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North of So Thankful!
I guess, let me start by saying thank you to you. If you’re reading this, thank you. We appreciate everything you do for us! You are what...
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More Riding Is Better Than Less
In this article, I will lay out the foundation for why “More Riding Is Better Than Less.” Just kidding, sounds like the beginning of a...
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FORBA
FORBA love of Mountain Biking! In 2016, we set out to start organizing Winston-Salem’s mountain bike community in order to provide some...
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We’re doing the MTB Trail Hokey Pokey!
Put your Rogue Hoe in! Out of our efforts came FORBA (Forsyth Off Road Bicycle Association). We have now completed our trail inventories...
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Bike After Racing
Why we keep riding after the racing is over All the typical thoughts of an athlete ran through my head, except for the one that made me...
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2017: The Past Is Passed, The Future Is Now
About month ago, I was publishing 2016: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and now it’s well into 2017 and we have to take all that we learned...
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State of the City: Bike Share W-S
Didn’t your parents teach you to share? Sharing is a good thing… especially when it involves bikes! Of course BeersNGears wants more...
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Community: The Future Of Our Mountain Bike Trails
For those of you who have been following along, you know that there’s been a lot of drama in the local mountain biking community. For...
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Bicycles, TIGERs, and Beers — Oh My!
Not too long ago, I wrote about a big project the city was working on which needed our support. You guys came through in a big way and...
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2015 Rocked, Here’s Why
This year has been a real year of discovery for us at BeersNGears. What I knew coming into it is Winston-Salem desperately needed a...
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Open Bike Night
Thank you to everyone that came out to Open Bike Night! It was fun and we managed to fix a few things. There were a lot wheels that got...
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Ordinances Come and Ordinances Go
An opportunity to support increased bicycle parking City ordinances come and city ordinances go. Some have come to be known as rather...
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Direct Hit Against Bike Lanes
Why is the NC General Assembly trying to make it harder to implement bike lanes? This is where the rubber meets the road, literally. A...
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State of the City: Multi-Use Path of Epic Proportions
If you’ve been preaching that Winston-Salem needs to update the infrastructure to reflect one of the fastest growing segments and...
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