The 2024 winter skill share was a hit! We met up at Minneapolis Central Library for some great sessions, conversations, and an awesome gear swap. Blue (Blue, they) did an excellent job keeping us on track and sharing announcements between sessions. Winter biking is joy! We loved seeing live feedback Continue Reading →
A gusty, unseasonably warm day in November was the perfect backdrop for our 14th Annual Winter Skill Share this year. The purpose of the winter skill share is to support and encourage FTW winter riders, especially first-timers. We don’t promote brands or try to sell you merchandise. We do try Continue Reading →
Some of the most joyful times I’ve had on a bike were on Grease Rag bike camping trips. Grease Rag is a group of FTW (our imperfect shorthand for Femme, Trans, Women, Non-binary, Two-spirit people who don’t benefit from cis male privilege) who bike together with the purpose of supporting Continue Reading →
On November 10, 2019, dozens of participants of all skill levels attended and participated in Grease Rag’s 11th Annual Winter Skill Share! At the Winter Skill Share, we tapped into the deep wisdom of our Twin Cities FTW biking community — and shared resources for riding through the Gear Swap Continue Reading →
Camp Grease Rag was a blast! We had a fun and successful FTW-Only Camp Grease Rag! Your positive attitudes, willingness to help out, patience, respect, and FRIENDSHIP made this trip above and beyond. We worked hard to stick to these principles: Low barriers! A vehicle to get you and your Continue Reading →
Nothing is more fun than heart like taking a casual roll out of the city together with some of my most favorite people. This trip was for BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color and people with an “it’s complicated relationship to their race”) FTW (femme/trans/women) only. Two people were bike camping for Continue Reading →
Everything was right on track. Until I discovered my BIG mistake. After a meet-up and stretch session in Uptown, our small crew of six WTFs was rolling at a leisurely pace from Minneapolis to Carver Lake Reserve for the 2017 Beginner Bike Camping Trip. Despite gray clouds, the rain was Continue Reading →
Back in 2012, I organized a National Women’s Bicycling Summit in Long Beach, CA — and I’m embarrassed to recall how narrow and harmful my vision was. White savior talking about gifting bikes to villages in Africa. A bike fashion show that was… beyond words. Even I cringed through half Continue Reading →
Earlier this month, Grease Rag hosted a screening of Ovarian Psycos — a documentary featuring the radical work and leaders of the women of color bike brigade in Los Angeles. We were honored to welcome Xela de la X, one of the organization’s founders (wearing the Feminist Militant shirt in Continue Reading →
If you were following #biblx on Instagram and Facebook, you probably saw some of these updates. I heard so many amazing and inspiring stories about that day, that I wanted to collect them in a fun recap with your voices, stories, and photos. Here on greaserag.org Photo by Alex MacGillis Continue Reading →
