Commute by Bike

Kona Bikes Goes Electric

Recently on Kona Bikes Facebook, and their Newsletter, Kona has released snippets into their newest lineup – Electric Bikes. Following close behind Trek’s Ride+ Bikes, Kona is quick on their heels with a new spin on their well received cargo bike, the Ute. Three Models There are three models in this new Electric line :…

Trail Maintence Trailer

Dean found that walking to different parts of trails that required maintenance and carrying tools took way to much time out of the day, and sometimes when you only have one day a month do to trail work time is of the essence. Dean felt that pre-made retail bike trailers where not cost effective, So…

Steamboat Springs Spring Bike Fest

The long-standing spring Bike Swap gets upgraded to Steamboat Springs first Spring Bike Fest..   With a little bit of something for everyone, from bike commuter how-to tips to mountain biking skills.   Follow it up with a movie, Follow Me, or swap meet. What: Routt County Riders’ Spring Bike Fest When: May 7 and 8. “Follow…

Hand Built with a side of Toughness

Pete sent us some pictures of a bike cargo trailer he made for hauling gear, some where in the Western U.S. he tells us. This doesn’t look like the yuppie trailers roll’n around suburbia America. This is a working mans trailer. Pete constructed this ox from old road signs, bolts and wood, with 20″ Northern…

Spam Filters and Annoying Junk Mail

Several of you have complained about the spam that is happening within comments. We are taking one step forward to set up stricter spam filters.   If you try to comment now you must have a name/email and all comments will be moderated.   I’ll also be testing out a couple different plugin’s to moderate human beings…

Introduction : Burley Travoy

Back in March we introduced the Burley Travoy, a new urban trailer from Burley. There is now one in house for review from Burley for a few weeks.   Below is a sneak peak of the bike trailer in my kitchen. We will have a full video clip and photos of how the Burley Travoy works…

Bicycle Design Blog

It isn’t a secret that I am a big fan of what James is doing over at BicycleDesign.net. He pulls the coolest fringe concepts and bikes out of the industry that most people forget about or ignore. In the past month they have talked about a few very interesting bikes and concepts, instead of rewriting…

New Campfire Cycling Location's Layout

In anticipation of our upcoming move, I’ve been planning the layout of our new location. This is the pretty color coded CAD drawing of the layout of our new location. The right side is the workshop where the Wandertec BONGO bike cargo trailer and other Wandertec products will be designed and manufactured. The top left…

To BOB or Not to BOB

There are a lot of bicycle cargo trailers in the world, some follow the single wheeled premise others subscribe to two wheels. When it comes to off road riding I think it is well accepted that single wheeled bike trailers are the ticket. They track well behind your bike and can still carry a significant…

Commuters, Do You Have Law Questions?

Are you worried about a hit and run, bike lanes or general “what if?” laws when it comes to bicycles? Next week, Avvo.com is hosting a question & answer session with a lawyer to help answer those bike related law questions. Next Wednesday, April 28 at 11AM PT / 2PM ET, Avvo (www.avvo.com) is hosting…

Will's BOB Trailer Rolling by Yockanookany

Will, our customer at BikeTrailerShop.com, sent in this picture of his BOB Yak Trailer on a tour through the Natchez Trace in Central Mississippi. Will picked up the Greenfield Kickstand, Wandertec Cargo Net and upgraded his tire to the Schwalbe Big Apple.

Bob's DIY Bike Trailer Solutions

Bob had been setting up bike cargo trailers for himself and using them for many years. In Bob’s words: “The canvas trailer was my first build. In its 16 years it has countless miles on it. My German shepherd spent many a happy mile there. This trailer is now onto its 3rd owner. The blue…

Open Forum: Internally Geared Hubs

Every time I flip through a new commuter magazine or bike catalog there are more bikes with internally geared hubs. This is a very exciting movement forward for commuter’esque bikes, but I must ask the question Are Internally Geared Hubs Worth It? 5 years ago I built up my first Rohloff hub equipped bike for…

DIY Bike Trailer In NYC

I snapped this photo of this dude floating along through NYC with his home-made bike cargo trailer. I think he’s got his painting tools in there. Check out our guide to DIY bike trailers at BikeTrailerBlog.com.

Old Time Tandem/New Time Tandem

I thought I’d do a Virginia Slims style comparison of the old tandem on display at the Tombstone Courthouse museum and our shiny new Thorn Tandem with S&S Couplers and Rohloff hub. You’ve come a long way baby!

Bontrager Tire Guarantee

In a perfect world, buying things would be like test driving a car. You can put your salesman in the backseat and test the hell out of the product. Life isn’t like buying a car, thank god, but we can’t always test out things where we need to. Take bikes. You have to rely on…

New Webstore Platformed Launched!

I’m not quite sure why, but somehow this image represents the 2 year struggle of getting our multi-site webstore off the ground. Today was finally the big day of launching the re visioned BikeTrailerShop.com and our brand new site BikeKidShop.com. We’d love to hear if you have any thoughts or suggestions. We’re not quite partying…

Thoughts of a Podcast

With the talk of iPad, iPhone, iPod and my new Droid, it seems that mobile life is getting even more, well, mobile.   Often I am able to talk or interview leading commuters, brand managers or public officials in regards to commuting or bike utility.   I feel that sometimes the passion or thoughts are lost in…

Bike Messenger Bag Merry-Go-Round

Digging through my 2009 Interbike photos, I uncovered this pic from the Timbuk2 booth. They set up a really cool contraption for displaying their messenger bags. The guy in the back of the photo is turning the cranks on the machine to make all of the bike bags slowly rotate. We don’t currently offer Timbuk2,…