Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, is World Carfree Day! World Carfree Day is part of the World Carfree Network, which is a great online source for information on how to revitalize cities and towns in such a way as to be less car-centric. The World Carfree Network refers to the carfree movement broadly in reference to…
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(PARK)ing Day 2009
Today is (PARK)ing Day! For those who are not familiar with it, (PARK)ing Day is a movement to reclaim and transform public spaces – such as parking spots – into temporary public parks. (PARK)ing Day occurs once a once a year for one whole day, and it is a global movement. It was originally started…
Mobile Bike Businesses
I was inspired to learn more about mobile bike businesses after reading two recent posts on BikePortland.org about a mobile coffee shop and a mobile beer and pizza pub. (Header image found here). So what exactly is a mobile bike business? It seems to me that a mobile bike business has a different kind of…
More on Bike Parking
I’ve been inspired to think about bicycle parking lately in part because of the new bicycle parking facility in my home-state of Arizona, in part because school is back in session, which means there is a huge influx of new riders by the university and crowded bike parking, and in part because it isn’t something…
Globe Cycle
BikeBagShop.com is proud to be sponsoring James Bowthorpe of Globe Cycle with Orlieb panniers. James is currently riding his bicycle around the world in order to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s Disease research. James is currently well on his way to breaking the current word record for circumnavigating the world by bicycle, but more…
Bicycle Mapping
We are all map-users. Whether or not we recognize this fact (or like it, for that matter), is a whole different story. Maps are made for accomplishing a wide range of tasks from navigation to defining boundaries to measuring bits of information to showing elevation and much, much more. Maps are literally visual representations of…
Globe Cycle
File this one under cycling for a cause. James Bowthorpe is riding around the globe to raise money for Parkinson’s research. James is from London and is a volunteer at a Parkinson’s Disease research clinic based at King’s College London in the Institute of Psychiatry. James originally volunteered at the clinic to get experience in…
Chariot & Croozer Bike Trailers on Sale Thru Aug. 30th
BikeTrailerShop.com has all Chariot Trailers & Croozer Trailers on sale for 10% Off thru August 30th. This is our final Croozer and Chariot trailer sale of 2009 and a great opportunity to get going with one of these fine bike child, cargo or pet trailers. Also, thanks to the Arizona Daily Sun for the excellent…