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Marion and her daughter Gleneden.

Welcome to Car-Less 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 Car-Less Families articles by clicking the headlines below.


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?

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 […]

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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