Participating in a Grease Rag open shop is about safer, inclusive and welcoming spaces for WTFs who want to spend some time learning and wrenching on their bike. At shop nights and Grease Rag events, WTFs have the opportunity to surround themselves in a friendly atmosphere and shine in bike Continue Reading →
March is ALL Women’s Herstory Month. To celebrate International All Women’s Day, Grease Rag got together for a WTF-Only ride! Hub Bike Co-op- Oak St Eighteen of you came out to ride with us, on a beautiful, sunny, warm day! We started at the Hub at Oak Street, which hosts Continue Reading →
By Tina Marie Whittaker Thank you! I appreciate all of the people that donated money. It was very kind and allowed me to go to DC. Such generosity! Washington DC I thought DC was amazing! The bike share was very well put together. The cross walk signals were long so Continue Reading →
Way back in November 2014, on a balmy sunshiny afternoon before a single snowflake fell, Grease Rag hosted their 6th Annual Winter Skill Share at the beautiful Upper Blake School. We heard the experiences of winter biking from different WTF perspectives, sharing excitement and confidence with riders, gearing up to Continue Reading →
Babes in Bikeland is the largest all-WTF (women, trans*, femme) alley cat race in the country. (And probably the largest race of its kind in the Universe, we just can’t confirm that.) ROOKIES! VETERANS! MASTERS! WTFS!! I need to hear from you. Send us your Facebook posts, your race reports, Continue Reading →
By Morgen Larsen The only bike races I have done have been alleycats in Minneapolis. I wanted to try a gravel race after reading all the awesome reports on the Grease Rag blog. Riotgrrravel seemed like a perfect place to start, and why not do the ride with my two-year-old daughter in Continue Reading →
By Grease Rag Guests This past weekend, a new race rolled out, for 30 miles of gravel and WTF-focused racing fun. Riotgrrravel was organized and executed by Ellie Skelton, with the help of some cheerful volunteers. A lot of Grease Rag friends raced, and I was happy to see the seed Continue Reading →
By Amanda Amanda had her FIRST gravel experience this past weekend at the Westside Dirty Benjamin, a 100-mile gravel race in Chaska. It was a doozy! Over half of the field dropped out of the race due to winds that were blowing up to 68 mph, rain that made peanut Continue Reading →
By Holly Ready about how Holly rode the Almanzo on her own, but not by herself. A great read about a wonderful bike journey! And Holly? It’s probably best we don’t tell our mothers about everything we do… Almanzo 100! Where do I begin??? I really had no idea what Continue Reading →
By Loretta From our friend, Loretta, another Almanzo recap. But instead of riding the 100-mile race like Kat and I, Loretta challenged herself to the 162-mile course: THE ROYAL. The Royal includes portions of the Almanzo 100, and is everything we love about Almanzo. Difficult, hilly, gravel-y, dusty, fun! Maybe Continue Reading →
