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3-Way Street Campaign
3-Way Street Campaign
The Brontosaurus and the Sentimental Fuel
I’ve been meaning to get a photo of this brontosaurus statue ever since I first saw it appear in front of our local Sinclair station. (Yes, I know that kids these days are learning to call it an Apatosaurus, but it will always be Brontosaurus to me.) It’s been a few months, but this is…
Factory and Parts Delivery by Bike
Even within much of utility cycling, the bicycle is mostly considered a tool for lightweight and personal tasks such as bicycle commuting or general bicycle transportation. However, we have also tried to highlight the ways in which the bicycle can also be an incredibly efficient tool for tasks with more gravity such as mail or…
Strida: The Ethiopian Food of Folding Bikes
About ten years ago, I developed a case of folder envy after a trip to The Netherlands.In a leap of faith, I ordered a folding bike from a Web site without having ever ridden that model–or any other folding bike. The Website was Yahoo Auctions (if anyone in the US can remember that). The bike…
The Best Excuse for Not Bike Commuting
We spend a lot of time overcoming the excuses people come up with not to bike commute, or to not even give it a try. Some people–adults–don’t know how to ride a bike. Never learned. Who hasn’t heard the statistics on adult literacy. Something like 21 percent of American adults could look at this majestic…
A Fruitful BONGO Trailer Load
My wife and I maxed out our Wandertec BONGO Trailer a few weeks ago at Sam’s Club. Our supplies fit so perfectly into the Rubbermaid on the BONGO that it seemed a photo was needed to show the perfect packing of a months worth of supplies.
Burley Projects, Inspiration and a Burley Sale
We kicked off our Burley Sale a few days ago. So with Burley on the brain, I though I’d post a few examples of recycled Burley Trailer and a DIY bike trailer project inspired by the innovative new Burley Travoy.Before diving in, I wanted to share a few of the details of our current Burley…
Send us your videos!
Just a few days ago we released a video of bike commuters. Bill Springer is the 14th commuter in the video. This morning I saw Bill out for a ride, and I yelled out to him, “Hey! I put you on YouTube.” He stopped and looked at me like, Do I know you? Should I…
Bike Share in Hangzhou, China
Bike Share in Hangzhou China
Relief, Sweet Relief: The Commuter Relief Act
Update: See “Confusion, Sweet Confusion: The Commuter Relief Act” for Stacey’s search for answers to the questions raised by this article. Recently, U.S. House Representative Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore, proposed the Commuter Relief Act. This legislation, which is co-sponsored by Virginia's Jim Moran (D) and Hawaii's Mazie Hirono (D), seeks to equalize the field for all…
The Invisible Cyclists
The Invisible Cyclists
Memorial Day, Buffalo Soldiers, and Bikes
Today is Memorial Day in the United States. For you readers outside of the US, what this means is that some of us get to take the day off work, and it’s a great day to get a deal on a mattress. It’s also a day to commemorate U.S. Service Members who died while in…
'My name is _______, and I commute by bike.'
Ever since the North American Handmade Bike Show we’ve been accumulating these short videos of people declaring, on record, that they commute by bike. This is the first of what we hope will be an ongoing series. Our hope is that we can show the world that bike commuting is not just the realm of…
Grand Opened!
Thanks everyone for coming out last weekend to our grand opening. We had a good crowd test riding the e bike lineup, checking out the new showroom and enjoying the refreshments.
Bike Patrol
With the rapidly approaching summer season, melting snow on mountain bike trails, and warming days, I figured it was high time to write a post dedicated to bike patrolling. Bike patrol, in the context of utility cycling, does not refer to police bikes or law enforcement by bicycle, rather it focuses on the use of…
Probing the Fire Eye Helmet Light
It’s a busy Friday night in a college town. You see a man setting up a strange blinking apparatus right next to the train station–just as the Amtrak is loading and unloading passengers. The man quickly walks away. What do you do? I got some funny looks from a few bar hoppers as I walked…
Complete Streets
Complete Streets
e-Bikes and Commuters: Don't be fooled by cheap imitations!
Steve Benning has been experimenting with bike commuting on a loaner Ohm XS 750 e-bike. Now he has to return the fancy Ohm bike. But he sounds like he’s ready to dust off his own bike and to switch to pure pedal power. Sure, he’d like to keep that sweet $3,799 bike, but it has…
'Buy this car to drive to work. Drive to work to pay for this car.'
A recent post on Cyclelicio.us discussed the economics of car commuting as a function of personal time. James Schwartz at the Urban Country figures car ownership costs the average American about two hours a day "” that works out to about 500 hours each year to buy, insure, and maintain a car. Compare with the…
Dealing with Dogs
I somehow have managed not to read Mark Twain’s essay, Taming the Bicycle until recently. I particularly enjoyed the section on dogs: There was a row of low stepping-stones across one end of the street, a measured yard apart. Even after I got so I could steer pretty fairly I was so afraid of those…
Rapt Cycling Advocacy
Saturday came and went with no rapture to speak of. If you were aware of Harold Camping’s prediction, you fell into one of three broad categories: People completely convinced the rapture would happen, and bewildered when it didn’t, People who didn’t really expect the rapture but passed Saturday with your fingers crossed, hoping for the…
Come Ride with Sophie
Come Ride with Sophie
Back in your cars, everyone. Bike to Work Week is over.
Inside the drab building you see in the video below is the headquarters of Commute by Bike. But yesterday we de-drabified the building a bit with a new stainless steel sign. And today–at the conclusion of Bike to Work Week–the online cycling accessory powerhouse that is Campfire Cycling is unveiling a nice showroom squeezed into…
Bike to Work and/or Beer
I’ve gotten in touch with my inner lawyer, and feel compelled to clarify that today is Bike to Work Day–and not, as I wrote yesterday, Bike to Beer Day Yes, there is a Bike to Beer event today sponsored by my local bike advocacy organization and a local tavern. But today is Bike to Work…