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We tried it: Bakfiets
Matt and I both test-rode the Bakfiets. We had plenty of time, because our daughter had no interest in getting out of it. One of the big advantages of going to Portland to try out a bunch of cargo...
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We tried it: Metrofiets
“I want to ride it! I want to ride it!” Oregon has a few homegrown box bikes, or at least did once. CETMA makes two cargo bikes that can be rigged to carry kids, the Largo (long) and the Margo (not...
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We tried it: Bullitt (with BionX electric assist)
Hello, Bullitt! While we were in Portland, we rented bikes from Splendid Cycles for the week. They knew the geography of San Francisco, and their suggestions were that we try riding a BionX-assisted...
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We tried it: Wallaroo
Hello, Wallaroo! My son became so enamored of straddling the top tube of bikes that he began trying it even on bikes that lacked a top tube. The Wallaroo is one of two family-carrying vehicles in the...
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We tried it: Yuba elMundo
I didn’t manage to get good photos of the elMundo I rode, so here’s a nice-looking Mundo. Imagine a battery behind the tube holding up the seat and you’re mostly there. I have said before that Yuba is...
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We tried it: Surly Big Dummy (with and without BionX electric assist)
Matt takes three kids for a spin on our rental Big Dummy at the Portland Cargo Bike Roll Call. Over the last year I’ve had the chance to ride a Surly Big Dummy multiple times, both with and without an...
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Last bike standing
Portland Cargo Bike Roll Call: decisions, decisions In August we rode a lot of cargo bikes trying to find the one that would work for us. We wanted a car-replacement cargo bike that could take two kids...
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Cargo bike pocket reviews
Bikes lining up at Seattle’s Cargo Bike Roll Call We have tried riding a lot of family bikes over the last month, and for that matter, the last year. We didn’t try everything, although it sometimes...
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We tried it: Yuba Boda Boda
Hey, Boda Boda! There are some new entries in the land of midtail cargo bikes. For the last year we’ve been riding the Kona MinUte, the first of these, and until pretty recently, the only bike in its...
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We tried it: Xtracycle EdgeRunner
The Xtracycle bike shop and cafe A few weeks back we headed over to Xtracycle’s World Headquarters in Oakland to take a test ride of their new EdgeRunner. This was a difficult bike for me to write...
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We tried it: Ridekick electric assist child trailer (prototype)
This kind of thing is my problem. When I thought about getting back on the bike after my injury, I thought immediately about electric assist. We live on a big hill. I was surprised that I could get up...
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We tried it: BionX v. Stokemonkey
Test riding the stoked EdgeRunner in Seattle. Thanks to Davey Oil for the chance to ride, and Madi Carlson for the great photo! One of my colleagues recently taught me two great tricks. The first is to...
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We tried it: Xtracycle EdgeRunner (assisted and unassisted)
Test riding the stoked EdgeRunner in Seattle. Thanks to Davey Oil for the chance to ride, and Madi Carlson for the great photo! In 2012 I rode the prototype EdgeRunner. It was a hard bike to review...
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We tried it: Urban Arrow
As promised, the lede in 6 words: Like Bakfietsen? You’ll love Urban Arrows. Check it out: Redwood City has Urban Arrows and sunshine, too. I have had a couple of recent conversations with cool bike...
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Family bike shops that I like
I get asked questions about family biking a lot (Always welcome! Feel free to email! I will be painfully slow to respond, but it will happen eventually). One of the more common questions I get from...
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We tried it: Bike Friday Haul-a-Day
Nice color. Last year in Portland, we had a chance to test-ride a new midtail: the Bike Friday Haul-a-Day. Midtails are not particularly common yet, even in the still-rarified world of cargo bikes, so...
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We tried it: Faraday Porteur
It’s not just a bike, it’s also a coat rack. Our kids are getting older, and as a result, I can imagine something that was previously kind of unimaginable, which is riding a bike that’s not actually a...
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We tried it: Burley Travoy
Our Burley Travoy, ready for the market This may well be the most-delayed review I’ve ever written. We got a Burley Travoy for Christmas in 2011, and have used it regularly for 3.5 years. It is sort of...
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We tried it: Juiced Riders ODK U500
Well hello, long time no see. Both the world and I have been busy, in my case innocuously. I have a new fall class with about 120 students, and thus have missed multiple anniversaries that I try to...
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We tried it: Yuba Spicy Curry
Lately my reviews have been slowing down. This is not an accident. My kids, now ages 10 and 7, are getting big enough that I’m increasingly distant from the range of kids normally carried by bike. Our...
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