Don’t ask why, but I watched King Kong last weekend — the 1976 remake that most people would rather forget. In addition to being a bad movie, it was an interesting period piece from the 1970s. An evil oil company, Petrox, is personified by Fred Wilson, played by Charles Grodin. Jessica Lange plays Dwan, a…
Last Fall, a customer sent us this photo of his camping spot along Lake Carlyle in Illinois. I imagine a zen like retreat looking at his photos of the lake and sunset. Our BOB Trailer sale runs through the end of the day tomorrow, just enough time to get yourself geared up for your own…
Kipchoge Spencer, one of the founders of Xtracycle and the longtail cycling movement has been doing some epic bike touring recently with his entire band, the Pleasant Revolution. The band travels by bike with all of their musical equipment, performing everywhere they go and spreading the word about living car free.
I’ve been at Interbike over the last two days joining Ted as lesser royalty. Despite enjoying the spectacle and being excited to see new developments with manufacturers that we currently work with and hope to soon be working with, I can’t help but feel an overall sense of throw-up-in-my-mouth about the overall energy, focus and…
Choosing a Commuter Bike
The Senate passed an extension of the Transportation Bill yesterday (Sept. 15, 2011) with a margin of 92-6. All current transportation funding and programs, including funding for cycling and pedestrian projects, will continue for six months. I happened to be in the right place at the right time: at Interbike, near the Bikes Belong booth…
NYC Bike Share
Josh Lipton told me yesterday, “Bloggers are a strange kind of lesser royalty at Interbike.” (Interbike, in case you don’t know, is that annual mega-trade show for the cycling industry held in Las Vegas. It’s where I spent the day yesterday. Skip to the bottom to see the bike porn photos I took.) I kind…
Wine on Wheels
A happy customer, Jodi Griffith, ready to ride with her new Ohm XS 750 Electric Bike poised in front of our new bike rack. Jodi went for the Ohm XS 750 as it does well both on the road and for light trail and dirt road use. She plans on riding it to to trailheads…
In The Book of Mormon — the Broadway musical, not the sacred text of the Latter Day Saints movement — a Mormon missionary in remote northern Uganda, interpolates elements from Star Trek, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings into the official teachings of the church. In doing so, he achieves success where others have…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
“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
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
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