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 Biking
Family Biking: Join Kidical Mass for a weekend camping trip to Oxbow Park
Who doesn’t love a last-minute weekend adventure? We’ve got a few spots left for our annual Kidical Mass PDX family group camping trip this weekend and we’d love to have you come along. There are even still some scholarships available (email kmasspdx[at]gmail[dot]com for scholarship information). Keep reading for all the details!
In front, in back, or at your side? Where should kids ride?
Front, back, side by side — these are all good ways to ride with kids! Different circumstances might call for different positioning during each ride, but I’m curious which configuration is your favorite and why. Non-family bikers, you can play, too, and share your preference(s) for riding with another adult.
Family Biking: We all fall down
Last week I took the corner into my backyard too slowly, caught my front wheel on a flagstone, and slowly tipped sideways against the side of my house. As time slowed down and/or my brain sped up in the heat of the moment, I thought about my crashes of years past.
Feeling the strength of moms on Mother’s Day
Thanks to my bike I still feel now as I did back when my kids were little: capable, strong, and free.
Grab the kiddos and get ready for the Gorge Pedal
As much as I love Portland proper and could happily spend all my days right here, I adore visiting the Columbia River Gorge — the waterfalls, the mighty Columbia, the trees, the flowers, the expansive views!
No school on Bike to School Day, let’s rally with ‘Red for Ed’ instead
National Bike to School Day is Wednesday, May 8th. Here in Oregon that falls on the May 8th Day of Action, a teacher walkout that has led to a decision to close Portland Public Schools.
300 people turned out for the annual Kidical Mass Easter Ride!
Our Family Biking column is sponsored by Clever Cycles. ➤ Read past entries here. With the Easter bunny hopping onto the scene so has arrived biking season! Like myself, you may feel that biking season never closed to begin with, but I still like celebrating the first big Kidical Mass PDX kids-of-all-ages family bike ride … Read more
Family Biking: Join us for the annual Kidical Mass Easter Ride
Flowers are blooming, the rain feels a bit warmer, and bike shops are off their winter schedules. That means Kidical Mass PDX is back, too! Our “season” typically starts on Easter Sunday with our annual Kidical Mass PDX Easter Ride and Egg Hunt:
Family Biking: Here’s how to bike to the cherry trees in Waterfront Park
Visiting the cherry blossoms by bike on Sunday.(Photos: Madi Carlson) On Sunday, my boys and I had the same idea as a lot of other Portlanders: visit the cherry blossoms in the Japanese American Historical Plaza. Then while biking home I realized Waterfront Park is incredibly family-friendly to reach by bike from the deepish southeast … Read more
Review: Surly’s ‘Big Easy’ smooths out family biking and cargo-hauling
A great bike for human haulers and cargo haulers alike.