Each week Madi Carlson shares insights and adventures gleaned from raising two kids on two wheels.
This content is made possible by Clever Cycles, a family-oriented bike shop located on SE Hawthorne at 9th.
There’s a lot to like about Portland. Our plentiful bike lanes (for an American city, that is) and our high percentage of bike commuters (again, by American standards), our temperate weather, and one of my favorite Portlandy things: our food cart pods! While I love hanging out and eating at food cart pods, lately I’ve … Read more
Did you know house sitting is now called (by some at least) “rent hacking”? It sounds cool, but I prefer “camp hacking,” a term I coined for camping options beyond the usual parks and campgrounds. If you’re looking for a quick-and-dirty way to camp with your bikes, maybe it’s time to think outside the box.
Hit your summer biking stretch goals.
The school year is just three weeks away.
My summertime bicycling-returned-me-to-my-youth story.
How do you handle well-meaning concerns about biking with little ones?
This film will tug at your heartstrings and make you want to ride your bike
Portland features prominently in the film.
Part of our ongoing series of Family Biking column reader profiles.
Grab the kiddos and head to Oxbow!
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!
Portland has a wide variety of summer bike camps: Everything from learn-to-ride camps that ease kids onto two wheels to camps that teach advanced riding and repair skills. You might think it’s late in the game to find a spot in one of them, but most area bike camps still have spaces in some sessions. … Read more