Children & Families
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Product Review: Yuba Mundo 21 Speed, Mar 5th, 2010My experience: Yuba sent me a Mundo 21 speed with lots of accessories to test, and I’ve been riding it several times a week for 6 weeks.
Build Quality: 3.5/5
Function: 4.5/5
Style: 2/5
Overall: 4/5
Availability: Yuba is actively looking for an Austin dealer but for now you must order online at the Yuba site. A stripped down 6 [...]
There are some opportunities coming up to help kid in our community get on bicycles and discover the low-cost freedom of travel by bike.
Volunteering for Kid Bike Rodeo at Patsy Sommer Elementary School
Bicycle Sport Shop will be helping with a Kid Bike Rodeo at Patsy Sommer Elementary School on Friday, February 5. The event is [...]
For the past 13 years, Mix 94.7 has put on the Bikes for Kids project each holiday season giving away over 11,000 bikes to local children in need of two wheels. For most of us, the bicycle was our first taste of freedom of movement, seeing our community without constant adult supervision. Bikes have helped [...]
Family of 5 rides 7000 from Kentucky to Alaska on tandem, Nov 30th, 2009Coming back from Lubbock this holiday weekend, we encountered the flip side of the vision of a city in denial I observed. About an hour into our trip, we saw a an enormous bicycle contraption heading the other direction with five people on it. Seeing a cyclist at all in West Texas is unusual, but [...]
A Series of Tubes: Xtracycle Long Tail with Stokemonkey Pedal Assist, Oct 12th, 2009“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden,Violet Crown Cycles
In April during one of my first ventures to the Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market with the Violet Crown Cycles tent, I met an individual who loved the look and functionality of my Ferguson city bikes but really [...]
