Posts Tagged ‘Cycling with Kids’

When I get on a cargo bike with my children, I think about what effect bicycle transport will have on their future. Will they break the American wealth draining cycle of car ownership? Will they be better prepared for peak oil? I don’t know, but I do know riding with them is a supremely more [...]

For those who did not bike to work today (or any other day), let 4 year-old Max Boyd inspire you.

Editor Note: This is our fifth winning entry in our March- May My Ride Writing Contest, Austin mom on two wheels Katie Jo Dixon. We want an autobiographical story about your experience riding a bike in Austin where previously you might have done so by car. Each week, Austin on Two Wheels will select a [...]

Editor Note: This is our first winning entry in our March- May My Ride Writing Contest. We want an autobiographical story about your experience riding a bike in Austin where previously you might have done so by car. Each week, Austin on Two Wheels will select a winning entry with a $50 cash prize (and [...]

UPDATE: I received a message from BoxCycles that the lighting issue I mentioned in this review is being addressed in the next shipment to the U.S. Look for better mounting options and possibly a dynamo. My experience: BoxCycles arranged for me to borrow a model of the Christiania Cargo Bike from AustinBikes for a long [...]

Welcome to the third installment of my month-long series about me and the 30 days of biking challenge.  Over the month of April, I will take my bike out for at least a short ride every day.  I’m also hoping to reduce my car use and perhaps even shed a pound or two. You might [...]

Hi.  My name is Amy McFadden.  You may have seen me, or read about me, in some of Elliott’s other posts, such as the one about taking our son to kindergarten on my bike.  Over the past few years I have become a pretty regular bike-rider; being married to Elliott, it would be hard not [...]

Who needs a car for Christmas errands when I have my Xtracycle Minivan As has happened the last seven years, this year I waited until a week before Christmas to get a tree. Despite dire warnings from friends of getting a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, things have always worked out. The closest we came to [...]

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 [...]

My wife and I had great time this weekend putting our Xtracycle Free Radical conversion to work hauling our weekly purchase of groceries as well as our kids. Based on the amount of milk we have to buy to make it through the week, this was no small task. We got to try out our [...]