The complete blog series on this tour: Bike Tour Preperation: Part 1 Destination, Part 2 Training, Part 3 Pack Up! PCH Tour: There, Biking Back with Burley, The Good, The Bad and The Burley After 3 days of rest, relaxation, and Christmas gluttony after having ridden north on the PCH, we were ready to hit…
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Utility Cycling Inspired-PHP Programmer Wanted
Since we posted about our available Sales Associate position at the Bike Trailer Shop last week, we’ve decided to add another position to our staff. We’ve decided to look for a PHP/OSCommerce programmer. Read more about the position at the About Us section of Bike Trailer Shop. Bringing on a full-time programmer should be good…
Christmas Bike Trailer (Custom Bike Trailer)
Once again our friend Ryan Cooper has contacted us about another one of his bike trailer creations. This one is perfect for the Christmas Special Bike Trailer Season. As you may remember Ryan is the mastermind behind the Billy the Boombox box bike trailer that we posted about back in August. This time around Ryan…
Top Ten Worst Cities for Bike Theft (plus, how to lock your bike)
Every year Kryptonite Locks releases their top ten list of the worst cities in America for bike theft. The big surprise this year is, after nine consecutive years, New York was knocked from their top spot (third actually). Also, there was a new city added… New Haven, CT. Here they all are…
Campfire Cycling Website
Hello Everyone! We are more than happy to announce the launch of our newly designed website. Unbox our shiny new site at www.campfirecycling.com. With a mission to make our new website faster, easier to navigate, and more user-friendly, our amazing staff have spent countless days & nights building it from scratch, and we are delighted…
Commuting in Rochester
First, a quick note of congratulations to Fritz. Cyclelicious has made the list of the top 100 lifestyle blogs (blogs tagged as lifestyle on Technorati). You can check out the list HERE as I harness my best Casey Kasem voice and say: “Coming in at number 48…” Now, for your weekend reading enjoyment, another nice…
Flip Side
Yet another Bicycling Top Ten. This time it’s the U.S. Census Bureau’s 10 Cities Where the Most Employees Bike or Walk to Work. The large cities with the highest percentage of bicycle commuters are: 1. Portland (3.5 percent) 2. Minneapolis (2.4 percent) 3. Seattle (2.3 percent) 4. Tucson, AZ (2.2 percent) 5. San Francisco (1.8…
Looking back at November
November saw 2 of our staff members get older. Myself and Priscilla celebrated birthdays this month. Here are November’s most commented posts and product reviews: *Our #1 post was Nick’s “How to dress for Cold Weather” article. We also got comments from other commuters that ride during the winter months. It is hard to relate…
29r Commuter
The biggest thing to hit the bike industry in the past couple years is the 29r bikes, in other words 29 inch bikes. What’s a 29r you ask…Well the whole theory is that the bigger the wheel diameter, the more surface contact and the better you roll. Here’s a diagram that best shows the difference…
Bike Rental Idea
Having recently gone to the Netherlands and been awed by the current state of excellence in their cycling infrastructure, I’ve been thinking of ideas for improving cycling infrastructures in the US. An idea for a bike rental system popped into my head. The idea would be to have rental bikes with credit card machines attached…