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Family Biking

How to enjoy free fun for the family by bike this summer

Use your bike to open up a world of affordable outings for you and your little ones.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

June 22, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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Family Biking: How to carry a stroller on your bike

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

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

June 1, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

1 Comment


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

A simple question that can help reframe those pesky excuses.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

April 12, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

13 Comments


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

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

April 6, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

5 Comments


Family biking: Our (sometimes difficult) resolution to keep activities close to home

Family biking columnist Shannon Johnson has had to make some hard decisions to reduce her family’s car dependency.

Family BikingFront Page

February 20, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

23 Comments


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.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

January 25, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

4 Comments


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.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

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.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

December 16, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

3 Comments


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.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

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.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

November 17, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

1 Comment


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

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

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.

Family BikingFamily Biking ColumnFront Page

October 25, 2022

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

38 Comments


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