Category Archives: How-to

Guest Cargo Bike Reviews from a Four-Kid Family, Part 2: Xtracycle Edgerunner

Posted on April 2, 2014 by nathan

This is part 2 of two guest cargo bike reviews from a Cambridge MA family with four kids. Parents are Katie and Josh. You can see their prior review of the Madsen here. Here Katie describes their experience with the … Continue reading →

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Guest Cargo Bike Reviews from a Four-Kid Family, Part 1: Madsen

Posted on March 26, 2014 by nathan

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 →

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True Life Stories of the Carfree: Annee, Moses, and their 5 kids, near Portland, OR

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Angela

We’re thrilled to bring you another installment of our continuing series on carfree families, this time featuring a Carfree Family who recently won an Alice Award for outstanding bicycle acheivement! If your family is carfree, we all need your inspiration, so drop … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefits of being carfree, Biking, Going and staying carfree, How-to, Public transportation, True Life Stories of the Carfree | 8 Comments

Family Bike Shopping part II: The first bike we almost bought, Sun Atlas Cargo

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Nathan

Back in part I, I described why we decided to wade back into family bike shopping. At first, we were just looking to find a longbike that would be easy for Angela (5′ 1″) to get on and off of, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Biking with cargo, Biking with kids, Child-related issues, How-to, Links and reviews, Problems and issues | 7 Comments

Family Bike Shopping Part I: Why another bike?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Nathan

At long last, we’ve settled on a new family bike. Family and cargo bike shopping can be a daunting process, with limited access to test rides (see our previous desperate plea), limited knowledge available at local bike shops, conflicting info … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Biking with cargo, Biking with kids, Child-related issues, How-to, Links and reviews, Problems and issues | 14 Comments

We Love Our New-and-Improved Tiny Condo: Part I

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Angela

My wife and I live in 650 square feet with two kids and we love it. We’ve written about our small home before, a tiny condo in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. We live in a neighborhood full of small houses and … Continue reading →

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CFWK “rules” for strollers on transit

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Nathan

In case you haven’t heard (this is old news), according to a report in the globe several weeks ago, the T will NOT be moving forward with a ban on open strollers at this time. Many thanks to the folks who … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge and Boston area, Child-related issues, How-to, Problems and issues, Public transportation | 4 Comments

Two Week Meal Plan, Revisited

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Angela

We’ve written about our two-week meal plan before, but I’m here to sing its praises again and to share our revised meal plan and a few recipes. On Mondays and Tuesdays, I pick up the kids and get home around … Continue reading →

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Two-kid longbike advice, as requested

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Nathan

Our last post on child bike seats takes the cake for fabulous input from readers.  You guys are great, and all the feedback on different set-ups in one place is fabulous.  Keep it coming.  We recently got a comment there … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking with kids, Child-related issues, How-to | 13 Comments

Getting off the ground with a child bike seat

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Nathan

We frequently get questions from parents seeking basic guidance on choosing a bicycle seat (and possibly a bike) for riding with a small child.  This seems like it should be an easy task, but it can be surprisingly difficult to … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Biking with kids, Child-related issues, How-to, Links and reviews | 41 Comments