Just a quick mention that ALL Burley Cargo, Child & Pet Trailers are 10% off thru August 3rd at the BikeTrailerShop.com!!! We’ve got a few more substantial posts about Burley Trailers planned for the next week or so, so check back in…
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Sophie's First Ride In A Bike Dog Trailer
Sophie sure looks like she is having fun on her first bike ride. From that excited look on her face, I’m guessing she gets quite excited when the bike dog trailer comes out. “This was Sophie’s first bike ride. She didn’t like it at first but has now grown to love it. We just upgraded…
Faction Cycling : Works "Share the Road" Jersey Review
The fine folks at Faction Cycling sent out one of their Works “Share the Road” jerseys to us for review. I’ve been riding around with this jersey for the past 8 weeks, testing, crashing and repeating. Now it is time to tell all my thoughts and feelings. Construction of the Jersey This jersey is made…
Toot-Toot! Bike Child Train Chugging Along
Our hats go off to all the intrepid families that gear up and take their children bike touring. This is one of the most impressive examples we’ve seen of a family of 6 figuring out a great solution for getting the whole family involved.Here is what Eric had to say:”We did a 5 day tour…
Good Times at the Flagstaff Hullabalo!
Good times Good times were to be had at the 1st annual Flagstaff Hullabaloo. The event featured 4 great bands, kids events, great food and beer and lots of wacky, crazy people having fun. We decided to use it as an opportunity to let Flagstaff know that we had moved to a location in Downtown…
Open Forum : How Do You Deal with the Summer Heat?
As daily tempertures are in the 10. º range in Charlotte, NC I want to ask you : How Do You Deal with the Summer Heat?
Austin Nominated for VH1 2010 "Do Something City" Award
Austin. As in Texas.Here in Arizona, we have great empathy for our fellow Wild West state. We often find ourselves inadvertently competing to be America’s political punch line. But when you get down to localities and municipalities, there’s a lot about which we can be proud, especially when it comes to cycling culture, and bike-friendliness.This…
New Wheels : Velocity Halo Dyad and Shimano Alfine
A set of wheels are in for review and in the midst of getting installed on the famous Salsa Casseroll.. Utilizing a Shimano Alfine groupset I have been piecing together in the past 6 months, and the new Velocity Dyad Halo reflective rims. Due to needing to rebuild the bike completely to use these wheels,…
Which Electric Bike is Right for You?
Today’s E-Bike Wednesday Guest Article is brought to you by Dan Woodard. Dan designs and builds custom electric bikes. He quit his high-tech engineering job to follow his passion in electric bikes. Follow his blog where he shares his experiences. http://ElectricBikeBuilding.com If you have considered buying an electric bike, there are many configurations and options…
Light & Motion Vis Commuter Line
Introducing the new Light & Motion Vis 36. º & 18. º commuter specific lights… The 36. º is a helmet system that runs a head and tail lights off your helmet, touting a 36. º coverage.. While the 18. º light is a tail light that runs off a rechargeable system. Vis-36. º MSRP : $169 Lumens : 110 headlamp…
Extrawheel Trailers On The Rise
BikeTrailerShop.com just got in a batch of the new longer forks for the Extrawheel Voyager. These longer mounting forks were designed with 29er mountain bikes in mind, though the longer fork is also useful for the 28″ European wheel standard as well as for providing extra clearance for 26″ or 700c wheels with fenders. As…
A Street Sign Reborn
If you have ever wondered what to do with all those old street signs that you stole as an adolescent we’ve got and idea for you. Robert sent us some pictures and a short story about his DIY bike cargo trailer that he created. Robert officially named his project as the dog/hauler build. He came…
Extrawheel Sale and New ExtraWheel 29er Forks
Now thru July 19th the Bike Trailer Shop is offering 5% off the purchase of any Extrawheel bicycle trailer and 10% off related accessories combined with the purchase. This includes the Extrawheel Voyager for $199, quite possibly the best off-road bike cargo trailer available and the Extrawheel Advert for $285, bringing pedal power to advertising….
Analysis of Google's Bike-There Feature: Part II
In April, I wrote the first part of an analysis of Google’s new Bike-There feature on Google Maps. Google announced their game-changing new feature in early March of 2010. When I first reviewed Google’s Bike-There feature, I had some criticisms of the underlying factors and variables that Google used to build the algorithm, which is…
Yuba Bicycles
A new sponsor for Commute By Bike is Yuba. Yuba makes great looking cargo bikes, that are not only well thought out but great accessories. Below is a rundown of the model line and key accessories, we hope to interview podcast with the guys from Yuba in the coming weeks for your listening pleasure. Yuba…
Cat Food Run with a Burley Travoy
For 10 years I lived in the Washington DC area. I had my folding bike, an account with a car-sharing service, and I lived near the DC Metro system. Life was good. But something was missing. So I fell in love, moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, and got married. I realize now that what was really…
Thoughts on Child Helmets and Bike Trailers (& free helmets!)
We like cycling. We like kids. And we like safety. So how does that all come together you might ask?Well for one it takes a bike, which you probably have. Second it takes a way to bring your kids along with you. This likely will need something like a bike child trailer which you may…
Getting Started with Kid's Bicycle Helmets
We’ve just started to sell children’s bike helmets at BikeKidShop.com. I’ve been doing some homework on a variety of issues and considerations surrounding kid’s bike helmets. There are quite a few different ways for children to get involved in cycling and wearing a children’s bike helmet makes all of these much safer. Think about all…
Urbana: A to B to Fun
Review of the Urbana Bicycle “A2Bism” — a term coined by Mikael Colville-Anderson of Copenhagenize — is the idea that bikes for transportation is such an everyday concept that you don’t even think of it.