A very nice summer evening ride is the bike path from Shopko Drive to Anderson and Wright. I haven't used the new bike bridge yet that crosses Aberg (HWY 30) by Washington Manor park. I take this ride to/from Ale Asylum. Quite fun at night coming back, make sure you have a light because you'll need one.
For that matter, riding through the Arboretum at night is also fun-but you really should have a light. Also, the path that goes under HWY 30 near the Milwaukee Street Post Office is interesting. Last time I went under, there was a ton of graffiti, it was as if I was riding through some gang temple. Probably not what you're looking for. Anyways I heard it is all cleaned up under there now. On 08/12/10, India Rose Viola <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey fellow Bikies, > > As I was riding along the other day, it dawned on me that if you lived in a > different part of the city, you might not know about certain stretches of my > commute. Then it occurred to me that each and every bike rider must have > their own favorite bike features in Madison, many of which I would be a > stranger to. I began thinking of ways we could share our favorite spots or > local infrastructure features with each other- but then I decided that it > would be even better if we could send them out into the world to be > discovered by others. > > I thought a good jumping off point for this idea-sharing would be to hold a > short and mellow bike ride/guided tour in Madison, aimed at the novice > cyclist or whatever name-brand you want to give folks who may be on the fence > about cycling around town. I am happy to be partnering with the Bike Fed, > the City of Madison, and the > 20by2020 Initiative <http://20-by-2020.com/> for this event. The ride will > serve to showcase a few examples of the "old" (e.g. path and lanes) and "new" > (e.g. bike boxes, maps, and bridges) existing as well as up-and-coming (e.g. > Regent/Monroe intersection refurb) bike infrastructure and resources that > Madison has to offer. > > The route will be modest, but the number of features that are highlighted and > discussed doesn't have to be! > > Here's where you come in. > > As self-appointed Bikies, I am seeking your nominations/brainstorms for > bike-related features in Madison to discuss or highlight during the ride. > They can be spaces, places, views, amenities, historic facts, mapping/route > resources, or favorite stretches of asphalt. > > Send me one, send me many. I'm interested in the commonplace and the > esoteric, the straight-and-narrow and the far out. > While I can't guarantee that anyone's suggestions will be included during the > event, they will certainly be considered and appreciated and perhaps will be > the nucleus for another ride or event. > > I see this ride as less of an event-in-and-of-itself, and more of an > opening of an additional channel of communication for folks who need or want > to find out more about the existing infrastructure that exists to > support their decision to ride a bike around town- be it once a year, once a > month, once a week, or every day (of course my bikie bias loves to think > of this as a slippery slope). > > If you are interested, please send me your submissions by Tuesday (Aug 17) at > noon. > > Thanks everyone! > > -India > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- ‹(•¿•)› _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
