Last April, we covered the most common methods for transporting goods on a bicycle in Stacey Moses’s article Carrying Your Stuff: Bicycle Bags and Racks. Now it is time to turn our utility cycling obsessed brains in the direction of a less frequently used method for transporting goods by bicycle, bicycle cargo trailers. Though used…
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My First Bike Commuting Crash
This past Thursday, I was in my first ever bike commuting accident. The result: a broken bike, a broken helmet, a badly bruised knee, a mild concussion, and some post-accident anger.
Montague Boston: Single Speed Folding Commuter
This would be an ideal bike for a commuter (a) living in a fairly flat big city, (b) who does not need to fold and unfold the bike during the course of his or her commute, and (c) has cozy spots for the bike both at home and at the office.
Sarah Outen: Circumnavigating Solo by Bike and Boat
Sarah Outen, a citizen of London, England plans to ride and paddle her way across Asia, the Pacific ocean, North America, and then back to her hometown across the Atlantic in a two-year tour. Her journey is scheduled for April 1st, 2011, but she’s already begun to prepare with strict training regiments and getting her gear together.
The Rise of the Commuter & E-Bike Specialist Shop (Part 4)
The New Wheel is a “mobile bike shop” in San Francisco doing demos across the city at farmers markets and offering personal test rides to potential customers.
Jen and the Art of Life on Bikes
It took Jenny about five years to ultimately embrace life on bikes. In these videos, she openly discusses the rough road from being “addicted†to her minivan to realizing that her family of six was better off without it.
Riding in the Winter
Riding in the Winter
Cargo Hitch with Trailing and Offset Modes
Having to tow lengthy cargo (golf clubs, fish tanks, suspiciously unmarked cardboard boxes: the essentials) is definitely a problem, but one of our readers has come up with his own hitching system to offset the literal “drag” of figuring out how to set up your trailer to fit in bigger packages.
Recovering and Rediscovering Cycling after 20 Years
I used be a cyclist. Then I wasn’t. After almost twenty years I’ve started cycling again. Why such a big gap? What has changed in that time?
Youth Bike Summit
Youth Bike Summit
Commute by Bike T-Shirts: Be the First Commuter on your Block…
Five poll-takers chosen at random will receive a free t-shirt once we choose a design. You’ll be able to buy the shirts eventually, but at first they’ll be extremely exclusive.
Austin Bike Zoo's Non-Utility Cycling
The mission of Austin Bike Zoo is “to have fun and make people happy with our unique human powered vehicles, bicycle-based theatrical performances and educational programs for youth.” You could call what they do, “non-utility cycling” if you’re the type of person who finds no utility in art, community building, and imagination. But you’re not,…
Emergency & Patrol Services by Bike
One of our goals for the year 2011 is to complete our “dictionary” of Utility Cycling. In our 2010 Utility Cycling Year in Review, I listed out all of the categories and subcategories of utility cycling that we have conceptualized over the last year and a half. While we have written on many of the…
Oregon's Greenlick Bill: No Kids Under Six on Bikes or Trailers (Roundup)
In Portland, the most bicycle friendly city in the country a bill was introduced that would prohibit Oregon cyclists from carrying children under the age of six on a bicycle or in a bicycle trailer.
This is a Confession, not a Bike Review
This morning, as I was getting ready to head in to work, I remembered that I still had this borrowed e-bike. At that moment, I felt a little bit of dread melt away.
The Rise of the Commuter & E-Bike Specialist Shop (Part 3)
Cycle 9 in Carrboro North Carolina carries both traditional commuter bike and e-bikes. Cycle 9 also specializes in cargo bikes and electric assisted cargo bikes.
Bicycle Count Data
Bicycle Count Data
Schwalbe Marathon Winter Studded Tires (700×40)
Schwalbe Marathon Winter studded tires are for-keeps. They ride on snow and ice as-advertised: capably, confidently, with nary a slip to be found. Better yet, they ride super-well on the pave’, too, without many of the troubling handling traits and noise complaints common with other studded tires.
How To Dress For Cold Weather (2011 Update)
An update from the most popular post from 2006: Nick James’ “How To Dress For Cold Weather (2011 Update)”
Utility Cycling: Scoop Me Once, Shame on You… (Roundup)
And sometimes, when I’m not looking, they will scoop me with a great article of interest to bike commuters. Last week they did that three times.
Commute by Velomobile
Have you ever wished to be commuting faster than on a road bike, to be riding protected from rain, wind and cold? How about lounge chair comfort, a trunk for our luggage, fully protected drive train or slip-protection? All of this in one bike? If so, try out a velomobile.
A Lifelong Bike Commuter
A Lifelong Bike Commuter
Bike Vigil in Tucson for Shooting Victims
I never would have thought that a video could be so moving, when it merely shows cyclists riding around at night. But this video from Tucson Velo shows the turnout for a bike vigil held yesterday for the victims of the shooting in Tucson on Saturday, January 8. The gunman killed six, and injured 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is also a cyclist and cycling advocate.
The Helmetclava by Outdoor Research
At $35 MSRP, the Helmetclava is more expensive than other balaclavas you can find. It is indeed a fine piece of winter commuting gear, but it takes a little getting used to.