Cycles, Cycles, Cycles

After describing the amazing Pedal Pub to everybody, I decided to make cycles (in their many forms) be the next tangent for the foreseeable future (just to clarify, I do not mean unforeseeable, because I do know how many posts this tangent will contain).

I know most of you were thinking after the last post (feel free to tell me what happens when somebody assumes), that gigantic quadracycle looked amazing, but how would that be a practical way to traverse the city, especially since you need 8-10 people to power it. This is correct, unless all my friends move to Minnesota, then we will always have an abundant supply of leg power. Well, do I have a solution for you.

Bicycles. 2 wheels instead of 4. What a simple fix. Sure, each of your cities has bikes and many of you (hopefully) own a bike. I'm so glad for you, what a great accomplishment for your city (spoken in the tone when you demean somebody by saying "that's cute").

I did a little research (known as hanging out with friends and hearing typical conversations in this lovely state) and found out that Minneapolis is now considered the best bike city in America. Take that Portland. I don't know if "America" is supposed to be only the United States of America or the entire Americas. I am hoping for the entire New World.

Do you want to travel on the Greenway through the heart of the city?

Maybe you want to bike along the Mississippi for a beautiful nature ride.

Perhaps you want to bike through the streets on the many friendly bike lanes.

What number 1 green transportation ranking does your rusty chain, can't get out of 1st gear city have to offer?