Bicycling

Lake City rider wins  Fired Up fat tire bike

Feb 7, 2018

Steve Johnson of Lake City won the drawing for a fat tire bike at the Fired Up Fat Bike Tour event Satruday, Feb. 3, at The Jewel. Everyone who registered for the ride was entered in the drawing. There were 78 registrants this year.

Fired Up organizers put  prize fat bike on tour

Jan 3, 2018

Lake City Chamber of Commerce Executive Assistant Linda Albrecht with the drawing prize for this year’s Fired Up Fat Tire Bike Tour, a 9:ZERO:7 fat tire bike. Albrecht said the bike will be on display at Anytime Fitness from Jan. 2 through Jan. 8 and Fiesta Foods from Jan. 8 through Jan. 15....

$9.6 million Cannon Valley Trail plan addresses infrastructure, access

May 31, 2017

Scott Roepke, Trail Manager for the Cannon Valley Trail, told the Goodhue County Commissioners at the May 16 Board meeting that work is underway on an updated comprehensive plan for the trail. The Plan was last updated in 1992. The trail has been in existence since 1986, and on average, there are...

Tour de Pepin set for Saturday

May 31, 2017

Tour de Pepin registration stood at 907 Tuesday, just four days ahead of the annual bicycle ride around Lake Pepin, according to Brandy Geolat, interim Event Coordinator at the Lake City Chamber of Commerce. People can still register through the start of the event on Saturday morning. “I just...

Corrected: Tour De Pepin registrations on record-setting pace

May 24, 2017

This Tour De Pepin is on pace to be the biggest yet. With nearly 900 bicycle riders registered as of May 23, registrations are about 50 ahead of last year at this time, according to Brandy Geolat, the interim events coordinator for the Lake City Chamber of Commerce. Ridership last year topped 900...

Registration is open for 10th Tour de Pepin

Apr 6, 2017

Registration opened April 3 for the 10th annual Tour de Pepin on June 3, and more than 300 riders had already registered as of Wednesday morning, according to the Lake City Chamber of Commerce. Fees for the annual bicycle ride around Lake Pepin are $50 for an individual rider and $180 for a team...

Winter Fest fat tire bike ride registration opens

Jan 12, 2017

Registration for the “Fired Up Fat Tire Bike Tour” is now open. This new event is being sponsored by the Lake City Chamber of Commerce and will be held in conjunction with Winter Fest on Saturday, Feb. 4. The ride begins at 10 a.m. Fat tire bike riders can choose between six, 12 and 24-mile...

Fat tire bikes to run at Winter Fest

Dec 29, 2016

It has gotten to be the next big thing: Riding through the snow on bicycles with hugely oversized tires. And the fat tire bike rage will come to Lake City during Winter Fest, Feb. 4. The fat tire bike idea was Dan Coyle’s. He is always looking for ways to promote development and commerce in Lake...

MnDOT encourages schools to participate in walk and bike to school day

Sep 29, 2016

Nearly 200 Minnesota schools and thousands of students will participate in International Walk and Bike to School Day Oct. 5. The annual event, sponsored by the Minnesota Safe Routes to School, encourages students and parents to get outside, increase their physical activity, teach pedestrian and...

Letter: Hwy. 61 petition not accurate

Jul 28, 2016

To the editor: I have noticed a petition going around town that I would like to comment on since I have some firsthand experience as to how dangerous our present roadway through town is. The petition refers to changing from the existing four lanes to a two lane highway. This is not accurate. The...