For more than 20 years I have been a digital editor, features writer and staff writer for publications including the Des Moines Register, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Gannett News Service, AOL, the Huffington Post Media Group, and Patch.com — as well as a contributing writer and photographer for publications from the New York Times to the Minnesota Twins.
For nearly 10 years I was a digital editor and staff writer for the Star Tribune, where I started the staff blog Escape Artists — which chronicled digital travel deals and features specific to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
And through it all — having lived everywhere from the Colorado Front Range to North Dakota and beyond — I have been a passionate mountain biker, always chasing the next race or adventure.
MN Bikes was born out of that passion.
Hope you enjoy reading MN Bikes, and that it’s a resource for you. Drop me a line if you have a story you’d love to share!
— Troy Melhus