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3 year old girl waits to cross a straight on a bike with her family. Baby brother is cozy in a bakfiets.

Better behavior when biking

My kids have consistently behaved better when we are cycling, whether they are three or thirteen. Even if we aren't getting along great at home, our bike trips together tend to go smoothly. Here's my parenting theory. Just as video games engage by providing a series

Bakfiets with car seat and stroller rides by a Model T car.

Wanting to get rid of my car was easy, committing to it was hard

I found myself driving my car a short distance to work because I had it. The car was easy. I drove it when it was very hot, or very cold, or very rainy, even though I could have walked or bike the same distance. In an “Aha” moment over cereal

Calculate True Average Vehicle Speed

Calculate True Average Vehicle Speed

What if time earning money for transportation was factored into your average speed? I call this "True Average Speed". Consider: You are broke in Los Angeles and need to get to New York. How fast can you earn the money to buy a bike and ride it there?

Couch hunting: A cargo bike sport

Couch hunting: A cargo bike sport

Making sport of cleaning some of the biggest household junk out of our cities and towns. Works best if you have a city dump within biking distance Couch hunting rules 1. Cruise alleyways to find abandoned furniture. 2. Tie down acquired furniture to bike trailer or cargo bike 3. Proceed

Woman in professional clothes turns into traffic to bike to work on a cargo bike. Baby is on the back.

How to avoid sweating when bike commuting

Here are some tips to avoid and manage sweating when bike commuting. E-bikes help avoid sweating If an e-bike is an option for you, e-bikes are great reducing cycling effort when you want to avoid exertion that can lead to sweating. Typically on the way home from work sweating is

Dressing a toddler for winter cycling

Dressing a toddler for winter cycling

“There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” Ranulph Fiennes The best way to keep a child warm on a bike in the winter In Cargo bikes vs bike trailers, I recommend cargo bikes over bike trailers for carrying kids. But bike trailers have one thing going for them: the

Forest scene with tent in background, two loaded touring bikes in foreground.

Top Five Tools for Bike Tour Route Planning

From my experience bike touring, here are the top tools to use to plan and navigate a bike route: * Ride With GPS is the tool for advanced bike route planning. Beyond just providing “bike directions”, you can add custom waypoints to your maps, like icons for ice cream stands. You