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The Sit-to-Ride Transition
The “sit-to-ride transition” is when you have a child that is essentially old enough and/or large enough (~ 5 years-old) to pedal themselves, but you –as a concerned parent– don’t necessarily want them to have the freedom to ramble out into the roadway on their own. Subsequently, to keep your child safe…
Bike Review: The Joe Bike
Yesterday, Vancouver British Columbia-based Momentum magazine published an abbreviated version of my full-length review of the Ecospeed-powered Joe Bike utility bicycle in their latest issue (#41). The original, full-length review published exclusively on the Momentum site on August 11…
Making Room for Mundo
It’s been just over one year since the first Yuba Mundo long-tail cargo bike hit the streets here in Portland… Without a doubt, the Mundo is the most capable long-tail bike you can buy…
Low-Car Lifestyle Clinic @ Portland Farmers Market
The recent shift to sunnier skies has many Portlanders dreaming of cruising down stumptown’s tree-lined boulevards on a bike. For many, these visions might also be accompanied by questions about how to best take advantage of a bicycle to meet the needs of everyday life –like a simple trip to the grocery store, or a [...]
Resources for a Low-Car Lifestyle
This post contains prices and links for a variety of utility bikes, accessories and other resources that I discussed during my low-car lifestyle utility cycling clinic. The list includes family and utility cycling products that you can find readily from dealers in Portland, Oregon. Prices and availability updated on May 26, 2009.
Reminder: Low-Car Diet Clinic this Saturday
REMINDER: Low-Car Diet Clinic this Saturday, May 2, 2009; Sunnyside School park, SE 34th Ave. and SE Taylor St., Portland; 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. –Joe Bike will have plenty of cool cargo bikes (and cargo!) on-hand to test, not to mention free Voodoo donuts and coffee. See you there!
Carrier Pigeon Diary 30
The weekend of April 17 through April 19 was underscored by a mini heat wave, providing an open invitation to little else but getting out and about by bike. The tomato twins were called into action numerous times during the weekend, for everything from simple, barely 1/2-mile runs to Oregon Park, to trips to the [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 26
After the successful conversion of Goliath to an externally geared transmission with high-performance FSA crankset, it took little time to choose the same path for Big Beef. Fortunately the folks at Joe Bike were ready to go and had the slick new Sturmey-Archer freehub in stock. Before I knew it, the new wheel was built [...]
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