2008 was a memorable year for Bike Commuters. With gasoline soaring over 4 bucks per gallon, the bicycle was suddenly a very viable and affordable form of transportation. Being Bike Commuters has its ups (mostly) and downs; we learned that a lot of you ride for fitness, the environment, stress relief and mostly because it is just too darn fun.
We also had a few stories of Bike Commuters being hit by cars (Jack’s own wife was a victim of an SUV), falls due to distraction, (doooh!) and one of bike commuter’s worst nightmare: Having you bike stolen.
We also reviewed a ton of stuff and we were part of the 2nd Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo , organized by our friends from CICLE.ORG, and the Tampa Bay area Bicycle Bash by the Bay put on by Southwest Florida Bicycle United Dealers (SWFBUD).
I also had the chance to be one of the first bloggers to actually ride the IV-1, a bike that can be made of recyclable parts.
We also received a lot of Bike Commuter Profiles, although I had to bribe some of you with stickers! It was great to put faces with names and to spread some “Internet Celebrity” among our fellow commuters.
2008 was also the year that Cargo Bikes made an impact. Jack and I went with Xtracycle’s Freeradical; in fact, Jack nicknamed his the Recycletron 1000.
We also want to thank YOU, our loyal readers. We love your comments, opinions, bike commuter profiles, guest articles, guest reviews, how to’s and your generosity by supporting our site sponsors.
We hope that 2009 will be a great year for Bike Commuters; for those of us who are not Winter Warriors, I hope that as soon as the snow melts you will be back on the bike because we DO make a difference.
The BikeCommuters.com crew: Moe, RL, Jack, Russ and Priscilla
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One other thing about Matt Clark’s prototype bicycle…our article (and Moe’s exclusive ride of the bike) made it onto the Wired AND Popular Science websites. Talk about great exposure!!!
One of our bike reviews also appeared recently on Treehugger. Man, we’re getting some great press, and we have all of our readers to thank for spreading the word. Happy New Year, everyone!
“Recycletron 1000″ is one of the funniest things I’ve heard in 2008, and I mean that in a good way:)
Happy New Year to you folks, and happy winter riding!
Hi guys, love all you did in 2008 and wish you the best for 2009! Do hope the site will keep me interested as much this year as it did in ’08.
You’ll be hearing from me with some European views and the Tour de France will be passing in my backyard this year, could be interesting.
Greetz
Frederick from the port city of Antwerp, Belgium
hey – you’re welcome!
Frederick,
if you get to attend the TdF stage(s) in your area, see if you can snap some photos for us.
By the way, your Xtracycle conversion is looking good!
great blog.