I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love bike-joring! By Tina Cho A joy shared is a joy doubled! Winter is a less than easy time for me; the (significant) additional considerations brought on by plummeting temperatures and non-Hawaii weather are a weighty addition to gallivanting around outside. For me, I’ve found that Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today I love stripping away the excess. By Elissa Schufman, she/her/hers There’s no room on my bike for extra layers of clothes, for more weight in my panniers. In the summer I throw in whatever I might need — a change of clothes, a water bottle or two, Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love the boost of warm days. By Joy Elizabeth I love the surprisingly warm February days that energize me and remind me that we’ve almost made it through the winter. the funny combinations of layers, like t-shirts with big gloves, as a result of bundling up Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love reading bike love poems! During summer and fall, Grease Rag tables at Open Streets events across the city to meet new folx and invite FTW riders into our community. In 2017, we engaged passers-by with friendly conversation AND art supplies to write bike love poems. Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love the solitude. By Minsun Song There is something about riding alone at night that brings out the romantic in me. I often bike home in the late evening, when the world is dark and dimly lit by street lights. The traffic reduces to occasional cars Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter. Today, I love radical acceptance. By Scout Fleckenstein Let go of fighting reality and accept what is. When I moved to Minnesota in 2013, I was scared of winter. I was scared of the cold and the snow and the ice and the wind. I was scared to Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love winter sensations. By Anne Sombor  I love how Minnesota winter lets me feel more deeply in my body. Big bicycling drinks of cold air feel like scratching an itch at the very back of my throat. Too cold air, below zero, feels thick when I Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love ritual. By Julia Winkels I was over winter early this year. For the first time I really felt that I suffered from the cold, a menacing force that  compounded my anxiety and fatigue. I began to dread leaving the house, whether it was climbing into Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love riding in a snowstorm. By Claire Milldrum This is my first full winter in Minnesota. All my friends from other cold weather states questioned my logic, but as we know, they were very wrong. Minnesota is great in the winter, in that there is both no Continue Reading →

I #LoveMnWinter! Today, I love reading. By Lucy Roberts Today I love Minnesota winter because it gives me the opportunity to spend hours at the library and get my reading game on. I live in Hennepin County, and our library system rules! I could talk about the benefits of libraries Continue Reading →