[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 the … Read more
[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 … Read more
[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)
Paul Adkins and family (notice the kids in the trailer!) in Eugene.(Photo courtesy Paul Adkins)
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 ideas and tips about … Read more
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 … Read more
(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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more