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Category Archives: Cargo Bicycling
Bike Maintenance
It’s a rainy spring here! During wet times, cold or warm, more things can go wrong with a bicycle, if not properly maintained. Come to this workshop, where we look over all things that can go wrong, and build some … Continue reading
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First CyclingSavvy course in Massachusetts is complete
The three-part CyclingSavvy course that Transition Amherst sponsored during Bike week was well attended as you can see it from the crowd on the right. Friday evening we got our classroom part amidst delicious finger food from one of the … Continue reading
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Traveling bicycle dinner
Come to an event on Thursday, June 5 at the Florence, MA VFW, from 7pm to 9pm, where over a gourmet vegan dinner and beer a group of avid bicycle advocates, authors and film-makers will talk to us and entertain … Continue reading
Bicycle course by CyclingSavvy
Transition Amherst invites you to a three part experiential bicycling course to teach us all bicycling in traffic effectively. CyclingSavvy Pioneer Valley is excited to offer the 3-part course in Amherst for Bay State Bike Week 2014 beginning Friday, … Continue reading
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Edible Garden Bicycle Tour
Transition Amherst is co sponsoring an event with Grow Food Amherst and Sustaining Amherst; a tour of some of Amherst’s edible gardens on bicycles. The tour will take place on Saturday, August 24th – we will leave the north side … Continue reading
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Bicycles and Trailers
Another bicycle workshop, but with a twist. I have a group of folks, who are interested in the basics of bicycle maintenance but also want to know how to build a bicycle trailer. Not only they want to know, they … Continue reading
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Weekend Visit
Guess what happened this weekend? I received a visit from Steve, from Yuba Bicycles! Long story short, I have not only been making cargo bicycles but also put some energy in researching ones made by others. I tried the Surly … Continue reading
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Bicycle Maintenance
As more and more people realize the damage using a car does to our environment and to our wallets bicycling gets a better press in spite of all the discomfort we associate with it. And wait until you actually get … Continue reading
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Climate Summer 2013
A team of five is traveling through Western Massachusetts exclusively by bike: they are the 2013 Western Massachusetts Climate Summer team. They are building the movement against climate change, and are working specifically to put a preemptive ban on fracking … Continue reading
How to take care of your bike
As more and more people realize the damage using a car does to our environment and to our wallets bicycling gets a better press in spite of all the discomfort we associate with it. And wait until you actually get … Continue reading
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