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Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 12:16 pm.
[Please note that we’ve changed the name of our family biking column from “Carfree Families” to “Car-Less Families”. This is the third article in the ongoing series written by Marion Rice. Read the others here.]
(Photos © J. Maus)
From my perspective, there is nothing better than tooling around town with my toddler on the […]
Posted on April 15th, 2008 at 2:16 pm.
[Note: This article was written by BikePortland.org’s Carfree Families columnist Marion Rice.]
The Folz family (Allan, Carie and Cody) used their tandem/child-seat/trailer combo to participate in a bike move last summer. (All photos © J. Maus)
There are many different bike set-ups that will get you around town with kids. In fact, there are so […]
Posted on April 8th, 2008 at 9:22 am.
Paul Adkins and family (notice the kids in the trailer!) in Eugene.(Photo courtesy Paul Adkins)
The city of Eugene (about 100 miles south of Portland) has come up with a kinder, gentler, and younger spin on Critical Mass — “Kidical” Mass.
The idea came from bike advocate Shane Rhodes. Rhodes — who manages the Safe Routes […]
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 am.
Editor’s note: I am excited to introduce Marion Rice (you might remember her from this story back in November). Marion is a mother of two (ages 5 and 2), is married to “the coolest guy ever who bikes as much as he can and is into Xtracycle dating”. She’s full of […]
Posted on March 28th, 2008 at 11:56 am.
Lots of bikes at Sunnyside Environmental School in Southeast Portland.(Photos © J. Maus)
The Portland-based Bicycle Transportation Alliance hopes that friendly competition is what will get more Portland schoolkids walking and biking to school.
They’ve just opened registration for the first-ever Walk + Bike to School Challenge. The event, modeled after their highly successful Bike Commute […]
Posted on March 28th, 2008 at 8:53 am.
(Photo: urbanMamas.com)
The popular local parenting blog, urbanMamas, is looking for tips on family-friendly bike set-ups.
They’ve published an email from one of their readers who writes:
“We have a 2 year old and a 7 year old and are wanting to get the family bike setup on a budget. We were thinking of looking on Craigslist […]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 at 4:49 pm.
Sacha White built this mixte as a birthday gift for his 8 year-old daughter.(Photos © J. Maus)
Everyone in the handmade bike industry must wonder where framebuilding phenom Sacha White gets the inspiration for his always impressive bicycles.
Judging from his famous tricycle that won Best of Show at the 2006 NAHBS (and is currently in […]
Posted on January 16th, 2008 at 11:48 am.
Mini-vans are sooo last year.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
Eleven Portland-area elementary schools have received grants from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to improve and sustain their Safe Routes to Schools programs.
The schools (see list below) have received a total of nearly $600,000 from the federally funded program that works to make it easier and safer […]
Posted on November 7th, 2007 at 4:37 pm.
Busy bike racks at Trillium School in North Portland.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
Two recent experiences have left me thinking that more and more Portland families are ditching the family car and replacing it with the family bike.
Yesterday morning, when I pulled up to the bike parking area in front of my daughter’s preschool, it […]
Posted on September 18th, 2007 at 11:34 am.
Someone just sent me a link to a story in my old hometown newspaper, the Orange County Register.
The article, Giving up car revs family up, details the transformation that occurred in a family from Santa Ana, California when they ditched their ailing, money-pit of a car and started riding bikes instead.
The Cave Family running some […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2007 at 12:48 pm.
Kurmaskie family just hours before take-off.(File photo)
Crazy bike adventures are nothing new to local author and nationally known speaker Joe Kurmaskie. The man who is known by his fans as the “Metal Cowboy” has biked all over the globe, but his current adventure might be his most daring yet.
This time he’s taking the entire […]
Posted on July 25th, 2007 at 2:43 pm.
My wife Juli is currently looking to outfit herself with a family bike and the options are staggering.
She’s been obsessed with looking at all the different bikes, child seats, trailers, trail-a-bikes, and other equipment. When you’ve got to run around town with two growing kids (one almost 2, the other 4 1/2) and whatever […]
Posted on June 27th, 2007 at 9:51 am.
(File photo)
The Portland Wheelmen Touring Club (PWTC) wants to encourage families and novice riders to explore local bike routes and get more comfortable on group rides.
They’ve teamed up with River City Bicycles to offer a series of short, slow-paced rides that are perfect for families and/or novice riders.
PWTC family ride coordinator Ann […]
Posted on January 22nd, 2007 at 9:07 am.
[Hold on Danica!]
After all the drama last week, I looked forward to a weekend of good, old-fashioned bike fun.
Taking advantage of a dry, non-freezing day, I finally got our new trail-a-bike (a Burley Piccolo) up and running. I did it “family limo” style with the trail-a-bike attached to a trailer. I was happy […]
Posted on October 5th, 2006 at 9:31 am.
Yesterday was International Walk and Bike to School Day and 25 schools from all over Portland took part in the event. I caught up with some of the action at Sunnyside School in southeast Portland and just like last year I was thrilled and inspired to see so many kids walking and biking […]
Posted on January 4th, 2006 at 8:06 am.
On New Year’s Day the girls and I joined about 100 or so others for the annual BTA New Year’s Day ride. After a long trip down to Southern California it felt great to get out and pedal around the city. As an added bonus it was Danica’s first ride ever! Danica […]
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