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September 2024
- Sep 23, 2024 Adventure Planning 101
- Sep 1, 2024 Gear Guide: Cooking & Fire
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May 2024
- May 30, 2024 Delta and Tadpole recumbent trikes: how to choose?
- May 24, 2024 Recumbent glossary
- May 20, 2024 How to avoid the number one mistake when buying a recumbent
- May 19, 2024 7 ways a recumbent helps you stay active and independent
- May 19, 2024 What problems do recumbents solve?
- May 18, 2024 How to ride a recumbent trike?
- May 15, 2024 What is a recumbent?
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March 2024
- Mar 27, 2024 Setting Up Your Bike Adventure Rig
- Mar 22, 2024 Microcamping on the Little Calumet River Trail
- Mar 11, 2024 Skokie Lagoons Breakfast With The Birds
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February 2024
- Feb 29, 2024 Late Winter on Chicago's North Branch Trail
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December 2023
- Dec 28, 2023 20 Microescapes to Make Your Chicago Winter Awesome
- Dec 2, 2023 8 Great Hikes With Challenging Climbs Near Chicago
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June 2023
- Jun 11, 2023 Hey, how's business?
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May 2023
- May 10, 2023 Low-Stress Ways to Leave Chicago
- May 9, 2023 Kal-Haven Trail to Covert Solo Bike Camping
- May 9, 2023 Solo Midsummer Overnight: Harrington Beach SP by Brompton
- May 8, 2023 10 Essentials for Outdoor Adventures
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April 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 Overnight Bikepacking Adventure
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March 2023
- Mar 16, 2023 Biking Goals For Commuting Success
- Mar 14, 2023 Use Your Bike More: 50 Ways To Leave Your Car
- Mar 11, 2023 What is Bike Commuting
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February 2023
- Feb 6, 2023 Nature & Industry: Wolf Lake Brompton Day Trip
- Feb 6, 2023 Best Long Bike Rides Near Chicago
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January 2023
- Jan 18, 2023 Bicycle Safety Check
- Jan 17, 2023 Essential Schedule of Bike Repairs for Urban Riders
- Jan 16, 2023 Bike Assembly: More than the Sum of the Parts
- Jan 14, 2023 How To Fill Up Bike Tires
- Jan 13, 2023 5 Essential Questions To Ask Before Getting a Bicycle Tune-Up
- Jan 10, 2023 5 Reasons to Hire a Pro for Your Bike Maintenance
- Jan 7, 2023 7 Qualities of Highly Dependable Bicycle Repair Shops
- Jan 3, 2023 What exactly is a bike tune-up?
- December 2022
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October 2022
- Oct 18, 2022 Solo Brompton Camping Trip at Bullfrog Lake
- Oct 15, 2022 Say No to Freeze-Dried: Our Favorite Camp Cooking Methods
- Oct 7, 2022 8 Hacks for More Outdoor Adventure in Your 9-5 Life
- Oct 1, 2022 Top 10 Camp Food Alternatives for Outdoor Adventures
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September 2022
- Sep 27, 2022 4 Outdoor Gear Essentials for Microescapes
- Sep 16, 2022 How to Buy the Best Bicycle for Your MicroEscapes
- Sep 13, 2022 Folding Bike: Your Instant Getaway Tool
- Sep 7, 2022 Great River Trail Bike Overnight
- Sep 1, 2022 7 Tent Camping Locations Around Chicago To Try This Fall
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August 2022
- Aug 30, 2022 10 Adventure Rules For MicroEscape Artists
- Aug 23, 2022 What is a Microescape
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May 2022
- May 24, 2022 Why HERE?
- April 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 7, 2022 Woman-Owned Is No Longer the Exception
- Mar 5, 2022 Where to go Mountain Biking?
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February 2022
- Feb 8, 2022 XC Skiing at Love Creek Park
- Feb 4, 2022 Winter Campout Trial
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January 2022
- Jan 14, 2022 Hell's Point Challenge hike at Pokagon SP
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December 2021
- Dec 1, 2021 12 Reasons to Give (or Get) a Bike
- November 2021
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October 2021
- Oct 26, 2021 Great sandhill crane migration
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August 2021
- Aug 25, 2021 10 Reasons Fall Camping Is The Best!
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July 2021
- Jul 12, 2021 Portland Arch Nature Preserve
- Jul 5, 2021 10 Advantages Of Overnights And Other Short Trips
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June 2021
- Jun 25, 2021 Guerrilla Camping (Maybe)
- Jun 15, 2021 Suburban Bushwhacking
- Jun 4, 2021 The Prairie Trail: Don't Let Trail Disappointments Keep You From Making Happy Discoveries
- Jun 1, 2021 Microcamping: Rainy Hobo Breakfast
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May 2021
- May 28, 2021 North DesPlaines River Trail Brompton Ride & Picnic
- May 4, 2021 Create or Perish
- May 3, 2021 Hiking and camping at Marengo Ridge
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April 2021
- Apr 20, 2021 The joys of hammock camping
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March 2021
- Mar 31, 2021 What I learned about commitment from mountain biking
- Mar 29, 2021 Must-have Bike Book
- Mar 27, 2021 Bike Commuting?! You gotta be crazy!
- Mar 26, 2021 Beyond "Regular" Bikes: Brompton, Cargo and Electric Bikes
- Mar 25, 2021 Dressing (Etc.) For Work And Weather
- Mar 24, 2021 Weather Whims
- Mar 22, 2021 North Branch Trail Off-Road Edition
- Mar 22, 2021 Essential Bike Tools For The Commuter
- Mar 19, 2021 How to Use Your Gears
- Mar 18, 2021 Bike Fit Adjustments to Improve Your Commuting Experience
- Mar 17, 2021 Evaluating Your Bike Fit
- Mar 16, 2021 Bike Commuting Trial Run
- Mar 15, 2021 Best streets for biking in Chicago
- Mar 14, 2021 Bike Commuting Essentials: Carrying Stuff
- Mar 13, 2021 Avoid Bike Theft
- Mar 12, 2021 Bike Commuting Essentials: Stock or DIY?
- Mar 11, 2021 Avoiding 5 Common Driver Mistakes
- Mar 10, 2021 Safe Riding Practices
- Mar 9, 2021 Chicago Bike Lane Basics
- Mar 8, 2021 Chicago Bike Laws
- Mar 7, 2021 Perfect Day For The First Ride
- Mar 6, 2021 Fix the Old or Buy the New
- Mar 5, 2021 Finding A Shop To Support Your Bike Commuting
- Mar 3, 2021 What Kind Of Bike Will You Need For Commuting
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February 2021
- Feb 15, 2021 Primal Scream
- Feb 12, 2021 Raceway Woods (& All Grass Farms Detour)
- Feb 6, 2021 Ludington State Park
- Feb 3, 2021 Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area
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January 2021
- Jan 26, 2021 Annual Bicycle Maintenance
- Jan 24, 2021 The Magical Marsh
- Jan 20, 2021 Seven Bridges Trail
- Jan 15, 2021 What You Really Need Is To BREATHE
- Jan 10, 2021 Wisconsin's Northern Edge
- Jan 4, 2021 Bloodletting, True Grit and Living Your Potential
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December 2020
- Dec 21, 2020 Grand Mere State Park
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March 2020
- Mar 6, 2020 Best Upgrade for Your Bike: Hand-Built Wheels
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February 2020
- Feb 16, 2020 Brompton & Train 24-Hour Tour
- Feb 6, 2020 Custom Bikes Offer FOREVER Value
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January 2020
- Jan 18, 2020 Galien River County Park and Marsh Water Trail
- Jan 18, 2020 Cherney Maribel Caves
- Jan 18, 2020 Mississippi Palisades State Park
- Jan 18, 2020 West Beach at Indiana Dunes National Park
- Jan 17, 2020 Harrington Beach SP
- Jan 17, 2020 Cowles Bog
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December 2019
- Dec 9, 2019 Go out for breakfast. Literally.
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November 2019
- Nov 19, 2019 Should You Buy a Bike on the Internet? (And what if you already did?)
- Nov 15, 2019 Low Cost Cold Weather Substitutes
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October 2019
- Oct 19, 2019 Great Marsh Restoration
- Oct 3, 2019 Want to ride more? Here's how.
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September 2019
- Sep 26, 2019 Wolf Lake
- Sep 26, 2019 Warren Woods SP
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August 2019
- Aug 17, 2019 Canyon Day Hike: Matthiessen SP
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July 2019
- Jul 22, 2019 Trials and tribulations of my minimal overnight set-up
- Jul 22, 2019 Packing Tiny: Minimal Brompton Overnight Packing List
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June 2019
- Jun 24, 2019 Why Bike?
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April 2019
- Apr 22, 2019 Benefits of Small Adventures
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March 2019
- Mar 16, 2019 Gravel and Adventure Bikes
- Mar 10, 2019 We're Not Scary
- Mar 8, 2019 Touring Bikes
- Mar 6, 2019 Comon Sense Checklist for Bicycle Fit
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January 2019
- Jan 21, 2019 Drivetrain Maintenance
- Jan 4, 2019 Quarterly Seasonal Maintenance
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October 2018
- Oct 20, 2018 Brompton Overnight Gear
- Oct 17, 2018 Solo Brompton Overnight
- Oct 11, 2018 What's a fair price, and how do you know it's a fair price?
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September 2018
- Sep 30, 2018 Two grocery panniers, six errands and some thoughts
- Sep 21, 2018 The Best Time to Ride Your Bike is NOW
- Sep 13, 2018 10 Reasons Fall is the Perfect Adventure Season
- Sep 4, 2018 5 Bike Adventures You Can Have Today
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August 2018
- Aug 30, 2018 10 (or so) Reasons to Own a Brompton in Chicago
- Aug 29, 2018 Brompton S1E: Your Partner for the Urban Salsa
- Aug 24, 2018 Milwaukee Meander
- Aug 16, 2018 Bikes, Kayaks, Birds (& Beer!)
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July 2018
- Jul 20, 2018 Great River Trail by Brompton
- Jul 11, 2018 Thorn Creek Trail to Three Floyds Brewery Ride
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June 2018
- Jun 30, 2018 Cannon Valley Trail
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May 2018
- May 22, 2018 Brakes required
- May 18, 2018 Carrying Stuff on Your Bike
- May 11, 2018 Bike if you want to
- May 7, 2018 Bike-assisted Walking
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April 2018
- Apr 30, 2018 Cheap bikes
- Apr 23, 2018 Value
- Apr 6, 2018 Overcome the 5 Basic Obstacles to Riding Your Bike
- Apr 2, 2018 At Spring's Door
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March 2018
- Mar 30, 2018 Let's Tackle Online Buying, Shall We?
- Mar 26, 2018 Buying a Bike, Part 3: Finding the Right Shop
- Mar 22, 2018 Buying a Bike, Pt. 2: Common Bike Categories
- Mar 21, 2018 You could buy a car for that (...but would you want to?)
- Mar 2, 2018 Buying a Bike, Pt. 1: Assessing your Needs & Options
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February 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 The Anatomy of a Hybrid Bicycle
- Feb 15, 2018 Weekly Bike Maintenance
- Feb 12, 2018 5 Things You MUST Check Every Time You Get on Your Bike
- Feb 7, 2018 Palos in fresh snow: a fatbike photo-essay
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January 2018
- Jan 26, 2018 Moraine Hills SP Fat Bike Ride
- Jan 18, 2018 North Branch to Wilmette Beach -- and back
- Jan 12, 2018 Get out. I'm not biking in winter!
- Jan 8, 2018 Waterfall Glen Fatbike Ride
- Jan 3, 2018 Staying Warm Strategies for Frigid Chicago Days
- Jan 1, 2018 Toward Reasonable Goals
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December 2017
- Dec 28, 2017 10 Reasons Winter is GREAT for biking
- Dec 26, 2017 Bikes for supreme (winter) fun
- Dec 20, 2017 Winter TLC for your bike
- Dec 15, 2017 5 Winter Biking Necessities
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November 2017
- Nov 24, 2017 Nature & Industry: Wolf Lake Brompton day trip
- Nov 14, 2017 How to Change a Tube & Tire on a Bike
- Nov 13, 2017 Is this man a cyclist?
- Nov 10, 2017 Your Mother's Guide to Winter Biking
- Nov 9, 2017 Your Flat Repair Kit
- Nov 8, 2017 What Causes Flats?
- Nov 7, 2017 Schrader and Presta Valves
- Nov 6, 2017 The Anatomy of a Bicycle Wheel
- Nov 1, 2017 How Do You Get the Dang Wheel Out?!