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Entries Tagged as '2008 Urban Bike Commuter Expo'

Dang…BikeCommuters are good looking!

May 22nd, 2008 · 10 Comments

Well well, scheck out what I found on Cicle.org’s Flickr Account….

Now I’m not just saying BikeCommuters are good looking because Ben “Buns of Steel” and I are in this photo, but in general, bike commuters (you the reader) are good looking. We’re in shape, or getting in shape, we have skin that glows, great hair [...]

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Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo: Bucket Bike

May 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

It seems that Cargo bikes are becoming more popular amongst Bike Commuters, so when the people from Bucket Bike showed up at the Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo we were really excited to talk to them. We talked to Yonni Afman, one of the guys behind Bucket Bike. Here’s Yonni showcasing his personal Bucket Bike:

Yonni [...]

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Green Tuesday: Path to Freedom and Totally Tubular

May 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

There were two ‘Green’ companies at the 2008 Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo that caught our attention. The first one is Totally Tubular.

Like RL mentioned,
They take old tires and tubes and make them into something useful such as wallets, purses and bags. The items they had were priced reasonably well, all ranged from $5 to [...]

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Urban Commuter Expo: Great Music

May 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

At this years Urban Commuter Expo, they did some thing totally different from last year, which by the way was super cool…they had live bands playing!
One band that stuck out the most was Fear Mia. Abby Posner and Jesse Clema were on stage playing their great music. Jesse played a wicked violin while Abby strummed [...]

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Urban Commuter Expo: Nice Pannier!

May 19th, 2008 · 13 Comments

We met a nice fella at the expo that showed us his nice home made panniers. It’s a wonderful idea that doesn’t cost more than a bucket of detergent.
He basically took some old detergent buckets (rectangular shaped) and cut the handles bent them and latched it onto the rack.

The lip of the bucket keeps them [...]

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Tags: 2008 Urban Bike Commuter Expo · Advanced Commuter Tips · Commute · Commuter Bikes · How To

Urban Commuter Expo Part Cuatro-Raffles

May 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

One thing we did differently this year was to host our own raffle. We gave away KHS Bicycles swag and PricePoint.com products by Sette.
We held two raffles, one at noon and one at 1pm. Basically we told people that they can enter to win all sorts of goodies, and the ticket was free!
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BikeCommuters.com readers at the Expo

May 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

We get a lot of satisfaction when people come to us and say ‘OH I know you! I read your site all the time!” So RL and I decided to give away special stuff to anyone who showed up and recognized us.
Here are a few pictures of our readers:

Thanks to everyone who showed up [...]

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Urban Commuter Expo Part Deux

May 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The Urban Commuter Expo was a great success on many levels. There were so many people who showed up despite the record-breaking heat. Moe and I were joined by friend and loyal reader Ben “Buns of Steel” Castaneda (BenC). We arrived at the venue early enough to set up our booth. We had prime real [...]

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Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo 2008 Part 1

May 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We are back from a VERY hot day at the Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo. Turn out was great and there were a lot of small companies showing their goods.
Here’s a video of a walk-through so you can get an idea of what this event is all about:

More Urban Bike Commuter Expo goodness coming [...]

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