I SPY: A Bicycle Built for Beer

The Midtown Greenway is always hustling and bustling with people on foot or more likely wheels. Just about every week we see a new contraption that goes above and beyond the normal Tandem Bicycles.

For instance there's the Eliptigo: a combination of an elliptical machine and bicycle. Great for cross-training.



Speaking of cross-country-training, Inline skating is huge in Minnesota, and rightfully so as the modern rollerblade had its birthplace (or rather reinvention) in Minneapolis. Skate parks are a common feature of the local community parks, just like basketball courts and swingsets. Leave it to the locals to turn it up a notch with what they call Nordic Blading.



There's nothing like cycling along at 15mph and getting passed by someone on Rollerblades, much less with poles. Next up: remember the Urban Assault ride? The wild folks at New Belgium brewing brought along this beauty that day:



A keg trailer, with a fully functional spigot attached to the handlebars, along with a cup holder. Not bad, eh? As if that weren't enough, when Johari and I reaped the rewards of her scone baking competition by using her champion gift card at The Local we were astonished to see the following roar by:



The Pedal Pub, a 16 seat mobile, human powered bar on wheels. The idea originated in Europe, but soon drifted over to the Twin Cities thanks the native's love of bicycling and beer. This "beer bike" is a popular sight around downtown on ball game days, but is usually known for making runs between local bars, putting a new spin on the old fashioned pub crawl.

We're ready to take the Pedal Pub out, we just need a few volunteers to help with the Flintstone-ian footwork. Anyone up to it?