You may have noticed that it’s been quite some time since I posted anything other than a video here at Utility Cycling. And perhaps you noticed my cool arm accessory in this video. Unfortunately, I’ve spent the last six and a half weeks dealing with a badly broken arm. Fortunately, I did not break my…
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Burley Tandem Enjoying a Martans Brunch
We just kicked off a Burley Trailers Sale and I thought I’d post this photo of a Burley Tandem in front of one of Flagstaff’s favorite restaurant’s Martans. Burley stopped making their tandems a few years back to focus primarily on their great trailers. Pick up a Burley Child, Cargo or Dog Trailer now thru…
Adult Bike Trailer for 89 y.o. Mother in Law
Via BikeKidShop.com Email: I have an 89 y.o. mother in law who cannot ride on a traditional or tandem bicycle. I would like to enable her to enjoy some outdoor time along our extensive bike trails. I am looking to learn if there are bicycle trailers similar to those for children for adults. She weighs…
9/11 Remembered with Reactionary Bicycle Advocacy
Ten years ago, I was at a juncture. Since graduating from college the previous year, I’d split my time between trying to make my way through the ranks of bicycle racing, and developing a cycling product that I thought might change the way people thought about cycling. I was really enjoying getting to focus a…
Bob's BOB Trailer in Cuba
With our BOB Sale continuing on for another week and a half, we’ll be continuing to post interesting photos of BOB Trailer form around the world. How about this photo of one in Cuba… In Bob’s words: “Not a unique picture, but perhaps a unique location. It was taken on the side of the road…
Campfire Cycling Rack Installed
Stu’s awesome Campfire Cycling bike rack has been out glittering in the sun for the past week and a half. We’re finishing off a removable section which will have the Campfire Cycling lettering on it for photos and events. We couldn’t make it permanent as that would make it into a sign that would have…
Rediscovering Boston on an Urbana Bike
Greg Hum leads a bike-centric lifestyle in Boston, MA, going everywhere and carrying everything by bike. In college he co-founded a bike-advocacy group and still loves organizing people around bikes. He can sometimes be heard playing jazz rhythms on his handlebar-mounted percussion instruments while riding. His musings on biking and more can be found on:…
Commuting with Adams Original Folder Compact Trail-a-Bike
Former top pro mountain bike racer Dara Marks Marino keeps her personal blog the mama trail regularly updated with posts of her life in Flagstaff. Her in-depth, reflective style covers a wide range of topics and often circles back to her love of cycling. Most of her commuting these days is with a bike child…
Jeff's Stroller Conversion Bike Trailer
“Built this trailer out of scrap wood and an old double jogging stroller. It is primarily for shopping and dragging stuff to the beach. My kids helped paint it. Here I am taking a test ride with my son as ‘cargo’.” Keep on sending in those photos of your bike cargo trailer creations.
Pedal Portland
Pedal Portland
The Bike Touring Survival Guide
We’ve heard about a new bike touring bible on the market under the title The Bike Touring Survival Guide. Looks to be a very informative read if you’re gearing up for a big bike touring adventure.
Martin Olav Sabo Bridge
Martin Olav Sabo Bridge
Commutosis
I believe I’ve achieved a new level of bike commuting: commutosis Lately, I’ll be sitting on my butt at a computer — like I am right now, and you probably are too. But I’ll be working away, and I won’t remember immediately how I got to work. Did I drive? And I’ll think for a…
Croozer Kid for 2 – Kent & Daughter
Some great photos of Kent and his daughter enjoying their Croozer Kid for 2. Ordered this Croozer Kid for 2 from bikekidshop.com together with the baby sling. A reasonably good product quality indeed and I like about it’s push-release wheels that fix and dismantles quickly. It’s also so easy to convert between a trailer, a…
A World Without Bike Locks: Inevitable or Impossible?
Carrying a lock is an annoyance. For most commuters and utility cyclists, there is very little way around it. If you ride from home to work and back everyday, you can leave your lock in your bicycle parking area at work (if you don't need it at home), but if you want to stop for…
Maya Pedal
Maya Pedal
Seatpost Hitch Details from Bob's DIY Trailers
Our friend Bob, sent over some great detail shots of his seatpost hitches as well as other details of his trailers. A seatpost hitch must rotate both horizontally and vertically to function properly. There are a variety of ways that this can be accomplished through rotating parts or through flexing parts as is done with…
Labor Day Weekend with Uncle Jumbo
This is Labor Day weekend here in the USA. Much of the rest of the world celebrates International Workers Day in May, but that was a little too commie for President Grover Cleveland. Besides, it conflicts with Bike Month, and everybody knows that Grover Cleveland was huge into Bike Month. Actually, he was just huge….
Tom's Original Issue BOB Trailer and Bag
Our pal Tom from Indiana submitted his photo of his original BOB Trailer, which he still uses regularly. The first BOB’s had extra cross members on the fork and the trailer wheels support and and one less tube on the cargo area. The BOB Fork and Pin closure system had a big upgrade along the…
Dennis’s PVC Bike Trailer Concept Realized
There is something quite appealing about the look of this PVC bike cargo trailer. It just looks so clean and toy like. It almost looks like candy. Either way, it is an inspired way to put together a bike trailer from low-cost readily available materials. I wonder how it rides and deals with a heavy load…
Cavery Cab – Another Entrant in Single Wheel Child Trailers
We were recently contacted by an entrepreneur who has been working hard to bring a new product to market, the Cavery Cab, a single wheeled bike child trailer designed for off-road use. It looks to be a well thought out and solidly built design. In communicating with Cavery Cab, I also got the sense that…
Bicycling at the University of Arizona
Bicycling at the University of Arizona
The Donkey Boxx – It will go well with your Work Horse
If Megan Fitch were a character in a movie, she’d be the 100-pound nerd who, halfway through the film, reveals herself to be a total badass who can crawl through enemy duct work, drop through the vent, incapacitate the security guard with Ninja-Yoga, and then splice the DNA of the terrorist biotoxin rendering it harmless….