Detroit Bike City
Utility Cycling
Bin Feng Zheng's NYC Biking Story
Bin Feng Zheng’s NYC Biking Story
CETMA Cargo Bikes
CETMA Cargo Bikes!
Cyclists' Special
Cyclists’ Special
The True Cost of Gas
The True Cost of Gas
Destination Reached: Bike Parking & Locking
Understanding where and how to park your bicycle once you have reached your destination is as important as learning to ride safely to your destination as a utility cyclist. If you are riding your bike to complete errands or if you are using your bicycle to commute to work, knowing how to find bike parking…
Steve O’Neill's NYC Biking Story
Steve O’Neill’s NYC Biking Story
Lucette Gilbert's NYC Biking Story
Lucette Gilbert’s NYC Biking Story
Velopalooza Cargo Bike Ride
Velopalooza Cargo Bike Ride
Social Gatherings & Festivals by Bike
Of the many subdivisions of utility cycling, community building is perhaps the most abstract, but bringing people together for social gatherings and festivals through the shared enjoyment of bikes can be as useful as riding to commute or to provide bike services. Within community building, there are a of host different activities, such as critical…
Bikes Not Bombs & Village Bicycle Project
Bikes Not Bombs & Village Bicycle Project
Bicycle Ambulances in Malawi
Bicycle Ambulances in Malawi
3-Way Street Campaign
3-Way Street Campaign
Factory and Parts Delivery by Bike
Even within much of utility cycling, the bicycle is mostly considered a tool for lightweight and personal tasks such as bicycle commuting or general bicycle transportation. However, we have also tried to highlight the ways in which the bicycle can also be an incredibly efficient tool for tasks with more gravity such as mail or…
Bike Share in Hangzhou, China
Bike Share in Hangzhou China
The Invisible Cyclists
The Invisible Cyclists
Bike Patrol
With the rapidly approaching summer season, melting snow on mountain bike trails, and warming days, I figured it was high time to write a post dedicated to bike patrolling. Bike patrol, in the context of utility cycling, does not refer to police bikes or law enforcement by bicycle, rather it focuses on the use of…
Complete Streets
Complete Streets
Come Ride with Sophie
Come Ride with Sophie
Why May is Dedicated to Us: National Bike Month
May has long been a month dedicated to bicycles. Fifty-five years ago, the Cycle Trade Association declared the month to be American Bike Month. Several decades ago, May became known as National Bike Month when the League of American Bicyclists took over the cause, and the emphasis shifted more towards cycling advocacy and away from…
Bikes Make Life Better
Bikes Make Life Better
The Bicycle Factory
The Bicycle Factory
Critical Mass and the (Bicycle) Chain Reaction
Cycling enthusiasts and nuclear engineers both have a unique understanding of critical mass. While cyclists do not necessarily need to understand the effective neutron multiplication factor or fissile material to participate in cyclings Critical Mass events, these rides do have a complex and sometimes misunderstood history. Critical Mass rides are still defined by organized coincidence,…
Wheels for Wellbeing
Wheels for Wellbeing