I’m a fan of the BionX Electric Assist System for bikes — whether it’s on a retrofitted bike, or integrated on a bike right from the factory. Make that, especially if it comes on a bike right from the factory. (I’ve never done a BionX retrofit, but I think I could. Seems easy. I’ll explain…
Another Knife Sharpening Bike
BluesCat is a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, who originally returned to bicycling in 2002 in order to help his son get the Boy Scout Cycling merit badge. His bikes sat idle until the summer of 2008 when gas prices spiked at over $4.00 per gallon. Since then, he has become active cycling, day-touring, commuting by…
This is our newsletter for the month.If you’d like to get this delivered to you inbox, subscribe here. We’ve had a variety of shopping panniers, but now we’ve listed them all together on one Shopping Panniers page.(Warning: May lead to cravings for long tail bikes.)Here is part of our selection:Banjo Brothers Folding Grocery Bag PannierGetting…
Ma Bicyclette
Alex sent in this photo of his DIY solution to child transport in an attempt to make something like the FollowMe Tandem. Sort of like an Adams Trail-A-Bike, sort of like a Burley Trailer-Cycle, and according to Alex: “More or less successful.” Let’s hope “more” for the kid’s sake! Also quite the creative use of…
Josh King lives in Seattle, where he commutes by bike every day, rain or shine. He switched to full-time single speed commuting in 2010. You can read his thoughts on going gearless at www.singlespeedseattle.com When you want to unseat the king, you’ve gotta bring your “A game.” The king here? The Ortlieb Back-Roller Classic, the…
San Diego Cycling
A growing mobile food business calls for a full grown mobile kitchen. The top has a metal surface to prepare food from and is held to the flatbed of the trailer with 8 pins. In just minutes it comes apart for use as a flatbed.I also have made a tall bike with barbecue grill, a…
BluesCat is a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, who originally returned to bicycling in 2002 in order to help his son get the Boy Scout Cycling merit badge. His bikes sat idle until the summer of 2008 when gas prices spiked at over $4.00 per gallon. Since then, he has become active cycling, day-touring, commuting by…
Today is Independence Day in America, meaning it’s been 236 years since this country decided to, well, to be a country, and at the same time totally piss off the Kingdom of Great Britain. A couple of days ago was when I left Washington DC after a week long visit. I was particularly happy to…
On the last day of my trip to Washington DC, I had a big agenda. Never mind the record-breaking temperature. It may have been the most stupid day ever to ride all over The District of Columbia, but it was the final day of my three-day membership with Capital Bikeshare, and I intended to get…
Continued from Part 1 So I made it to my destination on a Capital Bikeshare bike, and made my first rookie mistake — not docking the bike at my destination — because the clock won’t stop until you dock. Catchy, huh? When I figured out that the nearest bikeshare station was practically in sight, I…
Well here I am, a hick from Arizony in Washinton DC. Got a mess’a things to do this week. One of ‘ums is I’m a gonna hunt down a feller who can fix this iTelephone contraption whats got itself all busted ‘cross the top. I hear tell there’s a Chinaman down yonder alleyway can put…
Jen Petersen’s NYC Biking Story
Greetings from Washington, DC. I will be here all week doing what I normally do, but doing it from here. And what I normally do is marketing, for Campfire Cycling. I flew in through Roanoke, Virginia "” 240 miles southwest of DC "” because of complicated logistical considerations that can be summarized in two words:…
Cycling with Very Young Children
Karen Voyer-Caravona is an admitted bicycle dilettante in Arizona, who blogs about her adventures on two wheels, vélo envy, her husband’s cooking, and cross country skiing at www.sheridesabike.com. Visit her Website for her endless opinions on the most stylish shoes for pedaling, critiques of bike parking, and the best bike date dining destinations. Do I…
As we continue on with our Summer Ortlieb, Tubus, Racktime sale for another week, we will be posting user contributed photos that show various uses of these products. Here is a good example of a set of Ortleib Back Rollers Classics being put to some good use. The bike child seat looks to be a…
Streetfilms The Movie
This review would not be complete without a tip of the helmet to the guy without whom it would not be nearly as interesting. To wit: the one and only Joe Breeze. If not for Joe perhaps this would have been entitled "My impressions of the Advanced Sports Model U106 Utility Bicycle" instead of "Experiencing…
This is our newsletter for the month.If you’d like to get this delivered to you inbox, subscribe here. Honestly? Ortlieb. When customers call us and want an honest, expert opinion about bike bags, what do we recommend the most often? From the bottom of our hearts? Ortlieb.For shopping, touring, commuting — carrying stuff — Ortlieb…
Here is some bike touring inspiration in photo journal form from one of our customers Rick who purchased a full setup of Ortlieb bags and Tubus Racks from us for his Northern California bike tour that he took this April.
I don’t come from a family where cycling was a big deal. But I kind of do. Leading up to Father’s Day this year, I’ve been reminded of how fathers and bikes have factored into my psyche. I got it from both sides of my family. Unlike me — cycling nearly every day like I’m…
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