Now thru July 19th the Bike Trailer Shop is offering 5% off the purchase of any Extrawheel bicycle trailer and 10% off related accessories combined with the purchase. This includes the Extrawheel Voyager for $199, quite possibly the best off-road bike cargo trailer available and the Extrawheel Advert for $285, bringing pedal power to advertising….
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Analysis of Google's Bike-There Feature: Part II
In April, I wrote the first part of an analysis of Google’s new Bike-There feature on Google Maps. Google announced their game-changing new feature in early March of 2010. When I first reviewed Google’s Bike-There feature, I had some criticisms of the underlying factors and variables that Google used to build the algorithm, which is…
Yuba Bicycles
A new sponsor for Commute By Bike is Yuba. Yuba makes great looking cargo bikes, that are not only well thought out but great accessories. Below is a rundown of the model line and key accessories, we hope to interview podcast with the guys from Yuba in the coming weeks for your listening pleasure. Yuba…
Cat Food Run with a Burley Travoy
For 10 years I lived in the Washington DC area. I had my folding bike, an account with a car-sharing service, and I lived near the DC Metro system. Life was good. But something was missing. So I fell in love, moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, and got married. I realize now that what was really…
Thoughts on Child Helmets and Bike Trailers (& free helmets!)
We like cycling. We like kids. And we like safety. So how does that all come together you might ask?Well for one it takes a bike, which you probably have. Second it takes a way to bring your kids along with you. This likely will need something like a bike child trailer which you may…
Getting Started with Kid's Bicycle Helmets
We’ve just started to sell children’s bike helmets at BikeKidShop.com. I’ve been doing some homework on a variety of issues and considerations surrounding kid’s bike helmets. There are quite a few different ways for children to get involved in cycling and wearing a children’s bike helmet makes all of these much safer. Think about all…
Urbana: A to B to Fun
Review of the Urbana Bicycle “A2Bism” — a term coined by Mikael Colville-Anderson of Copenhagenize — is the idea that bikes for transportation is such an everyday concept that you don’t even think of it.
Guitar Ted's Fendered Karate Monkey
Guitar Ted from TwentyNineInches.com fendered his Karate Monkey just to take a photo for us. Thanks G-Ted! Send us your fendered bike photos: Arleigh at commutebybike.com
Pop Up Basket by MIO
Pop-Up Bicycle Basket MSRP : $75.00 Details : Available for front or rear, in 3 colors A basket system that pops up out of a sheet of recyclable & recycled steel. From MIO Description The Pop-Up Bicycle Basket is designed to fit most bicycles, ship flat and be installed in either the front or rear…
Social Action through Cycling
Social action, generally speaking, refers to an act performed by an individual or a group to work towards achieving a goal that is valued by society. Bicycles can be used to support different types of social action, such as charity rides in which a bike ride is the main event in an effort to raise…
Free Bell Child Helmets with Chariot Carriers & Croozer Trailers
BikeKidShop.com is the newest of our three websites and we’ve been working hard on expanding our lineup of cycling accessories for kids. Just this week, we got in a shipment of Bell and Giro Children’s Helmets. As a kickoff to offering safety lids for kids, we thought we’d start by offering a free one with…
Pedalgogy: Balance Bikes and Training Wheels
A couple of years ago I was at a local bike shop buying a bike for my future stepdaughter who, at the time, was an eight-year-old girl who did not yet know how to ride on two wheels.We asked about training wheels, and was told by the owner of the shop that it was not…
PDW 3wrencho Review
Portland Design Works 3wrencho raw tool MSRP : $20.00 Words from the company The 3wrencho (raw) is your best buddy when you have a flat. Unlike your other friends the 3wrencho is made of heat-treated steel, removes 15mm axle nuts and can pry tires off of rims*. Feel free to step on 3wrencho for added…
Electric Push Bike Trailer
This Week Campfire Cycling and the Bike Trailer Blog are focusing on the growing electric bike revolution. Electric Bikes, Future or Fad? is a Campfire Cycling article exploring the bigger picture of e-bike popularity. Obviously e-bikes have some implications when it comes to bicycle trailers as well. An electric assist bike or or kit could…
Community Building: Cycling Organizations
At Utility Cycling, weve discussed how bicycles can bring together people of similar interests to create communities of likeminded cyclists, and how bicycles can be used not only for transportation, deliveries and services, but also for social gatherings and social action, and self-expression. There is a utility in all of these activities, whether the goal…
Union Foundry T0001 : Fixed Gear Lockring Tool
If you are a fixed gear fanatic listen up, a tool to keep in your wallet, flat kit or with your spare gears.. The concept of the new Union Foundry tool is very simple, very easy to use and if it works it will be brilliant. Union Foundry T-0001 Roto-Fix Tool from Paper Fortress on…
Specialized 12th Commuter Challenge Results
The Specialized Commuter Cup Challenge is simple: Be the company that out bike’s them all! You think your company has some devoted cyclists? Prove it!. Is your company “Tiny but Tough”? “Mighty and Small”? In the “Medium Big League”? Or out to rule them all in our “Big Mac Attack” category? Use the SCCC to encourage…
Fabian's Avant Garde Bicycle Trailer
This is one of the nicest looking examples of a DIY bike cargo trailer we’ve seen. Here is what Fabian has to say about his design: “I just wanted to build an avant garde bicycle trailer that was somewhat unique. I’ve yet to fit a set of fully functional automotive trailer lights (indicator and brake)…
Puma Bikes Revealed
We’ve heard the hype on the Puma Bikes, they are even an accessory on Puma’s own international website. The bikes were released this week to the internet streams and they sure are very different, very eye catching. The models Disko $970 – A folder, doubles as its own lock and 24″ wheels to allow the…
Electric Bikes: Future or Fad?
Well, like it or not electric bikes are growing in popularity and they look like they are here to stay. Many traditionalist have raised a questionable eyebrow at the growing popularity of electric bikes, also known as “e-bikes.” But even the most dedicated fixie hipster can’t deny the growing sales numbers world wide of e-bikes….