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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘utility cycling’
Last minute gifts for the transportation cyclist
I’m never one to do today what can be put off until tomorrow, especially when it comes to shopping for gifts during the holidays. Just look how late I waited to pick out a Christmas Tree. To help those who are like minded, I’ve put together a brief list of gifts I would think any [...]
Biking for Transportation Goes Totally Mainstream
When you are part of a movement that is being used to sell American corporate beer, you know you’ve gone mainstream. Imagine my delight when I came across this ad for Miller High Life this weekend. We utility cyclists must be different, but not crazy in the head different as in the past. No, this [...]
More thoughts on trends in utility cycling at Interbike from ChicagoBikeBlog
Yesterday, I wrote an article about utility cycling trends at this year’s Interbike, the annual North American bike industry trade show. While my thoughts are from a distance as I have to work a day job and can’t fly off to Vegas this week, I enjoyed reading the recent post from ChicagoBikeBlog who is actually [...]
The Bike Industry is throwing a party, are you invited?
Thoughts on Interbike and transportation cycling The granddaddy North American bike industry trade show, Interbike, kicked off this week, and aside from the the show girls in mini skirts and midriffs, it’s always fun to see new product roll outs and trends in the bike industry. In the past, there has been relatively little in [...]
Have you gotten your Waffle Bike yet?
I was very disappointed to hear today that my Xtracycle Free Radical kit is on back order for at least 30 days. (Thanks for psyching me out and thinking you had it in stock, eBikeStop!) However, I was heartened to find this video over at Bike Hugger of the Waffle Bike. The rider of this [...]
New fashion writer needed
If a columnist in the “Arts & Living” section at the Washington Post can make a great story like this one: Cycling Back Around: Four Wheels Good, Two Wheels Better. In the City, an Old-Fashioned Conveyance Returns In which David Montgomery writes amazing things like This is the summer of women on bicycles riding around [...]
