Shanna Ladd is a bike commuter in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Valley (a.k.a. “The Mat-Su”), north of Anchorage. She’s getting ready to bike commute through her second winter. Her summer/fall commute looks like this: Shanna commented on my post about marketing cycling to women, and told me that what she needed was a fatbike, with or without…
Vancouver Cycling
Dave and granddaughter Jordan cruise to and from school by Adams Trail-A-Bike. “Shes the only kindergartener that gets picked up with the bike limo.” Lucky Jordan, and love the helmet! Enjoy those nice crisp autumn days while they last before the kiddos start complaining about the cold winter ahead — and complain and complain and…
Via BikeTrailerShop.com E-mail: We recently purchased a recumbent trike with two wheels in the back and one in the front. We would like to get a trailer for our 20 lb Westie. Do they make such a thing to fit the trike? Appreciate your help It’s not so much a matter of finding a trailer…
Mamachari Bicycles
The polls are officially closed — Our “most creative trailer build” award is going out early this week! Bob’s trailer knocks the concept of “re-purposing” out of the park: I bought a used Adams Trail-A-Bike off Craigslist for $50. Cut off the handlebars. Removed the drive train. Replaced the wheel with a stronger BMX wheel….
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Lately I’ve been walking to work more often than biking. I realized recently that if I just walk our two dogs (Howard and Skully) to work with me, it takes less time than when I walk them first, leave them at home, and then commute by bike. (It’s a 35-minute walk commute vs. a 25-minute…
Nuno has been busy touring his home country of Portugal by bike. Last time he checked in he was busy BOB-ing the local National Park, wine in tow. Nuno’s most recent adventure took him and his trusty BOB from Entroncamento to Castelo de Bode – an approximate 20 mi. (30 km) ride. “The weather was…
Bike Tourism for Small Town America
Another inventive Burley Trailer-Cycle / Adams Trail-A-Bike inspired build! Here is Scott’s version: I modified a Bob Yak trailer fork to use as a trail-a-bike attachment which allows my son to ride next to me on the trails, then I can re-attach him when we get to busier areas. I’ll be adding some pannier racks…
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I’ve never seen this movie, but 1979’s Americathon depicted a 1998 “future” America where the USA has run out of oil, and Americans have begun riding bicycles for transportation. Yet it’s apparently not a future that the country chose by redesigning and tweaking infrastructure, and consciously changing transportation and energy policies. It seems as though…
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We’re always happy to hear from our customers, and we’d love to see photos from the trip. Thanks Leslie and John! And enjoy your tour! Hi everyone at Campfire Cycling,John and I are putting together our gear for a month’s bike ride around Ireland. We ordered the Ortlieb Classic Rollers (rear) panniers and couldn’t be…
In David’s own words: About six years ago I decided I would turn the resources of my display business towards making affordable cargo trailers during off-peak times. The next idea was to try to make them out of as much recycled material as possible. After thinking “how hard could it be?” I spent the next…
For those of you who don’t follow us on Twitter, or like us on Facebook, Google Plus, etc.: Are you working or something? This is a roundup of some of the things we saw fit to share with our less productive readers over the last seven days: Cher the Road This one requires a little…
Via BikeTechShop.com E-mail: I bike currently on a Trek 700 Navigator 2011 with BionX G2 controller. This bike has an adjusted speed of 25 km/h in Europe. I would like to increase the speed to 35-40 km/h. What opportunities do I have with my current set or what is needed to achieve this adaptation. With…
Pro Walk Pro Bike 2012
Over two years ago, Google Maps added bicycling navigation directions to the application for Android smartphones. At first it was pretty buggy, and one of the complaints was it generated more automobile routes than bicycling routes. For that reason, I put off testing it and it just fell off my to-do radar. I used Google…
It’s been two years since Arleigh Jenkins announced here that she had been hit by a car. Arliegh was the previous editor of Commute by Bike. Her collision with a car led her to find a new home for this blog. A bunch of stuff happened, and I became the new editor. Here’s another recent…
Electric boost bike trailers are pretty awesome. We especially dig the Ridekick, which makes hills less daunting and carrying cargo easy on the legs. Tim is also manufacturing his own version, pictured below. As he puts it, “The surging cost of gasoline and a desire for a greener commute are turning more and more people…
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