One of the reasons I was really eager to get an Xtracycle was so I could schlep my son around town — he’s outgrown his tow-behind trailer and seemed willing to try something new.
So, I thought I’d make the rig a little more “passenger-friendly”: a nice padded area to sit on and a place [...]

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Well, we rolled the dice with a new web host company, and it looks like we achieved the same result: CRAP!
We are now running on a backup server and we hope to be fully functional soon. Meanwhile, we are working on some cool reviews and we will be giving away the Day6 bike, so [...]

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Our next Bike Commuter Profile is from a rider that calls himself the ‘Lazy Bike Commuter‘, read on:

How long have you been a bike commuter?
Aside from 1.5 mile rides to college, I have been biking to work on and off since Feb 2006. I really didn’t start regularly biking to work until April of [...]

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A few days ago, the date for the 2008 Bicycle Bash By the Bay was announced. This year, the event will be on October 19th from 11:00AM to 4:00PM at Vinoy Park in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.

This promises to be a huge event…the organizers expect TWICE the crowd as last year (and we had [...]

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My kids are now out of school so that means that my car gets parked and I ride all the way from home to work. Another benefit is that I don’t have to worry about the frantic, careless drivers that plague schools when I ride by them.

I really love my rear rack!
However, riding all [...]

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Here’s an interesting question…and one I’m pretty well stumped on. Readers, we need your help with this one! If you’ve had experiences like those mentioned in the article, please leave your comments so we can help Karen out.
Karen submitted the following question:
“My husband and I live in Northern Arizona where it is quite [...]

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Here’s a little more low-key commuter couture for you. If you don’t have dollars to drop for a nice front rack they have at VeloOrange or Rivendell you can still make the front-end of your bike a little more useful.
Exhibit A…the Nashbar Mini Front Rack…the poor man’s Nitto (I bought mine for the princely [...]

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Let me first say, I’m not one for small gestures. I’ve posted about ZeroPerGallon before and there has been some discussion about the 9/10ths thing. I’m okay with it. It’s the wacky language of how gas is priced (and it breaks up all the zeros).
I dig the patch so much, I decided [...]

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Editor’s Note:This post keeps receiving interesting comments so we decided to bring it ‘back to life’. Be sure to check the comments, there are times that comments are more interesting to read than the post itself.
The following post was written on August 25th, 2007.
I’ve noticed that Fixed gear bikes made by major bike companies such [...]

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This week’s coffee review is the Guatemalan Organic Dark Roast

Here are the specs:
Hang with a smooth Guatemalan. Well-rounded and complete. Layers of deep solidarity from a dark roasted chocolate place. A fat favorite all around. Big.
Roast Level: Dark
Acidity: Medium - Low
Body: Heavy
Aroma: Dark chocolate
Flavor Notes: Bitter-sweet chocolate with dark roast smokiness and a slight remainder [...]

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