Category Archives: Cargo Bicycling

skills, possibilities, insights, related to carrying a load with a bicycle

Bicycle Maintenance: Lubrication

During the winter is a great time to give your bike some tender loving care. One important part of this TLC is lubrication – applying oil to certain parts of the bike. Whether you use your bike in the cold … Continue reading

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A New Project

I looked into the history of bicycling and bicycle building. Especially the early safety bicycles made me curious, the ones which came after the high-wheel bicycles, a.k.a. “Penny Farthing”-s. This was all before cars ruled the roads, and the 1890-s … Continue reading

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Browsing the Internet

When I visited the United States the first time in 1992, I found the state of bicycling abysmally strange. Coming from Hungary where bikes were nothing special really, but standard tools of transportation that pretty much every family had, usually … Continue reading

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Halloween

Every year on Halloween day my place of work, a small company, called REMI, organizes a dress-up party for us. It is a big thing, we would talk (or some would specifically NOT talk) about what we will be dressed … Continue reading

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Adverse Weather Bicycling Workshop

Two expert year-around bicyclists (Dorie and Gabor) invite you to learn all about adverse weather bicycling. Many of these techniques make general practical sense in decent weather also, so you may be interested even if you don’t plan to ride … Continue reading

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Bikeability Assessment

Attention Hampshire County bicyclists, residents, and all! Do you want to make our roads safer for bicycling? We have a great opportunity for you to do just that. At the request of the City of Northampton and Town of Amherst, … Continue reading

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Food Day Workshop

You may have seen information in a previous post about the gleaning (don’t you find a striking resemblance between this photo and the one on the flyer :?-) and the food preserving workshop that took place lately. I have been … Continue reading

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Locks

Since I mentioned the lock last week I thought it is time I write some about them and bike security. You may not be able to tell, from the picture, but the bike there has a lock on it. And … Continue reading

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Video about building a trailer

Before I write anything else, I want to just blurt out what an interesting thing happened today as I arrived to work. Next to the building I work at a new bike was put on the bike rack, where I … Continue reading

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Bicycle Exchange

I am always looking for appropriate bike-frames to build a cargo bicycle out of. Steel-framed strong-built mountain bikes and hybrid bikes qualify the best. From talking to people at the bike shops, at bicycle related events and to friends, I … Continue reading

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