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Marion and her daughter Gleneden.

Welcome to Carfree Families, a column about biking with kids written by Marion Rice.

Marion is a mother of two (ages 5 and 2) and she’s full of ideas and tips about how to be a confident and capable carfree mom or dad.

If you’ve got kids and you want to drive less and ride more, stay tuned for articles on everything from exploring family bike options, to cycling with babies and toddlers.

For more inspiring examples of family riding, view BikePortland.org’s Family Riding Photo Gallery or browse the Family Biking story archives.

Read the latest Carfree Families articles by clicking the headlines below.



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How to navigate through your child’s first bike purchase

Posted on May 27th, 2009 at 8:55 am.

Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden

[Publisher's note: This article is by our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice. Marion's last two columns have been about biking while pregnant. Today she talks about negotiating a first bike purchase with your child.]

Starting at about 10 years old, I can remember going everywhere on my bike with my group of [...]

Biking with a bump (at 32 weeks)

Posted on April 27th, 2009 at 9:50 am.

[Editor's note: The story below, written our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice, is a follow-up to a story we published on February 2nd. That story introduced you to Portlander Angela Koch and posed the question: Should you ride while pregnant?]

Angela Koch, 32 weeks pregnant, pedals happily along SE Ash Street.(Photos © Dan Liu)

Angela [...]

Biking with a bump: Should you ride while pregnant?

Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm.

Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden

[Publisher's note: This article is by our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice (bio). Marion previously wrote about how to deal with kids who don't want to go by bike. Today, she delves into the topic of biking while pregnant.]

What to do when kids don’t want to go by bike

Posted on December 5th, 2008 at 10:53 am.

Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden

[Editor's note: This article is by our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice. Marion previously wrote about how to keep kids warm and dry on the bike. Today, she offers up her tips and thoughts about what to do when your little ones don't feel like hopping on the bike [...]

Keeping kids warm and dry on the bike

Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am.

Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden

This article was written by our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice. For previous articles in this series, and for links to other articles and photos on family biking, check out the Family Biking Page.

Biking with kids? Tether that sippy cup, and bring some snacks

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 at 1:57 pm.

Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden

[This article was written by our Carfree Families columnist Marion Rice. For previous articles in this series, and for links to other articles and photos on family biking, check out the Carfree Families Page.]

Biking with the flow: The challenges for women during that time of the month

Posted on June 5th, 2008 at 12:02 pm.

Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden

[This article was written by our Carfree Families columnist Marion Rice. For previous articles in this series, and for links to other articles and photos on family biking, check out the Carfree Families Page.]

Some of you may wonder what this post has to do with family cycling, but I assure [...]

Family biking: Moving towards bike independence

Posted on May 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm.

[Note: This article was written by Marion Rice. See the other articles in her Carfree Families column.]

When are kids ready to go it alone?(All photos © J. Maus)

My son is five (turning six in August) and has had his own “big boy bike” for about a year now. It mostly sits in [...]

Top tips for biking with babies (and toddlers too!)

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 [...]

Riding with kids: Which bike set-ups work best? [Updated]

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)

Car-Less Families — a new column on BikePortland.org

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 [...]

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