Camp with Grease Rag! Grease Rag has been leading group bike camping trips for beginners since 2009. This year, the FTW* trip is August 20-21. Scroll down for details on the trip and how to sign up. *Femme, Trans, Women. In other words, people who do not benefit from cis Continue Reading →
IT’S TIME TO PRE-ORDER! Click here to place a pre-order. Pre-order closes 3/31 *Prices are cheapest when you pre-order. You’ll be able to buy them after the pre-order closes, while supplies last.* 22 FTW artists collaborated on “FROZEN SMILES: Finding Joy Through Winter Biking” zine. The idea for this zine Continue Reading →
Grease Rag is for FTW (Femme/Trans/Women, Non-binary, Two-spirit) on bikes to connect in a collaborative and fun learning environment through rides, discussions, shop nights and educational seminars in a safer space. Riding bikes together is a big part of what we do. Creating a safer and supportive environment with clear Continue Reading →
Check it out! Grease Rag has put together a collection of zines (all FTW, mostly BIPOC creators) on the topic of bike touring. Due to the pandemic, we have had to limit our in-person touring workshops and trips. Hopefully this traveling zine library will keep you stoked on bike touring Continue Reading →
For 13 years now, Grease Rag has been hosting a Winter Skill Share & Gear Swap to share our collective knowledge on how to commute safely during the coldest, more challenging road conditions time of year. We offer a free gear swap at the event to allow people to have Continue Reading →
Grease Rag Open Shop- DIY FTW Safer Spaces Since 2009 Grease Rag started as a casual social bike ride to a bike shop, where we would learn to wrench on our own bikes in an “open shop.” Grease Rag has always been an FTW (“Femme, Trans, Women,” which includes agender, Continue Reading →
Join us in a two-part event to learn about topics such as choosing and maintaining your winter bike, riding safely, dressing your cold-weather best, and more! At the Winter Skill Share, our goal is to tap into the deep wisdom of our Twin Cities FTW biking community so that we Continue Reading →
Howdy neighbors! My name is Sol and I’m from Shreveport Louisiana! I’ve been in Minneapolis Minnesota for about five years, and I took the long way to get here! I didn’t know how to ride a bike until I was in my early twenties in Colorado Springs Colorado, and I Continue Reading →
By Alyssa Proudfoot From Recovery Bike Shop’s Bike Law Workshop on 2/3/2020 Seriously. I’ve spent so much time researching this, and still I come back to issues on interpretation. When lawmakers start throwing around phrases like “reasonable amount of time” and “as close as practicable”, it makes it difficult for Continue Reading →
I #lovemnwinter, today I love MN Winters! By Holly (she/her) MN WINTERS Two inches? 12 inches? Flurries? Polar Vortex? Grey skies for weeks. Bring it. Several years ago I decided to limit my complaining about the weather and instead embrace the coldest/darkest days of MN winters. The idea was that Continue Reading →
