Kidical Mass PDX invites biking parents to join family ride planning for 2015
“It’s a good opportunity for folks who are not sure how to integrate their bike love and their parenting love.”
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Comment of the Week: Teaching your kid to be a millionaire
We didn’t all love math when we were 15, but most of us probably liked buying stuff.
Portlanders celebran ‘Dia de los Muertos’ con paseo en bicicleta
The three-mile trip was the first family-oriented ride organized by Mujeres en Movimiento,
LEED apartment building lacks cargo bike parking, so family rents an auto space
A $40-a-month lesson in the details of modern Portland architecture.
Comment of the Week: For this rider, driving is a necessity
You love to bike. You need to drive. What’s a Portland parent to do?
Portland needs to invoke the lifeboat rule
This subtle lesson from the Netherlands could be key to the future of U.S. biking.
Juggling work, life, and three kids — by bike
Joe Hagedorn, with sons Cole and Carter.(Photos © J. Maus) [Publisher’s note: This family biking profile comes to you from our newest writer, Alaya Wyndham-Price. Stay tuned for a bike-friendly business profile and other stories from Ms. Wyndham-Price.] “We bike whenever we can,” Hau Hagedorn said. I sat with her and her husband Joe discussing … Read more
The best kid’s bike might be one you build yourself
Our family biking contributor Marion Rice did a story this morning on the Front Page about finding the right bike for your kid. It made me think of an old email in my inbox from a friend of mine who made an excellent transportation bike for his son out of an old bike he found … Read more
Need a transportation bike for your kid? Good options are out there
Most kids’ bikes available in the US, like these spotted at Tour de Ladd this fall, aren’t fitted out for city riding. (Photo © J. Maus) After an exhaustive search for a good city bike for my son, I have concluded that kids bikes in general are in a sorry state. Either they are poorly … Read more
Review: Bridging the independence gap with the FollowMe
[Publisher’s note: This review is by our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice. Marion’s last column explored safety and cultural issues around carrying infants by bike.] Griffin and dad test riding the FollowMe.(Photos © J. Maus)
Meet the ‘Wheelburro’, a new cargo trike from Eugene
The WheelBurro with a carriage attachment. (Photos by H2M2)
New Xtracycle child seat eases kid/cargo compatibility
Easily carry kids, cargo with the PeaPod LT(Photo by Xtracycle) If you want to carry your groceries on your bike, or pick up a load of lumber from the hardware store, there are a lot of bikes out there for you on the U.S. market, particularly longtail bikes — particularly the Xtracycle, the Yuba Mundo, … Read more
Comment of the Week: Upbeat thoughts before the election