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2013 Chariots On Sale – Yes, the new Chariots!
This is our newsletter for the month.If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox, subscribe here. Reduced Prices on 2013 Model Chariot Trailers Our first ever sale on Chariot‘s newest models of Bike Child Carriers. Chariot Cheetah1 Bike Child Trailer Now includes a Strolling Kit. The cross-country carrier with a lightweight, aluminum frame…
Edward's Advert & Delivery Service
Looking for a part-time gig this summer? Advertise or delivery-by-bike! Edward’s sales pitch: “Green Living at it’s best! Been doing my bike delivery / billboard service for 2 years. Loving every day!” Get equipped for the summer with the Extrawheel Advert and a heavy-duty cargo trailer.
U.S. Bicycle Route System Video
U.S. Bicycle Route System Video
The Beginner’s Mind of Bike Commuting
I’ve completed two weeks of bike commuting in Tucson. Since this isn’t a permanent move for me, I’m deliberately cultivating a transitory (i.e. non-permanent) lifestyle here in Old Pueblo, as the locals call it. I’m couch surfing here — no real couches yet, but guest rooms and inflatable mattresses. My commute will change several times…
Sean, Beth, Extrawheel & Utah
Sean & Beth recently took their new Extrawheel Voyager and hit the White Rim Trail in Utah. “Our new Extrawheel trailer performed flawlessly on the bumpy dirt!” What are your bike plans for the upcoming summer?
"Stoopid Tall" Bike at CicLAvia
“Stoopid Tall” Bike at CicLAvia
Piano Bike
Piano Bike
Campfire Cycling Moves to Tucson
Well, we did it. We packed up and loaded all of our inventory and equipment, and we moved Campfire Cycling to Tucson, Arizona.It took us most of a week to pack up our inventory. We spun cocoons of plastic wrap around our shelves until we were dizzy from walking around in circles.On Saturday we loaded…
My First Two Tucson Commutes
Campfire Cycling moved to Tucson, Arizona over the weekend. While my co-workers moved five big truckloads of inventory and office equipment, I was entrusted with delivering our rotted and weathered picnic table. Tucson Commute 1 I commuted by truck with this precious cargo more than 250 miles in our company’s gutless Mazda, and brought them both…
A Single-Speed, Single-Question Personality Test
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time on two single speed bikes, and the two couldn’t be more different. Loyal readers have seen these bikes before. One is the Critical Cycles bike that Pete Prebus reviewed here, but with an E-Bike Kit. The other is my grandfather’s Murray Montery, which has finally started to…
Cyclovia Tucson Photo Essay
Tucson is lucky to be getting not one, but two great Cyclovia events this year! What is Cyclovia you say? Cyclovia is a car-free event, whereby city streets are closed to motorized traffic and opened up to all forms of non-motorized traffic for the day. It’s a great way to experience your community in new…
Improvised Endo Training Wheels with a Ridekick Trailer
This is a tale of idiocy or brilliant resourcefulness. You decide. You may have read that I have one of those Ridekick trailers that push the bike. (See: “Ridekick: A Nicotine Patch for Car Addiction.”) This story ends with me doing something that I’m sure the Ridekick company doesn’t ever want you to do. So…
Social Sharing of Rides? BikeSpike: Meet MyRidePool
I’m boring. I’m a closet introvert. I don’t go on group rides. For my commute, I stick to the same couple of routes. I commute alone, with my deep thoughts, like, Maybe only dumb people recount being abducted by aliens because aliens keep the smart ones. So I don’t really get why there are so…
Angelo & Roberto's Music by Bike Mission
Angelo and Roberto are the brothers who make up the band Rotage, and they’re taking their musical act on the road. But not in the traditional sense: In December of 2012, while discussing our own childhood and [lifelong] journey, we began to realize how fortunate we have been. Our reflection led us to see a…
30 Days of Biking
30 Days of Biking
ScatoLOCK: Automatic Bike Lock with Hidden Smart Key
UPDATE: If you are discovering this article after April Fools Day 2013, now you know what’s going on here. In 2010 Jay Bourque was mugged on his way home from a doctors appointment in Brighton, Michigan. The thief not only took his bike — a Batavus Ouverture worth $1700 — but also the key to the Batavus’…
Mountain to Mountain on MoveShake
Mountain to Mountain on MoveShake
Jim's Racktime Topit Praises
Another rave review from another amazing customer. Aren’t we lucky: I want to thank you for the rack (a Racktime Topit Front Rack), and let you know that this finally ends my search for a front rack to fit my bike and the lights I use. I asked for the dimensions, so that I would…
How to start an argument: Say, 'Roads Were Not Built For Cars'
How to win the argument: Read Roads Were Not Built For Cars Here’s a risk free Kickstarter project: Carlton Reid has raised and exceeded his £4,000 ($6073 US) goal for his forthcoming book. So, if you pledge now, it’s too late to say “I pledged before it was cool to pledge,” but you will be betting…
BikeSpike: The Best Idea Yet for Recovering Stolen Bikes
A LoJack-style device for a bike. The best idea yet? I bet you agree, because I bet you thought of it yourself — just like I did. And just like me, you didn’t have the wherewithal to make it yourself. And like me, you Googled for it, and found some unsatisfying attempts to create such a…
Mr. Rogers Rode a Bike
Fred Rogers of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood would have turned 85 today. Somehow I think I appreciate him more as an adult than I ever did as a kid. As a child, I thought his show was really boring. If I ever watched it, it was by process of elimination. And when Trolley went to The…
YardStash II – A Bike Crash Pad
When we started remodeling our house last year we moved some walls around, and we have had to resort to temporarily storing some household goods in BluesCat World Headquarters, resulting in reduced square footage available for bike parking. One day, I made the mistake of grumbling about having all the bikes jammed together now, and…
Anne Marie's Housecalls with Wandertec
We’re thrilled to start the week off by humbly showing off our own equipment – the Wandertec Bongo. Working together with local metals craftsmen, Stuart Henderson, we launched the Bongo that has become the foundation of Wandertecs new direction.Anne Marie modified the always versatile Bongo to suit her needs as a bike commuting massage therapist….