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 not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cycling with Kids’
Xmas Xtracycle
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 [...]
Art of the Xtracycle
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 [...]
My Xtracycle mini-van
Editor Note: Several people have pointed out that PVC piping can shatter without warning when under load. While we used this setup regularly for over a year without incident, know that this is a possibility and build and use this setup at your own risk. If you are interested in a more durable version, please [...]
The faintest whisper of Autumn
Maybe it’s the fact that when I rode with my kids to daycare this morning it was 70 degrees and dry instead of 80 and humid. Perhaps it was reading ATXBS announcing the beginning of cyclocross season. Or it could have been sitting in the stands watching the UT football team last Saturday devour the [...]
