Commute by Bike

Urban Bad Weather Commuting

  Josh King lives in Seattle, where he commutes by bike every day, rain or shine. Earlier this year he switched to full-time single speed commuting; you can read his thoughts on going gearless at www.singlespeedseattle.com   Start commuting year-round, and youre going to have to make some adjustment for crappy weather. When I first…

Pedaling Revolution: A Review

“Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities,” written by Jeff Mapes, has been read and reviewed for well over a year, but it is still worth a read and a mention more than eighteen months after its publication. This book is wonkiness at its finest. Mapes, whose professional credentials are primarily in political reporting,…

RackTime Barit ' Zinger & Quick Review

For the next week (thru Nov. 15th), we’ve marked the Racktime Barit down from $65 down to $55. I’ve been testing out one of these handlebar bags on my tandem for the past 6 months. Overall, it’s been a very nice handlebar bag with high end features at a reasonable price. For connecting to the…

Ortlieb Downtown ' Zinger & Quick Review

My wife just wrapped up testing the Ortlieb Downtown and had a hard time giving it back when the we sold her demo model. This bag is just a great mix of looks and usable features making it an ideal bike commuting pannier for may situations. We currently have a Zinger sale running on it,…

Bspot: A Good Solution to a Good Problem

Anyone who uses a car lock remote knows that it’s as useful for finding your car in an asphalt sea as it is for, y’know… locking it. Now close your eyes and imagine a world where bike commuting was so common that it created the same sort of where-did-I-park-the-damn-thing challenge. On second thought, Don’t close…

Cycling and the Election Cycle of 2010

Here’s a roundup of several articles on the 2010 midterm elections, and how the outcome may effect cycling advocacy, and transportation infrastructure. “Bicycle Retailer and Industry News” takes an agnostic view, and speculates that Democrats, if relieved of their chairs, might actually become more effective advocates for cycling projects: Cycling’s two biggest supporters-Rep. Earl Blumenauer…

Chrome Backbone Backpack ' Zinger & Quick Review

Today’s Zinger, running through the next week, is the Chrome Backbone Cycling Backpack. We’ve marked it down from $179 to $165 while we feature it over the next week. This is a great full size backpack for taking on life’s challenges on the go. While this bag was designed with the demands of cycling at…

Kenneth's BOB Trailer/LHT Combo

Kenneth sent us this image of his Surly Long Haul Trucker decked out for some long hauls with panniers and a BOB Yak Trailer. Kenneth is planning out a trip to Bangor Maine in 2011 and looks like he should be all set to go to carry everything he’ll need.

10 Rules For Urban Commuting

Josh King lives in Seattle, where he commutes by bike every day, rain or shine. Earlier this year he switched to full-time single speed commuting; you can read his thoughts on going gearless at www.singlespeedseattle.com My commute through Seattle’s Capitol Hill and into the heart of downtown takes me through a maze of cars, pedestrians,…

State of the Hub: CommuteByBike.com!

This weekend, we are announcing some big news. The stewardship of CommuteByBike.com is being handed over to us. The previous owner, editor and primary blogger, Arleigh, passed it on to us, in part due to the stress and issues surrounding a bike commuting accident. Given these circumstances, the transfer of the blog to us were…

The Great Debate: Vehicular vs. Segregated Cycling

One of the most contended points in bicycle advocacy is how cyclists fit into the overall transportation picture and what course of action best benefits individual riders and cyclists as a group.   Two distinctly different schools of thought exist: vehicular cycling and segregated cycling.   While the vast majority of cyclists fall somewhere in between the…

Racktime Addit Rack – Zinger & Quick Review

The Zinger of the day is the RackTime AddIt Rear Rack!!! The RackTime AddIt Rear Rack is a great rack designed with multi-purpose use in mind. RackTime is a new brand, developed by Tubus. Tubus wanted to offer up more economically priced racks and bags for bike commuters and weekend bike tourists. They’ve put together…

A Modified Burley Flatbed

Thanks for the photo submission Kevin! “I commute by bike year round in Minneapolis, and wanted something for more cargo. I got an old Burley Flatbed for 40.00, took off the parts that I wasn’t using (used one for extra bottom support), covered the frame in electrical tape, put a sheet of 1/2 ply wood…

Thanks Arleigh!

Our team of bike bloggers was happily blogging along at UtilityCycling.org and BikeTrailerBlog.com when Arleigh emailed us with the jaw dropping proposal for us to take the reins of Commute By Bike. We had heard about Arleigh’s recent bike commuting accident. Related to this, she explained her reasons for stepping back from running. Commute By…