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Fall Inventory Reduction Sale – Bike Bags & Child Accessories
This is our newsletter for the month.If you’d like to get this delivered to you inbox, subscribe here. We can’t tell you the prices unless you ask It’s not a gimmick. We really can’t advertise our inventory reduction prices. It would make the manufacturers unhappy (and we don’t like to make them unhappy).Here’s what you…
The Electric Car: A Fireless Dragon
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…
National Women's Bike Summit
National Women’s Bike Summit
'Ask your doctor if getting off your ass is right for you' (Friday Roundup)
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: I spent two days at Interbike with Josh…
My Feminine Side is Feeling Patronized
I’m heading to Interbike 2012. Some of the preliminaries have already begun, such as the Outdoor Demo. I’ve never been to that, but apparently it’s held outdoors and you get to ride a bunch of different bikes. This being my third time to the annual trade show for the American Cycling Industry, I’m getting my…
Jay's Boat Mast Bike Trailer Build
How do you get a 24 foot mast and boom to its 20 foot sailboat if the boat is 30 miles away? Sound like one of those algebra questions from high school? Jay’s got the answer and even used ratios to explain his decisions. He built a trailer, attached it to his bike, and made…
'If car shopping were like bike shopping' (Friday Roundup)
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BluesCat's Totally Credible, Not-Self-Serving Bike Poll
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…
'I'd settle for just changing the kid.' (Friday Roundup)
The Friday roundup. For awhile, I tried to do them. It seemed like it would be easy, but it was actually as much work as writing an original post. It’s Friday, damn it. I don’t want to work hard. But I’m going to try something new, and maybe it’ll turn into a regular thing here….
How a 'Suit' Gets to Work: The Swingline Garment Bag Pannier from Hyalite
Tom Bowden is a bike commuter from Richmond VA, a "suit" – a corporate lawyer with an MBA, and a conservative "“ You betcha! He chairman of Bike Virginia, a bicycle advocacy organization in Virginia that raises money to promote cycling, walking and active lifestyles. Whenever I tell someone I’m a bike commuter, one of…
World's Top Selling Car Converted to a Bike Trailer
I’m always watching for tipping points; those moments when the tide turns and previously resistant adopters of cycling start to embrace pedal power. I looked over and saw my co-worker, Molly, looking at the image below. I called dibs. The photo was sent to us via the submission form on Bike Trailer Blog, a little…
Ten Ways to Promote the Wandertec Tuba Bike Trailer
We have mere days to go to fully fund the Kickstarter Project for the Wandertec Tuba Bike Trailer.Currently we have just over one-third of the $25,000 we need to raise.If you’ve already pledged, the only way to get your rewards will be if the project is fully funded.To see these trailers on the streets, on…
"The Way I Roll" Chris Van Dine Video
Peter Sutherland is a NYC-based filmmaker, photographer and artist who has made a series of documentary films about passionate cyclists. “Sutherland,” says the press release, “has followed athletes, bike makers and enthusiasts on their home ground, biking and talking about their strong passion for the bike culture.” The series is called “The Way I Roll,”…
Chariot Child Bike Trailers: Save up to 35%
This is our newsletter for the month.If you’d like to get this delivered to you inbox, subscribe here. Save up to 35% on Chariot Child Carriers Our huge ongoing sale on Chariot Child Carriers just got… huger.It’s not just the 2011 models.Now the 2012 carriers and all Chariot accessories are getting in on the act…
Bikes Belong… In the House
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…
Cufflinks and Bike Blog Love for the Wandertec Tuba Bike Trailer
Avant Garde Design is supporting our Kickstarter project with five pairs of handmade bicycle chain cufflinks.This is a new reward, now available on our Kickstarter project page for the Wandertec Tuba Bike Trailer. We call it “Fancy Backer.” Please promote the project on your social networks and blogs. We have 12 days to go, and…
The International Color Conspiracy and the IZIP E3 Path Electric Bike
Look: I don’t expect you to believe that the Freemasons control gravity, that Facebook is a CIA program, or even that General Motors killed all the streetcars in America. But there is a real conspiracy I learned about years ago when I got involved in e-commerce, product development, and the shadowy world of the nonprofit…
Bike and Beer Research with the Growler Crate
The Growler Crate is designed to carry half-gallon (1,900 ml) bottles of beer. It was not designed to to be carried on a bike. John Coe (RockyChrysler) asked, “Why the hell not?” To which Commute by Bike replied, “Yeah! Why the hell not?” Two rigorous and independent tests began immediately. John Coe Carrying my undeniably…
The Urbana and BionX: Peanut Butter and Chocolate
The Current is an Urbana bike integrated with a BionX electric assist system. We’ve had a really, really, long term test of this bike — like more than a year. At first it was, Oh God! It’s so cute! Can I ride it can I ride it? And now it’s, Hey, I’m taking the Urbana…
Post Heatwave Sale on Ortlieb, Tubus & Racktime
This is our newsletter for the month.If you’d like to get this delivered to you inbox, subscribe here. Good Riddance, Heatwave! Did the heatwave of June and July toast your summer cycling plans? It’s over now, and there’s still plenty of summer left. And to help you salvage your summer riding and touring plans, all…
Bradley Wiggins talks out his Accomplished Ass about the Dangerous 'Sport' of Cycling
Because bike commuting isn’t a sport, this site has made no mention of the Tour de France this year — and nobody seemed to notice. I haven’t mentioned the 2012 Olympics either, and I had no intention of doing so. But now comes a twofer. Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, winner of the Tour de France and…
Extensive Hands-Off Experience: Installing the BionX Electric Assist
I consider myself The World’s Leading Expert on BionX Retrofits… who has never actually done a retrofit himself. In a previous post, I talked about the natural ride of BionX — and I referred to bikes that come from the manufacturer with the BionX system already installed. But what about someone who wants to put…
Lucky Dan's Hawaiian Bike Tour
Dan kicked off his summer with a 6-week bike tour on Kauai – cycling from one end of the island to the other. I had everything I needed on my Ibex trailer (boogie board, fins, tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad…etc.) and it performed great over everything and everywhere I went. I got compliments on it…