1869
Minneapolis’s first velocipede—a elaborate French time period for a 50-pound human-powered two-wheeled land automobile—is demonstrated in entrance of the opera home by Professor Sexton, a “scientific velocipedist.”
1892
On a observe in Independence, Iowa, Minneapolis’s John S. Johnson turns into the primary man to interrupt the two-minute-mile barrier on the bicycle. Johnson goes on to change into one of many very first American superstar bicycle racers.
1896
Bicycle use booms, with some 30,000 riders in Minneapolis alone. Town responds by paving the primary of Lake Harriet’s bike paths, paying for the brand new amenity by promoting necessary 50-cent bike tags. Fantastic for noncompliance? $1 ($25 in the present day).
1903
Henry Ford strikes a deal to promote his “Fordmobiles” out of Stephen Tenvoorde’s bicycle store in St. Cloud. After a decade, Ford opens a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit in St. Paul, the auto turns into broadly obtainable, and Minnesota’s first biking growth ends.
1956
Howard Hawkins and Artwork Engstrom purchase Hazel Park Cycle Heart on St. Paul’s East Facet. As they broaden, they alter their title to Park Device, which matches on to change into the largest bike instrument producer on the planet.
1967
As a profit for youth hostels, 27 individuals begin the primary 100-mile Ironman Bike Trip in a parking zone close to what was then known as Lake Calhoun. Solely seven end.
1974
The Minnesota DNR converts an unused railway right into a paved bike path. The just about 50-mile Heartland State Path is the primary rail-to-trail conversion in Minnesota.
1989
Former BMX racer and bike courier Gene Oberpriller opens One on One Bicycle Studio in a Washington Avenue basement in downtown Minneapolis. When town closes the therapeutic massage parlor upstairs, One on One expands, changing into the primary of many espresso/bike retailers within the Twin Cities.
1990
After his third Tour de France victory, Greg LeMond strikes to Minnesota to be nearer to his spouse Kathy’s household. The LeMonds put money into a brand new restaurant in Edina known as—anticipate it—Scott Kee’s Tour de France.
1992
As prepare visitors on the twenty ninth Road rail hall slows, a handful of motorbike weirdos start sharing concepts about changing the hall right into a paved biking path. The grassroots builders begin calling themselves the Midtown Greenway Coalition.
1999
Louis Moore and Walter Griffin prepare three Black girls for the 500-mile AIDS Trip from Minneapolis to Chicago. They’ve a lot enjoyable doing it that Moore and Griffin discovered the Main Taylor Bicycling Membership, the primary Black bicycling membership in Minnesota.
2002
The Stupor Bowl, the annual metropolis bike courier race, provides a level of problem by making all of the check-ins at native bars and suggesting that the maniacal riders down a drink at each.
2005
Steve Flagg’s High quality Bicycle Merchandise, producer of the Surly line of bicycles, makes a handshake deal clarifying naming rights with an upstart craft beer firm. Surly Brewing delivers its first free keg to Flagg’s store to uphold its finish of the discount.
2007
The third part of the Midtown Greenway is accomplished with the grand opening of a $5.1 million suspension bridge devoted for bicycles. The bridge is known as after the bridge’s champion in Congress, Rep. Martin Olav Sabo.
2010
Good Trip Minnesota debuts in Minneapolis, with 700 rent-able bicycles obtainable at 65 solar-powered kiosks.
2016
Mounds View’s Kelly Catlin, who started life as a triplet with underdeveloped lungs, wins a silver medal in staff pursuit on the Olympic Video games in Rio. That very same 12 months, Catlin and her staff win the primary of three consecutive world championships.
2016
A number of days earlier than his demise, Prince is photographed for the final time: wearing purple, driving round Paisley Park on his bicycle.
