By Greg Heck and the Chicago ABUS team

Riding to work, meeting friends for brunch, and trips to the beach can be much more enjoyable (and often more efficient) on two wheels. However, a perfect day can be ruined if you return to find your bike missing. Sadly, bike theft…

Active Trans expanded the Commuter Challenge to two whole weeks. Since it's such a great time of year to ride your bike, we think this is a brilliant idea. To make the two weeks…

Photo by Lonnie Chamberlain 

As I sit in front of my computer, it’s raining outside.  So, instead of riding my bike, I thought I’d do the next best thing, pen an article about riding…

By Shawn Conley

The “rules” of group riding etiquette is only part of the picture.  If you would like to really be a good part of a group, you will need to know more.  Good group riding behaviors, before, during, and after the ride, was covered very well in the previous article…

Exploring our great city and the surrounding areas can be tremendous fun when doing this on two wheels.  I frequently go exploring by bike, and find great gems in parts of the city where I don’t often go.  When I return, it’s always nice to see some of the places I haven’t been since the last time that I…

By Eric Alexander

This will be my fourth time riding in this event. If you would like more information, visit their website, www.grumpygrind.com . In a way, it is the kick off to my season of events I will do…

Quite a few of the Chainlink ambassadors and racers really appreciate Showers Pass jackets and waterproof pants for riding in inclement Chicago weather. So it’s no surprise when we were offered a new performance shirt to review, we had lots of volunteers. Leah and Zach both received a Showers Pass short-sleeve Henley made of a combination of bamboo and merino wool to test and review for The…

It took me forever to realize Santa Claus wasn't real and I still believe in Sasquatch. I'm married to my high school sweetheart and I've been with my current bike (yes, my only bike) for seven years. This is, of course, an opinion piece and its obviously biased. 

I dreaded moving to…

Jeremy and Geoffrey share their experiences racing Dirty South Roubaix for the first time.

Photo by Matt Gholson

By Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin

Really, this is all winter’s fault. The roads…