Alan Barnard is back again with another Guest Article…

I recently transitioned from a mix of telecommuting and car commuting, to multi-modal commuting using bike, bus, and train. In the process we eliminated a car and we’ll cut our annual automobile mileage by approximately 75%.
I’m fortunate that my monthly transit pass is valid on city commuter [...]

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Shane Stock of OSO Bike riding his Coaster Brake Bike.

If you were a kid during the seventies, you may remember the old Schwinn Stingrays–they had banana seats, and thick tires in the back for skidding. My friends and I used to ride those bikes around all summer and we were pretty hard on them. [...]

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You may have seen Derek’s review of the Big Bag. Well he’s at it again and this one is super practical!
My bike rack. Cost

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Last week, I began riding my new commute bike, a GT Transeo, to work. My new bike allows me to get off the streets with their heavy traffic, and onto the local canal system, which is almost unused. My route to work is along the canal bank on the irrigation canal that runs [...]

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After the BikeCommuters.com crew posted an article about wanting guest authors, I knew I wanted to write something, but I didn’t know what to write about…until this morning.
As some may know, I have a disability called Spina bifida. It is the most common spinal cord defect in the U.S. (editor’s note: spina bifida [...]

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One thing about the Northwest- it rains. I’ve been looking around for bags that would fit nicely inside the Xtracycle’s saddlebags and keep my stuff dry in heavy rain. I also wanted to be able to park the bike and have something detachable, so I could bring things inside that I’d rather not have [...]

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As you may have noticed we’ve posted a handful of Guest Articles. From what we can see, people love em’! We have more articles coming your way this week, so if you have something to share, feel free to send us your article and photos and we’ll be glad to publish them!
Send em’ to Info(AT)BikeCommuters(DOT)Com. [...]

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The other night I got home from work. “Hey dear,” said my wife, “how
was your day?” “Excellent,” I replied, “I overtook three people on the
climb up the hill, and one guy made a big effort to overtake me,
couldn’t keep up the pace, and cracked. It was really great.”
Really. That was the [...]

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This was written by Mr. Marty Coplea.
I left my car parked in the parking garage at my office and rode my bike home. A 25-mile commute each way that I sometimes break up by driving in and then riding home. My bike commute back into work today was a bit rough. I woke [...]

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Eric Smith answered our altar call and sent us his article…

I work as an IT manager. That means I sit in front of a computer all day. I talk on the phone, and occasionally I get up to get coffee, or attend a meeting, where once again, I sit. Needless to say, [...]

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