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Day 5 of ‘Taken By Two Wheels’: Redding as a Cycling Destination

We finish our bicycling series with Redding leaders’ plans for marketing the city as a tourist destination for both casual and serious cyclists. We share a conversation with an avid biker who finds refuge in his solitary rides, and conclude… Continue Reading

Day 3 of ‘Taken By Two Wheels’: Building the Trails, Bringing the Family

A small but visionary few have shaped — and continue shaping — the network of North State biking trails we know today. Here’s how it all started, how one Redding family celebrates their cycling time together, and how our community’s… Continue Reading

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Day 2 of ‘Taken By Two Wheels’: Trailblazers of the North

Long before mountain biking became an Olympic sport, a small group of North State trailblazers experimented with what a bicycle could do on rough trails and old mining roads. In Day 2 of A News Cafe’s cycling series, “Taken By… Continue Reading

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Taken By Two Wheels: A News Cafe’s Cycling Series

A News Cafe is proud to introduce its first series: “Taken By Two Wheels; Cycling in the North State.” Whether you’re a daily bike rider or haven’t straddled two wheels since childhood, we think you’ll enjoy this comprehensive look at… Continue Reading

Redding Police Seek Help Finding Bandit Bicyclist

On Thursday, September 1, 2011, at 6:10 p.m., the Redding Police Department received a report of a theft from a person in front of Launderland, in a shopping center in the 2900 block of Churn Creek Road. Upon arrival, officers… Continue Reading

Win A Bicycle, Change The World

All right, maybe you can’t change the world by winning, or giving away, a couple of bicycles. But it’s clear that the bicycle essay contest sponsored by Healthy Shasta, The Bike Shop and the Safe Routes to School program is… Continue Reading

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Ambitious Plan Aims to Make Redding More Bike-Friendly

A bikeway master plan that envisions a grid of bike lanes across much of Redding could be adopted as soon as next month. The proposed “Bikeway Action Plan 2010-2015” calls for nearly doubling the length of bike lanes from the… Continue Reading

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Call Him Mellow Yellow

I thoroughly enjoy Turtle Bay, the Sundial Bridge and our amazing Sacramento River Trail. But often in the heat of the summer, after a walk from the museum through the arboretum, I feel like I need aloe, a respirator and IV fluids. Now there’s a better way to enjoy our community’s natural treasures without sun stroke, lack of oxygen and dehydration: Sit back, relax and let Bob Frost do the work.
Bob has introduced the pedicab, a rickshaw for the 21st-century … Continue Reading