Posts Tagged ‘Bakfiets’

Yesterday, NPR ran a story on cargo bikes as a new market in the U.S. They brought up the concept of these bikes a green replacement for the minivan and their practicality among business users looking to reduce fleet fuel costs. The report included interviews with Bakfiets supplier Clever Cycles in Portland as well as [...]

I love to race as much of the next guy, but when you are a grown man racing for the ultimate prize, you have to remember not to take yourself too seriously. Cyclocross has been the great levelizer on this, but unfortunately it appears some are starting to ruin the sport with their Type-A personalities.
Luckily, [...]

I’m a big fan of cargo bikes. They add major utility to transportation cycling making the thought of living car-free even more of a reality. You can do a week’s worth of grocery shopping, transport small children or even adults, or pick up a couch. Best of all, you can do all these things while [...]

Editor’s note: Seattle writer Paul Andrews was kind enough to catch Metrofiets at the Seattle International Bicycle Expo for us and wrote this fantastic article.
by Paul Andrews
You’re thinking about taking the plunge and ditching the car. But you wonder: How will I shop for groceries? What about the toddlers? And what if I need a [...]

If you happen to be heading up to Seattle in mid-March and are going, or could stop by the Seattle International Bicycle Expo, we could use your help as a guest writer.
Elliott and I are too busy with ongoing projects to get up there, but we would still like to get some reports back on [...]

A few months ago, one of my neighbors spotted me taking my kids to school on our bicycle mini-van, a Trek 7200 with an Xtracycle Free Radical conversion kit and my own home made handlebars for secure child transport. Courtney e-mailed me to let me know she liked our setup and to let me know [...]

Marcus is not here this week to do the News Roundup, so I though I’d share some holiday related posts from other blogs to add to our Christmas themed Dumbest Product of the Week and Christmas Tree hauling by bike. 
PacificPedalling.com has a article about a pilot program UPS is doing right now to deliver packages [...]

I’ve now had my Xtracycle Free Radical Conversion of my Trek 7200 for over a month, using it to shuttle my kids as a bicycle mini-van and do grocery shopping including transporting a 20 pound bag of dog for with a week’s worth of food for my family. In that time, I also test rode [...]

Thank you to everyone who submitted pictures and voted in Austin Bike Blog’s “What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. It’s been a blast to see all the ways people have used their bikes to haul big things.
Chris from Madison, Wisconsin, our first prize winner, did a hell of a job campaigning [...]

For the last 6 weeks, Austin Bike Blog has called for entries in our “What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. We got a lot of great submissions which we’ve share with you each week. For some reason people named Mark really like to haul things on their bikes.
Now is the time [...]