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Red Bull Movie Night
Red Bull. A name so synonymous with action sports that you may even briefly forget that they are the makers of the popular energy drink...
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This Alternative Transportation is Fueled by Beer
There are more ways than ever to power transportation–there’s the long-time-running world-standard of gasoline and diesel powered...
Jake E
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Tofurkey Burner Practice Race (Photos)
Tofurkey Burner Race Better late than never, I guess. It’s been a while since I’ve had a computer for processing photos so these have...
Jake E
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When One Brag Wagon Guide Just Isn’t Enough
What could possibly be better than the Brag Wagon except more Brag Wagon? This is a universal truth that goes without saying. And this is...
Jake E
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2017 HalloWheels Bike Festival
HalloWheels 2017 This year’s HalloWheels–Winston-Salem’s first and only bicycle festival–is being presented to you by the number 4. Some...
Jake E
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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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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...
Jake E
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Tips For Surviving Winter Riding: A Victory Over Common Sense
A few years ago I was sitting around in my sweatpants with a hot cup of coffee in my hands, a lazy Saturday mid-morning unfolding. The...
Jake E
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How You Can Make Winston-Salem Bike Friendly
According to Wikipedia, “cycling culture refers to cities and countries which actively support a large percentage of utility cycling.”...
Jake E
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Happy Cranksgiving! Scavenger Hunt and Food Drive
Having a harvest festival in 1621 meant you wouldn’t starve over the coming winter. Many of the settlers coming to America would not make...
Jake E
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Group Ride: Discover Your City
“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.” –...
Jake E
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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...
Jake E
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Be A Bicycle Benefits Business: What’d You Say?
You may remember a survey that we sent out towards the end of last year with questions like, “would you be more likely to ride to a...
Jake E
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BikeNBuild with Habitat for Humanity
I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about Habitat for Humanity by now but what you may not have heard about all the things Habitat does for our...
Jake E
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Eat. Drink. Think.
“Eat. Drink. Think.” is the theme for the eleventh annual Earth Day Fair put on by the Piedmont Environmental Alliance and the goal is to...
Jake E
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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...
Jake E
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Calling all WS Artists!
The Earth, without art, would just be Eh. So it stands to reason that the cycling industry (address: Earth) also depends on art and...
Jake E
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Discover Your City
You may remember our first ever Discover Your City ride where we hijacked the Community Bike Ride and planned a special trip to Twin City...
Jake E
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Pro Cyclists Convene at Tanglewood Park
Cyclocross is said to have gotten its start by cyclists challenging other cyclists to race to a nearby landmark. Steeples were often the...
Jake E
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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...
Jake E
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