Category Archives: Biking

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

Learning to bike as a grown-up — reader advice please

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Nathan

A friend and sometimes commenter here recently sent a note asking for help and encouragement. She never learned to ride a bike as a kid and wants to learn how now, but she’s getting frustrated. I have a few thoughts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Going and staying carfree, Problems and issues | 13 Comments

On marriage, parenting, biking and blame

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Nathan

A few weeks ago, Angela got into an accident with our brand spanking new bakfiets. She caught the front wheel in a really bad pothole turning onto a poorly maintained street/alley near H’s Hebrew school. They went over hard. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking with kids, Problems and issues | 12 Comments

A warm bikey glow

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Nathan

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 →

Posted in Biking, Cambridge and Boston area, Links and reviews, Living locally | 6 Comments

Unpredictable Driving

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Nathan

Angela and I are both mathematicians. Inevitably, when either of us mentions math, either that we do math, teach math, or studied math, the response we get more often than not is “Oh, I hate math.” You get used to … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Cambridge and Boston area, Problems and issues, Sharing roads and paths | 15 Comments

What we ride

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Nathan

I thought it might be useful for readers to know in more detail what bike gear we use to ride with our kids. Sure, we ride our cargo bikes, but we also ride (and have ridden) several other more standard … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Biking with cargo, Biking with kids, Child-related issues, Links and reviews, Our Xtracycle | 23 Comments

Car culture and kids toys

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Nathan

Like many families, we’ve just had a channukah-induced influx of toys into our house. Recent improvements in storage mean that we actually do have space for these toys, and they have been keeping our kids delightfully busy. We are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Child-related issues, Links and reviews, Problems and issues, Sustainability and consumerism | 13 Comments

Local Roundup: Somerville Illuminations ride, cargo bike sightings, new local family bike list

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Nathan

Last weekend, H & I decked out our bikes in festive lights, put on all the wool socks we could find, and and headed out for the second annual Illuminations Ride put on by the Somerville Arts Council and the … Continue reading →

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True Life Stories of the Carfree– Melanie, Michael, Ryan (4) and Sarah (2). Winnipeg, Manitoba

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Nathan

In the fourth of our series about carfree families (that aren’t us), we turn to Melanie & Michael of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to provide us with some serious inspiration for winter riding as the weather gets colder. Are you a carfree … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking with kids, Links and reviews, True Life Stories of the Carfree | 14 Comments

Family Bike Shopping Part V: The Final Verdict

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Nathan

(See also Parts I, II, III and IV) In a final round of consideration, we looked at some of the higher-end bakfiets, looking for something essentially like Mike’s bike, but with a better raincover and a less finicky kickstand latch. … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking with cargo, Biking with kids, Child-related issues, Links and reviews | 38 Comments