Author: jedreynolds
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Brown Cycles makes stoker-forward kid tandems
I love these designs, putting the kids forward is a great idea! Brown Cycles of Grand Junction, Colorado.
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Great points re: proposed OR bike law (Totcycle)
Here’s a post covering a number of good points about why outlawing children under 6 on bikes or trailers is sheer inanity. http://totcycle.com/blog/family-cycling-outlaws.html Yes: obesity epidemic, heighten fear of cars, avoid traffic reduction, avoid slower speed limits, lets use sketchy data from a single survey to pass another law! Lets make it illegal to bike…
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Baby on your bike at six months? (guardian.co.uk)
When your toddler nods off on a bike ride with their head lolling forward…apparently that’s just fine. (Trailers are mentioned.) I don’t like the rear seats on bikes, but I’m eager to try out a handlebar front seat on a bike. When can you put your baby on your bike? | Sam Haddad | Environment…
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Anyone read “Momentum Is Your Friend” by Joe Kurmaskie?
I very nice woman chatted with me at Whatcom Falls park while I was there with Jesse and she mentioned this book about a man who did a cross-America tour with his two sons. Amazon.com: Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America (9781891369650): Joe Kurmaskie: Books.
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Want warmer hands? Snip that elastic!
I found a pair of black fleece flip-mits (glomits) at Yeagers in November. With a pair of polypro liners underneath, they are almost winning a winter riding combo. However, these glomits are of rather odd dimentions. They are long enough for my hands but are quite floppy around my fingers and the mit is a…
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Women’s Domestic Freedom…from Cars
This article by Elly Blue describes a confused world full of sexism, angry drivers and confused cyclists. I often forget about the strong sports and athletic emphasis in the cycling world–mostly because I don’t really pay attention to the sports side of it. Women are still touted as sex objects in the cycling world. Sports seems to cloud…
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Expect $5 gas in 2012 (Salon.com)
Former oil executive: Expect $5 gas in 2012 – Trending – Salon.com. And expect the fight for “gas tax” to be contentious. Too bad lobbyists buy our politicians to make them profit from a unsustainable system of transportation. Prices like these begin to reflect the real cost of petrol to the consumer — long shrowded…
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