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Day 2 of Loving MN Winter 2018

Posted on February 2, 2018 by greaseragmpls

I LoveMnWinter! Today I love winter glitter, fat bikes & self care By Casey Wollschlaeger I love MN winter even when it doesn’t love me back. I love the slowly lengthening days of February even though my Vitamin D and mood levels have been sapped (Vitamin D enriched chocolate seems like Continue Reading →

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Day 1 of Loving MN Winter 2018

Posted on February 1, 2018 by greaseragmpls

I #LoveMNWinter By BrieAnna Lindquist  Goofing in the winter brings me joy. Hopping in snow piles and throwing snow in the air keeps winter refreshing. See more of BrieAnna’s work at http://www.bringodesign.com/  Tweet your own loves: #lovemnwinter @greaseragmpls.

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Recap of Grease Rag Group Camp 2017

Posted on August 21, 2017 by greaseragmpls

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 →

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BIPOC Bike Camping Trip

Posted on June 29, 2017 by greaseragmpls

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 →

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Roses, Thorns & Buds: An Unexpectedly Eventful Beginner Bike Camping Trip!

Posted on June 27, 2017 by greaseragmpls

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 →

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Ovarian Psycos Reflections: When white people tell BIPOC stories

Posted on May 25, 2017 by greaseragmpls

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 →

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PHOTOS: Ovarian Psycos screening and fundraiser!

Posted on May 24, 2017 by greaseragmpls

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 →

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WTF Grease Rag? Podcast

Posted on March 7, 2017 by greaseragmpls

LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST ON SOUNDCLOUD International WTF Day #InternationalWTFDay is our day. Our day is rooted in the labor struggles that continues today. Our day recognizes not all labor fits into the traditional economy, but that doesn’t mean it is not real work. Our day celebrates the spectrum of Continue Reading →

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2016 Babes in Bikeland TEN Recap

Posted on September 4, 2016 by greaseragmpls

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 →

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Babes in Bikeland X: Labor of Love

Posted on August 30, 2016 by greaseragmpls

For seven years I’ve been somehow involved with Babes in Bikeland by either organizing, hosting Pre-Babe Wanderabout, supporting the race organizers, or racing. I have seen it morph and change and shift into what it is today, in its tenth year. What is Babes in Bikeland? Babes in Bikeland is Continue Reading →

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