I’m currently coordinating Walk and Bike to School Challenge Month at my school. Our bike rack is small, but mighty. We also have a lot of walkers! Meanwhile, in interesting loads for the Xtracycle, I biked a fully loaded crockpot to work for a potluck. And on Friday I biked both of my younger girls [...]
Posted on March 09th, 2011 in Cycling
I’ve chronicled my journey to becoming a full-time bicycle commuter here over the past few years. I’ve even gathered several of my posts into a Family Biking page, so that people who are looking for advice can find them. Today, I’ve got a post over on Utility Cycling about getting started with family bicycle commuting. [...]
It’s winter break, and I work in education, so I’m not bike commuting right now. We’ve had rain, rain, rain for days or maybe weeks or months now, and I don’t bike for pleasure in the rain. Nor do I bike to the grocery store or anywhere else in the rain if I don’t have [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2010 in Cycling, Sustainability
Today I rode the Xtracycle to the grocery store. That’s not so unusual. I often stop by the store after work. In fact, I think it’s easier to stop on the Xtracycle than it is in a car. I pull in, lock up, and go inside — no searching for a parking spot, and the [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2010 in Cycling
Yes, this is the 2009 Xtracycle Radish in its unadorned state. Why did I do that? Because it’s raining, and the Radish got very wet. When an Xtracycle gets wet, moisture can get into the holes where the racks sit and create rust. The people at Clever Cycles had told me to be sure to [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2009 in Cycling
I stopped for groceries on the way home today, and packed them into the Freeloader bags on my bike. I do this fairly often. I’ve carried up to four bags of groceries (big paper or cloth bags) and two gallons of milk at the same time. And sometimes I end up carrying both kids and [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2009 in Cycling, Sustainability
Today is Blog Action Day, and this year’s theme is climate change. That’s, ahem, often a hot topic. Many people still don’t believe it’s real, and others believe we don’t really need to do anything about it. Or they don’t want to do anything about it. Or they don’t know what to do about it. [...]
Posted on September 08th, 2009 in Cycling
Last year around this time, I was struggling to get the kids to daycare and school and myself to work by bike. All I had was my old yellow bike. I didn’t have a child seat or trailer on it. We got everyone into jackets and backpacks. The big girls put on helmets and were [...]
