LANSING-- What was last year's Chili Cook Off, has blossomed into what looks to be a full-blown Winter Festival. After seeing the success of last year's event, Sue Stirn & Jana Schoh are bringing more to the table this year. Together, with their com...
One of Decorah’s local bike shops is supplying a new way for you to have fun this winter season: fatbikes! Fatbikes are becoming notoriously popular with cyclists all over, besides their unique look and large tires, they give you the ability to go out...
The warmer weather may have many Iowans thinking spring, which means putting away all that winter gear. But before you toss out your old scarf that has seen too many winters or the gloves that now have holes from shoveling one too many sidewalks… think...
LANSING-- Surrounded by sub-zero temps in the days before and after, Lansing looked for help from above for a milder day for WinterFest, Saturday, February 21st. With a perfect day in the high 20's, the first WinterFest in Lansing was a huge succes...
Rice Lake State Park is a perfect place for families and a great outdoor place to enjoy winter and have fun with friends and loved ones. The park boasts close to fifteen acres, with great outdoors areas for a winter activities as well as warm weather...
With the work that we had done on Sunday (Feb 1), we thought it would be fun to try our hand at seeing what trails we could ride and potentially pack down. Well, let's say it was a ride that simply wasn't meant to be. We were unsure how it would go,...
Let me take you to a random day in November... My morning hadn’t quite gotten off to the start that I originally expected, but the positive light at the end of the tunnel was pretty darn nice. It’s a day off! I would have a bike available to borrow ...
It was Sunday the 11th and 4 p.m. had hit. Travis and I got the outdoor display fatbikes inside and started to close up shop. (For those who may not know, I'm now working at Decorah Bicycles!) We were going to go for our first fatbike night ride tog...
It was a brisk 10 degree day and I had wrangled Travis in for a fatbike ride, it had been a week or so since we had last gone out and the next couple days were going to be really cold. I don't feel I'm "hardcore" for riding when it's 9 or 10 out, not...
I walk out the door from work, fully clothed in what many winter commuters call “ninja gear.” I look to the sky and see snowflakes falling gently to the ground. My breathing seems so loud under the balaclava and winter helmet. I walk to my lonely bike...
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