Last week the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) released a position paper (PDF) on how electric bikes should be regulated when off-road. And predictably, the pedal-power purists flipped out without absorbing the nuances of IMBA’s position — even though the second paragraph is all reasonable and stuff. IMBA believes all recreational uses of public lands…
Velo-City Sevilla 2011
We’ve just kicked of an Extrawheel Trailer sale (thru Oct. 10th), so I’ll be posting up a few Extrawheel related posts that have been building up in the queue. During the sale period, the Extrawheel Voyager is $225 and the Extrawheel Advert is $269.Our reader Paul sent in this photo of the classic style Extrawheel…
Interbike 2011. Just more than a week ago, I drove to Vegas with Josh Lipton and Karen Voyer-Caravona, with a very vague agenda. It seems like a blur now. This blurry guy is not a shapeshifter. He was caught between two photos I took at the Interbike media center during the lunchtime feeding frenzy. When I…
While September and October are the end of the prime cycling season here in Flagstaff, it is the start of the cycling season in the deserts of our southern Arizona neighbors. Some Campfire Cycling blog readers sent in these great photos of their bike trailer rally. It looks like they were having a great time…
This is a guest post from Pete Prebus. Pete runs Electric Bike Report and is enthusiastic about spreading the word about electric bikes because they have great potential to get more people on bikes and out of their cars. Have you ever thought that something used for safety could also be fun? Well that…
Oregon Manifest Brainstorming
Tom Bowden is a bike commuter from Richmond VA, a "suit" – a corporate lawyer with an MBA, and a conservative "“ You betcha! He is also a board member of BikeWalk Virginia, a pro cycling and pedestrian group in Virginia that raises raises money to promote cycling, walking and active lifestyles. Tom’s lawyerly blogging…
A reader sent in this interesting setup for their yard car business in Eugene Oregon, Green Cycle Services. I couldn’t find a web page, but did find their Craigslist Ad. The custom trailer looks quite impressive with lawnmower and garbage can in tow all. This bike trailer looks well balanced for taking this large of…
Looking to outfit my daughter’s 20″ mountain bike with a rear rack to put her school bag on. Any recommendations of a good, relatively inexpensive option to do that? I was looking at your racktime racks, I guess with some of the longer attachments to the seatstays? Other ideas? It’s funny that you ask as…
Karen Voyer-Caravona is an admitted bicycle dilettante in Flagstaff, Arizona, who blogs about her adventures on two wheels, vlo 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. My…
Here in our Flagstaff office, we’ve gathered a collection of used and new bike stuff to lure in the locals. These are mostly items that you can’t find on our online shops. You’ve got to come by in person to check out what we’ve got.And unlike craiglist, your missed connection has a good chance at…
A few weeks ago, I posted a video about a Bike Move in Bozeman. I had found the video when I was watching another video about cargo bikes on YouTube, and I didn’t have any specifics about it. So when a reader asked a few questions in the comments section, I had no useful response….
Don’t ask why, but I watched King Kong last weekend — the 1976 remake that most people would rather forget. In addition to being a bad movie, it was an interesting period piece from the 1970s. An evil oil company, Petrox, is personified by Fred Wilson, played by Charles Grodin. Jessica Lange plays Dwan, a…
Last Fall, a customer sent us this photo of his camping spot along Lake Carlyle in Illinois. I imagine a zen like retreat looking at his photos of the lake and sunset. Our BOB Trailer sale runs through the end of the day tomorrow, just enough time to get yourself geared up for your own…
Kipchoge Spencer, one of the founders of Xtracycle and the longtail cycling movement has been doing some epic bike touring recently with his entire band, the Pleasant Revolution. The band travels by bike with all of their musical equipment, performing everywhere they go and spreading the word about living car free.
I’ve been at Interbike over the last two days joining Ted as lesser royalty. Despite enjoying the spectacle and being excited to see new developments with manufacturers that we currently work with and hope to soon be working with, I can’t help but feel an overall sense of throw-up-in-my-mouth about the overall energy, focus and…
Choosing a Commuter Bike
The Senate passed an extension of the Transportation Bill yesterday (Sept. 15, 2011) with a margin of 92-6. All current transportation funding and programs, including funding for cycling and pedestrian projects, will continue for six months. I happened to be in the right place at the right time: at Interbike, near the Bikes Belong booth…
NYC Bike Share
Josh Lipton told me yesterday, “Bloggers are a strange kind of lesser royalty at Interbike.” (Interbike, in case you don’t know, is that annual mega-trade show for the cycling industry held in Las Vegas. It’s where I spent the day yesterday. Skip to the bottom to see the bike porn photos I took.) I kind…
Wine on Wheels
A happy customer, Jodi Griffith, ready to ride with her new Ohm XS 750 Electric Bike poised in front of our new bike rack. Jodi went for the Ohm XS 750 as it does well both on the road and for light trail and dirt road use. She plans on riding it to to trailheads…
In The Book of Mormon — the Broadway musical, not the sacred text of the Latter Day Saints movement — a Mormon missionary in remote northern Uganda, interpolates elements from Star Trek, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings into the official teachings of the church. In doing so, he achieves success where others have…
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