If you aren’t a regular at Utility Cycling, you’ve been missing some fantastic commuter-specific video posts lately. Without further ado, we give you a sampling of the best recent “commute by bike” videos, thanks to Utility Cycling and the original producers of the videos. And if you like this collection, there is plenty more for…
Our friend and bike trailer aficionado put together this great 9 part series of video posts about converting a shopping cart into a bike trailer. Tony offers a wide selection of bike cargo trailers at his site Tony’s Trailers. Officially, Tony is one of our competitors as a trailer manufacturer and distributor. But when it…
Dutch Cycling Embassy
Having posted about Wandertec BONGO Trailers in production yesterday, I though I’d follow with a post from a customer who has been using one for improving their summer beach cruising.
Here is a glamor shot of a batch of Wandertec BONGO Trailers ready for paint. I took this shot a few months ago, when Stuart was still wrapping up the Campfire Cycling – Bike Rack Sculpture project, thus capturing it in the background.
My friend Michael related a conversation about transportation costs that he had recently with "Cheryl," a social services professional who works with low income families. Michael assumed Cheryl had a good deal of insight into the challenges faced by people who struggle to make ends meet on minimum wage. He commented to her that given…
Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway
Last Fall about this time of year, our friend and famed world cycling tourist and journalist Cass Gilbert, rolled into Flagstaff for a visit. While he was here he and local touring fiends Megan and James went up to Southern Utah to do the 3 day White Rim Loop in Canyonlands. They took some great…
By 6:45 am on Tuesday, I had checked my tire pressure, performed a quick check on my brakes and derailleurs and gathered my helmet, shoes and glasses. At 7 am, I headed out into the light rain for a ride. In my car. I had plans to ride at 8 am at Prince William Forest…
Bike Minded
For the next several days, I’ll be away from the Internet, and in a place where bikes are not allowed. I’ll be backpacking in the Grand Canyon, on foot, from the North Rim to the South Rim. Bikes are allowed at the Grand Canyon, but only up on the rim and on roads. Below the…
Mark of Green Wheel Marketing sent in this photo of his Extrawheel Advert trailer. Mark has been putting together a fleet of Adverts for his mobile bike advertising business in South Florida. All Extrawheel Trailers are on sale, along with the Extrawheel Adverts for $269 thru Oct 10th!
This is my “day in the life of” picture of our blogger-in-chief, Ted Johnson most likely clicking and tapping away at a CommuteByBike.com post. So many mouse clicks and keyboard taps………..
Last week the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) released a position paper (PDF) on how electric bikes should be regulated when off-road. And predictably, the pedal-power purists flipped out without absorbing the nuances of IMBA’s position — even though the second paragraph is all reasonable and stuff. IMBA believes all recreational uses of public lands…
Velo-City Sevilla 2011
We’ve just kicked of an Extrawheel Trailer sale (thru Oct. 10th), so I’ll be posting up a few Extrawheel related posts that have been building up in the queue. During the sale period, the Extrawheel Voyager is $225 and the Extrawheel Advert is $269.Our reader Paul sent in this photo of the classic style Extrawheel…
Interbike 2011. Just more than a week ago, I drove to Vegas with Josh Lipton and Karen Voyer-Caravona, with a very vague agenda. It seems like a blur now. This blurry guy is not a shapeshifter. He was caught between two photos I took at the Interbike media center during the lunchtime feeding frenzy. When I…
While September and October are the end of the prime cycling season here in Flagstaff, it is the start of the cycling season in the deserts of our southern Arizona neighbors. Some Campfire Cycling blog readers sent in these great photos of their bike trailer rally. It looks like they were having a great time…
This is a guest post from Pete Prebus. Pete runs Electric Bike Report and is enthusiastic about spreading the word about electric bikes because they have great potential to get more people on bikes and out of their cars. Have you ever thought that something used for safety could also be fun? Well that…
Oregon Manifest Brainstorming
Tom Bowden is a bike commuter from Richmond VA, a "suit" – a corporate lawyer with an MBA, and a conservative "“ You betcha! He is also a board member of BikeWalk Virginia, a pro cycling and pedestrian group in Virginia that raises raises money to promote cycling, walking and active lifestyles. Tom’s lawyerly blogging…
A reader sent in this interesting setup for their yard car business in Eugene Oregon, Green Cycle Services. I couldn’t find a web page, but did find their Craigslist Ad. The custom trailer looks quite impressive with lawnmower and garbage can in tow all. This bike trailer looks well balanced for taking this large of…
Looking to outfit my daughter’s 20″ mountain bike with a rear rack to put her school bag on. Any recommendations of a good, relatively inexpensive option to do that? I was looking at your racktime racks, I guess with some of the longer attachments to the seatstays? Other ideas? It’s funny that you ask as…
Karen Voyer-Caravona is an admitted bicycle dilettante in Flagstaff, Arizona, who blogs about her adventures on two wheels, vlo envy, her husband’s cooking, and cross country skiing at www.sheridesabike.com. Visit her Website for her endless opinions on the most stylish shoes for pedaling, critiques of bike parking, and the best bike date dining destinations. My…
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