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We have a google group for Boston-area family and cargo bikers. Please join us if you are in the Boston area.
There is (finally!) a local shop that carries cargo bikes, family bikes, and other city-biking needs. Bicycle Belle is in Somerville, near Porter Square. Please support this great resource!
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Category Archives: Links and reviews
Guest Cargo Bike Reviews from a Four-Kid Family, Part 1: Madsen
This is the first of two guest cargo bike reviews from another biking family in our area, including parents Josh & Katie, and their four kids ages 9, 7, 4 and 1. They have daily riding experience with two cargo … Continue reading
Posted in Being car-light, Biking, Biking with cargo, Biking with kids, How-to, Links and reviews
Tagged biking with four kids, Large family, Madsen
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You can buy a bakfiets in Boston! (actually Somerville)
The Boston area has been sorely lacking a true cargo and family bike shop. Ferris Wheels in Jamaica Plain has been stocking Yubas for a long time (which is great!), but that was the only style of cargo bike (at … Continue reading
This year’s offering to the winter visibility g-ds
It seems like every winter I end up forking over at least a hundred bucks to feel sort of visible out on the road after dark (and this time of year, a lot of our bike riding is after dark). … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Links and reviews
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Xtracycle Hooptie: Initial Impressions
We set up our Xtracycle almost 5 years ago, when our now 6 1/2 year old daughter was not quite 2. It’s hard to explain how different the cargo and family bike market was back then (or the family-biking-blog scene, for … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Biking with cargo, Biking with kids, Links and reviews
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A warm bikey glow
Last weekend, a collection of cargo and family bike folks gathered at our place. Aaron Naparstek, streetsblog founder, is here in Cambridge instead of Brooklyn for the year, and he and I put together the event to contribute to the … Continue reading