Category: Cycling
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Haul 200 lbs on your Trike! (‘BentRider Online)
…And you won’t tip over! http://www.bentrideronline.com/?p=4013 The Terratrike recumbent tadpole Xtracycle kit looks excellent!
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No Seat…A Bike Lock Alternative?
A friend told me a story–he was behind this guy in line at the store that had a greasy pipe wrapped in a veggie bag sticking out of his shopping basket. “Whats the pipe for?” “Oh, thats my bike seat. We ran out of formula for the baby and my wife said ‘just go real…
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Preserving a Bike in Salt Air for Several Seasons
In the PaNW we dont see winters as bad as on the east coast, and we don’t salt our city streets like they do. Hence our bike apparently last winters much better. However if you live close to the water or are out there in other cold, salty wet climes, this discussion covers a lot…
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How Cool Is This? The Zigo LEADER is COOL
This totally looks like a great kid and shopping friendly trike. It’s not too big, it’s perfectly stable, you don’t have to crane your neck around to check on your child, either. I bet it could carry at least four bags of groceries, too. Zigo LEADER Carrier. This design is kinda close to what I…
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DIY Front Bucket Panniers (Wheel Revolution)
Pannier bags often crush fragile items like lettuce or squish loaves of bread. Often they are too narrow for really mundane items like … watermelons or pumpkins. Pannier bags are of ten pretty expensive, and they are a chore to wash. A bucket is easy to clean, and if you haul chemicals (like petrol) a…
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Touching Story of Recumbent Bike Surpassing Physical Therapy (Wheel Revolution)
I haven’t read such a touching story about how much a bicycle has changed a child’s life before. The Boy got a new lease on life, and an alternative to physical therapy sessions that were the bane of his existence. Now he has a way to exercise that focused on his interests and abilities, rather…
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Tips for Teaching Bicycling (ibike.org)
Good set of tips for teaching kids to ride bikes. Wish I had done my homework and read this before embarking on teaching Liam. I might have had a much easier time of it. Tip for Teaching Bicycling / Learning to Bicycle Ride.
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Profile: Hilary Archbold (bikecommuters.com)
Hilary Archbold is a mother, grad student, and bicycle commuter in Ann Arbor. I love this quote because this summer I watched bicycle balance “click” with my own son: My daughter was a very shaky beginning bicyclist when we got to the island, and by the end of the week made the eight mile trip…
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Bellingham nurse practitioner bicycles! (bellinghamherald.com)
Jody Hoppis is a great example of why Bellingham is 10th in the nation for bicycle commuting. She should be a great inspiration to other mothers in Bellingham to at least bicycle their kids to the grocery store more often. I got around all winter last year on my mountain bike. Getting around this winter might…
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