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Family Biking Column

Explore the ups and downs of riding together as one big family through the eyes of Shannon Johnson, a mom of five who lives in Hillsboro.

Family Biking: How to carry a stroller on your bike

You can do a lot more by bicycle than you might originally think.

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June 1, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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Locked schoolyards are the bane of biking families

Just because a school is closed, it doesn’t mean their playground should be.

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May 15, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

48 Comments


Family Biking: This spring, take the ‘Why not bike?’ challenge

A simple question that can help reframe those pesky excuses.

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April 12, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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Family Biking: Reflections on my 2-year biking birthday

It’s been two years since our family embarked on this biking life adventure. I’m savoring the joy, happy memories, and growth that biking has brought into our lives. I’m smiling at the photos of our first early, nervous, excited rides around town. And to my husband, I’m adding a wink and a happy jab of … Read more

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April 6, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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The cure for our too-mini van is a family bike bus

I never thought biking could actually be the mobility solution to one of our big family’s real mobility problems: too many kids for our minivan.

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January 25, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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Family Biking: What is car culture and how does it affect us?

Even today, I am struggling to root out some of these deeply entrenched car-biased behaviors and ways of thinking, even where I can see their dangers and negative consequences.

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January 6, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

35 Comments


Our first Christmas lights ride, and how you can’t win ’em all

Seeing holiday lights while nestled up snugly in the box of a cargo bike is sure to be a lasting memory.

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December 16, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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New cycle track in Hillsboro a game-changer for our grateful family

It’s a road we would never have used for biking or walking and always avoided.

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November 23, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

22 Comments


How our family beat the winter biking blues

Fresh starts may be easier in the spring, but we need to restart biking now – rain and chill and dark included.

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November 17, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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Using crash data to keep my family safe(r)

Where and how are we most likely to be hit while biking? It’s not a fun question. In fact, as I look at it, I think, “Well, that’s the start of an article about how we’re never going to bike with kids again!” But hear me out: Recently, our family twice avoided being hit by … Read more

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November 11, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

7 Comments


Dark thoughts, near misses, and a mental health check-in

I am wrestling with our near-misses that didn’t result in crashes, but that still haunt me.

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October 25, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

38 Comments


A biking birthday party (with fun and free ideas for more)

This month my firstborn turned nine. As I hold his image in my memory, the picture that comes immediately to mind is him, clad in his bright red helmet, patiently smiling for a biking photo. My sweet son has been my most enthusiastic and stalwart biking companion as I began this family biking journey, and … Read more

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September 28, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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