The advice is varied, and I think it reflects the complexity of riding in traffic. I hope it helps:
TOUR DE CHAMPAIGN On July 11 and 12, pro bicycle racing is coming to Champaign, as the Tour de Champaign takes over downtown on Saturday and the South Farms Research Park on Sunday. From kids' races to Cat 1 professional criteriums with $3,000 first place prizes, there's a bit of something for everyone. The Saturday course is a 1-kilometer square, and Sunday will be a 0.8-mile course. You can download the full event flyer (in Word format) here, but let …
A couple of weeks ago, I was riding home from work. As I passed behind the Champaign Meijer, I spotted a bike in the distance, moving slowly, and before long, I had pulled even with the rider, who I was surprised to find was Tom Carlson. "I shouldn't be catching Tom Carlson," I thought aloud, and I think Tom agreed. Full disclosure: he was riding a co-worker's damaged Huffy home to repair it, and he had just completed a 12-hour, …
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Wow, great article. I wish you the best in your endeavors and hope you have a nice trip.
As an adoptee, I can empathize—although I’m not an international adoptee, and I apologize if I’m assuming too much on the nature of your adoption. You can feel what you feel, but don’t be too hard on yourself. When I started a search for my birth family,…
wait, I was commenting on the wrong thing - sorry - he’s actually a gigantic sellout but who really knows what all this is about.
If the democrats didn’t have Kucinich, and the republicans didn’t have Ron Paul, where would both these parties really stand? These men actually mean what they say.
Joel, thank you for the opportunity to answer these questions and have them posted here. I really appreciate it! Yes, I was thrilled to see that Rep. Kucinich flipped today, so he will has committed to voting yes for health reform. I appreciated his comments which seem…
Dan Schreiber’s chocolate is simply the best I’ve ever had. It’s a whole different ball-game; closer to very high-end wine than anything out of Hershey PA.
Vosges is pretty decent chocolate, but you should definitely try the locally-produced chocolate from Dan Schreiber, available (regularly?) at Amara, Caffe Paradiso, and Common Ground. I believe it is or will be at other places soon.
I read Kucinich flipped today. He must have read this and been convinced.
I really appreciated Ms. Lennhoff’s candid answers to the questions. I learned a lot about health care reform from this experience. Thanks CCHCC!
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Awesome looking lineup… I’m excited. Another vote towards the Smoking Popes rocking out at the first Laughing Prairie Dog festival… it was a pretty good energy, and plenty of groups considering the cheap ticket. The rest all look pretty good for the ticket price as well. …
(Not to talk too much, but I would delight in being proven wrong. I hope that there are many vegan dishes, and next time I am there, I will ask the owner for dishes that are vegan that are offered and post them as a comment here,…
I understand the disclaimer, and I appreciate it, but given the title of the article, it would be nice to have more of a talk with the owner and less of a “to the best of my knowledge” thrown in the article as an aside, when vegan…
Nate, No offers to crash but I was wondering if you’d ever considered publishing the plans to your trailer. You might make a dollar or two especially after you go solar! Let me know if you do it. Sincerely, Don
Not sure if it’s been mentioned here, but they’ll also be playing the Old Rock House in St. Louis on May 22
Interesting about who owns land in the path of the Olympian Drive extension. My comment was in response to ‘Tony C’s remarks about the I-74 expansion. Just who owns land in the 150 [BloomingtonRd]-I-74 corridor?? Because the corridor is zoned for future use as Commercial/Industrial, I am…
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Wow, great article. I wish you the best in your endeavors and hope you have a nice trip.
Um. Yeah — check out that “General Disclaimer” at the bottom of the article, folks.
As an adoptee, I can empathize—although I’m not an international adoptee, and I apologize if I’m assuming too much on the nature of your adoption. You can feel what you feel, but don’t be too hard on yourself. When I started a search for my birth family,…
I highly doubt a single dish is vegan at Bombay. Most Indian dishes use Ghee(essentially clarrified butter) as the base fat. While I guess they could make some dishes with canola oil, I would for sure ask the exact ingredients before I consumed if you are following a vegan diet.
You’re right! Every runner, in my opinion, is a real runner.
Congratulations on the AG place! In all of your accomplishments, don’t forget what it was like to think a mile was an impossible distance. Getting to the six-mile point takes a lot of training and preparation to acclimate the mind and musculature to so much pounding. Your…
Sounds like it!
I heading out on my 9 miler before my 10 hour work day right now. Do I have what it takes?
Nice, killer work pretty man…the channeled, one sided collaborated rhyming poem. An oft forgot genre. The ruckus was felt even here in my living room, which is normally a safe haven from ruckus.
wait, I was commenting on the wrong thing - sorry - he’s actually a gigantic sellout but who really knows what all this is about.
If the democrats didn’t have Kucinich, and the republicans didn’t have Ron Paul, where would both these parties really stand? These men actually mean what they say.
Joel, thank you for the opportunity to answer these questions and have them posted here. I really appreciate it! Yes, I was thrilled to see that Rep. Kucinich flipped today, so he will has committed to voting yes for health reform. I appreciated his comments which seem…
It appears to me that your reviewer did all that could be expected: she paid her money, saw the play and conveyed her impressions. The review (on the whole, laudatory) may have been rushed, in a generous attempt to publicize the production while it was still available…
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Nate, No offers to crash but I was wondering if you’d ever considered publishing the plans to your trailer. You might make a dollar or two especially after you go solar! Let me know if you do it. Sincerely, Don