Category Archives: Participate

Riding with Kidlets- Call for contributors

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Hey mamas! We would like to start a new feature called “Riding with Kidlets,” and we need contributions from WTFs that have experience riding with children. We want moms, aunties, caretakers, and others that ride with kids (infants to pre-teens?) to share … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking with Kidlets, Blog, Participate | 3 Comments

May Day Pedal Power- Volunteer and get involved!

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

After a few meetings, Grease Rag’s involvement in the Heart of the Beast Theatre’s May Day Festival, which will be on May 6th this year, is starting to take shape. We still need help planning and building our idea, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Friends, Organize, Participate | 3 Comments

Dudey-Free Zone is now available online

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

I can’t believe I didn’t post about this before, but sometimes I post on Facebook and forget to make a proper blog post about it.  Cool story, I know. Dudey-Free Zone is a 26-minute documentary on the importance of women’s/transgender/gender-queer … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Participate, Solidarity, Video

Bicycle Film Festival- Submissions Due April 1

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

No foolin’, get your bicycle movies submitted to BFF for BFF 2012 by April 1! Bicycle films will be shown at the free Minneapolis Institute of Arts annual Bike Night, which is the kick-off event for a series of screenings … Continue reading →

Posted in Participate, Video

MayDay Pedal Power Meeting 2

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Carmen is working with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre to involve more community organizations in their May Day celebration.  If you have not been to the May Day festival, it is something worth experiencing with … Continue reading →

Posted in Organize, Participate | 2 Comments

TEAM LONDONDERRY!

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Charlotte has posted about the Inter-Continental International Women’s Day Ride that we are going to be doing on March 3rd.  Come out and ride with us!  If you have any questions or concerns, let us know and we’ll fill you … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Friends, Group Ride, Participate | 3 Comments

Zine-tastic!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

At Grease Rag, we are a fan of zines.  Especially zines about bikes.  And bods.  Especially zines put out by our mega-talented friends!! Here are some projects we thought you might want to know about, including two March 1st deadlines. … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Participate

Bike Blogversation #1

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

My pal Mel is a super rad lady.  She is a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, studying bicycle activism and backlash, community building, and feminism, and likes radical activism, veganism, cats, babies, NPR, unions, Wisconsin, Surly beer, and coffee. Over … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Introducing, Participate, Thinking out loud

ARTCRANK call for entries

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

ARTCRANK is a fun party and poster show, for bike people!  I love going every year.  I want to encourage our WTF cyclist friends to submit designs for the upcoming ARTCRANK on April 14th.  Details are on the ARTCRANK website, … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Participate

Look at us Now

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Grease Rag Ride & Wrench has grown tremendously this year.  With the addition of three nights per month, we are empowering more women and transgender cyclists by teaching bike mechanics, sharing knowledge, and building community. Because of your generous donations … Continue reading →

Posted in Grease Rag Updates/ News, Participate | 1 Comment