Cycling Guide

These micro features first appeared in the 2025 Cycling Guide, an annual special section aimed at telling the stories of the businesses, people and local efforts that have made The Corridor a cycling destination.

Forget basketball, football, or soccer — there’s another sport in Eastern Iowa gaining popularity with young people: cyclocross biking.

Variety - the Children’s Charity of Iowa donates adaptive mobility equipment to Iowa special needs children, along with traditional bicycles to children whose families can’t afford a bicycle.

When sharing the streets with vehicles is a necessary reality, cyclists can take some simple precautions.

Dan Nidey opened World of Bikes as a small service shop on Capitol Street. Fifty years later, it’s an Iowa City staple that continues to move forward.

The Gazette’s Cycling Guide tells the stories of the businesses, people and local efforts that have made The Corridor a cycling destination.

The increasing number of trail connections in Eastern Iowa have made cycling safer for bikers — while also connecting communities and bringing a boost to businesses in the small towns they pass through.

If this is your year to take up cycling — or more likely, resume riding after a decade or so — you’ll want to get a handle on just what type of riding you want to do.

Despite the sometimes challenging Iowa weather conditions, it is possible to use local trails year-round.

The Gazette’s inaugural Cycling Guide tells the stories of the businesses, people and local efforts that have made The Corridor …