Eden Prairie teens lead environmental efforts with Green Crew, earning national attention for youth-led conservation and climate action projects.
Author: John Jarvis
Bicyclists decorated their bikes and helmets, practiced with bus racks, got safety advice and received trail maps even when the event moved indoors.
The Midwest is generally not known for starting worldwide trends. In the bicycle world, however, the Midwest is the epicenter of the fastest-growing segment of bicycling: gravel riding. With the region’s many thousands of miles of lightly traveled, rural gravel roads, it is a natural, homegrown cycling evolution. One can ride safely and serenely for hours in the countryside, taking in sights, smells and sounds without ever seeing a car. As humans are prone to do, “gravel grinding” competitions have developed to test speed and endurance. On almost any weekend, a cyclist can find an event to attend. 340 miles…