Mosinee, WI Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- No-hands/trick riding
- Barred on any city street, § 78-352
- Riding abreast limit
- Max two abreast, except parades, § 78-356
- Lighting
- Required after dark, Wis. Stats. § 347.489
- Registration
- Required, incl. bicycle lanes/routes, § 78-381
- Penalty
- $5-$50 forfeiture, § 78-351
Summary
Mosinee's bicycle article bans coasting with your feet off the pedals, riding no-hands or performing trick riding, and carrying a passenger unless the bike has a second seat. Cyclists also cannot ride more than two abreast on a city street, alley or public way, except in an organized parade or demonstration.
No bicycle shall be allowed to proceed in any street in the city by inertia or momentum with the feet of the rider removed from the bicycle pedals. No rider of a bicycle shall remove both hands from the handlebars or practice any trick or fancy riding in any street in the city, nor shall any bicycle rider carry or ride any other person so that two persons are on the bicycle at one time, unless a seat is provided for a second person. ... Persons riding or using bicycles or other similar vehicles along or upon any public street, avenue, lane, alley or other public road, ground or way within the city shall not ride more than two abreast excepting in a general parade or public demonstration.
Full Breakdown
Section 78-352 sets the City of Mosinee's core rules for how a bicycle must be ridden: no coasting through a street by momentum with feet off the pedals, no removing both hands from the handlebars or doing trick or fancy riding, and no carrying a second person unless the bicycle has a seat built for one. Section 78-356 adds that cyclists may not ride more than two abreast on any public street, avenue, lane, alley or other public way in the city, with an exception for a general parade or public demonstration.
Riders must also equip their bicycles with a warning bell or horn under section 78-354, and with lighting equipment meeting Wis. 489 before riding after dark under section 78-353, and may not leave a bicycle parked in a way that creates a hazard to pedestrians or drivers under section 78-355. The Code separately requires every bicycle operated on a city street, alley, sidewalk, bicycle lane, bicycle route or bicycle way to carry a registration plate issued by the police department under section 78-381, with limited exceptions for casual travelers, tourists and nonresidents already registered in their home jurisdiction. The Code applies Wis. ch. 346's rules of the road to bicycles wherever appropriate under section 78-357.
Violations & Fines
Section 78-351 sets a specific penalty for the bicycle article: any violation draws a forfeiture of not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00, plus costs of prosecution, a lighter schedule than the Code's general $25.00 to $500.00 penalty that applies to most other chapters.
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