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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Clever Cycles’
A Series of Tubes: Xtracycle Long Tail with Stokemonkey Pedal Assist
“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 [...]
Sources for Bakfiets Growing
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 [...]
Redefining the family road trip
I’ve been pretty impressed with what people are doing with their bikes lately. From our “What’s the biggest thing you carried on your bike?” contest submissions to TV ads for CSX freight train shipping, we are seeing that so much more is possible with this simple two wheeled vehicle.
So on this vein, I thoroughly enjoyed [...]
Bakfiets versus Xtracycle: What’s the best way to haul stuff on a bike?
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 [...]
Further thoughts on the City of Roses
This article is part of our AustinBikeBlog becomes PortlandBikeBlog series I’m writing on my recent trip to Portland and my exposure to its bike culture.
Well, now that I’m back in Austin and have had a decent night’s sleep, I thought I’d follow up to my article last week about bike culture in Portland with [...]
Bike Shop Review: Clever Cycles
This article is part of our AustinBikeBlog becomes PortlandBikeBlog series I’m writing on my recent trip to Portland and my exposure to its bike culture. Look for additional articles later this week.
While staying in Portland, I decided I needed to make a pilgrimage to Clever Cycles, one of the bike stores leading the move toward [...]
