My head is still spinning from the Copenhagen (United Nations) Climate Change Summit that was almost a month ago. At first I kept up to date with news with my news feeder on overload after a few days. Quickly,my head only hurt more instead of feeling inspired and motivated. I’m not a politician, and though…
Commute by Bike
Ask a Bicycle Mechanic on The New York Times
Read these questions and more over at Ask a Bicycle Mechanic I cannot easily park one of my many bikes near my office at 51st and Madison. I wish to use a bike to go a short distance from Roosevelt Island over the 59th Street Bridge to my office, which will take about 30 minutes…
5 Things I Wish I Knew When I First Started Bike Commuting
This is a guest post by Andreas Kambanis who runs a blog, London Cyclist, about cycling and London. You can find him on Twitter here. I started commuting into work by bike in the same way I do many things in life. With little or no plan! The way I look at it is if…
Why I Go By Bike : Doug Rozelman
Introducing a new guest writer, Doug Rozelman. Doug is a co-worker of mine and an avid cyclist. Slowly he is trying to learn to use his bike for daily task, and to live the cycling lifestyle. Not long ago, I picked up a small, square-shaped brochure highlighting Trek’s “1 World, 2 Wheels” campaign. I nonchalantly…
Handlebar Side Thoughts : Continued
Several weeks ago we went down the road of handlebar selection during the group build of the Surly Long Haul Trucker. I’m still venturing down this road slowly and have ordered in several various handlebars, with many more on the way. The biggest issue I’ve had is trying out handlebars that use road brake levers,…
Making a BOB Train
We received some photos from Matt in Florida showing us his bike touring set with a few products that he purchased from us. We helped Matt outfit himself with a BOB Yak Trailer, Jandd Panniers, a Greenspeed Rack rack for his BOB, and a few custom in-house accessories that we have developed here at the…
The Perfect Commuter Bike : Fenders
Our group build is about half way through it’s original phases. After many discussions about bicycle type, exact frame set, the type of shifting and finally the component type. We’ve determined the Long Haul Trucker with a stock build is the bike we are going with. We’ve moved on to accessorizing and the important question…
2009 Top Commuting Products : Bicycles
Going into the year of 2009 there was high hopes for the alternative solution to automobile use. The 2008 Interbike was full of transportation bikes, electric bikes and all levels of accessories to get people to use their bike daily. Once the gas prices settled back down most people also stopped using their bikes, and…
National Bike Summit 2010
March 9-11, 2010 Washington, D.C. Make sure to ask for the time off, or schedule your spring vacation around the 2010 National Bike Summit. I’m doing my best to be there this year, please let me know if you will also be there so we can meet and greet!
Bikes and Beers, One Way to Take the Party With You, The Draught Horse
It is well know that bikes and beers have long been synonymous with each other. There’s nothing better then a cool malt beverage after an epic ride or just the daily commute. For quite some time bike culture has been spawning ingenuous ways of combining bike and beer for the same trip. It is not…
We're Moving, Well at Some Point
Well its been a great run but unfortunately we have outgrown or home at 2505 N Center Street, and it’s time to move on up to better pastures. Don’t worry we are not leaving Flagstaff, but we are planning on moving to a larger, new space, hopefully closer to downtown. It must be a good…
2009 Top Commuting Products : Lights
It seems weekly I’m modifying one bike or another, trying out the newest or greatest product. Most of the time it is on my own dime, working in a bike shop I get to see all the cool things, and crave all the cool things too. Here are some of my favorite things I’ve tried…
Internet Marketing Position available at CampfireCycling.com
Are you an avid cyclist who loves writing and internet marketing? Than we’ve got a job for you. Have a look at our posting for the position at Craigslist: http://flagstaff.craigslist.org/mar/1527576217.html
Happy Hoildays!
We would like to wish everyone a happy holidays from the Campfire Cycling. We hope all your two wheeled wishes came true this year and hope to help the wishes for next year come true as well. Get out and ride and take it easy on the Baileys and egg nogg
Happy Holiday!
We would like to wish everyone happy holidays from the Bike Trailer Shop. We hope all your bike trailer and bike touring wishes come true.
Commute By Bike for the Holidays
A quick note that Commute By Bike & Bike Shop Girl will be running on the lean side of the next two weeks. With the holiday a few days away we are helping Santa Claus get ready for the big day, and the week after we will be finishing inventory counts at the bike shop….
Beating the Winter Time Wohs
Nothing’s harder then having to hang up the bike during the cold short days of winter. Going to work in the dark and coming home again after dark can be hard on the body and mind. It is important to keep active during the winter months and not let the darkness, cookies and egg nogg…
My Commute Today : Wintery Mix
Down here in the dirty south we are receiving a winter mix of snow, sleet and ice.. While my readers up north are probably laughing, it is a big deal to the southerners to get 4-8 inches of snow in ONE season. Now we will be getting that much in a day. Schools closed early,…
Batavus BUB Review : Initial Thoughts
When the Batavus BUB rolled into my bike shop a good amount of thoughts rolled into my head with it. It looked heavy, was it? Where were the hand brakes or gears. Could I take it down my 4.5 mile daily commute with a decent size hill in the middle. (My worry was going up…
The Perfect Commuter Bike : Handlebar Side Thoughts
As we are about halfway through our perfect commuter bike build, I wanted to stop and think out the rest of the bike build before we continue. The Long Haul Trucker with 26″ tires is completely build, and sitting next to my Christmas tree. I’ve swapped out the painful WTB SST seat that comes with…
Top 5 Winter Commuting Tires (Non Stud)
It is that time of year, you take off your slicks and add a tire to your bike that will grip in the rainy or icy conditions. There are a good amount of tires out there that I highly recommend but for now. I’ll look at you all to give me feedback for studded tires…
Extrawheel Voyagers on Sale for $259
We are putting up a big sale on the Extrawheel Voyager bike cargo trailer through the end of the year. We are taking $110 off the regular price of the Extrawheel Voyager’s normal price of $369. That is the price of the trailer with the wheel. The price without the wheel is $50 less at…
Required Viewing for Work Place Health
Here at the www.CampfireCycling.com, we take our work very seriously, it is important to us to provide the best selection of and information on bicycle trailers, bike touring/commuting gear and related genera. That being said we as people don’t take ourselves too seriously. In fact, for our own sanity we try to keep things as…