Archive for June, 2011
Video: Nutcase Helmet DIY Visor
Sunday, June 26th, 2011For readers that follow us on our Facebook page, we posted this a few days ago. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a short video of Laura making a DIY visor for her Nutcase helmet. We love our Nutcase helmets, but have always thought they should have an aftermarket visor. When [...]
Let’s Get This Show on the Road!
Saturday, June 25th, 2011In case you missed it, we’re finally ready to hit the road! Six weeks, to the day, from when we had planned to head out, my ankle is finally strong enough and we are heading East! (And we are very excited!) We made a few adjustments to our original plans, based on [...]
Video: Bicycling in Bend
Friday, June 24th, 2011In our latest video update, we take The Breeze Bus (which needs some bike racks like The Wave, especially since its ferrying between two super bike towns!) from Portland to Bend and explore the bikeyness of this high desert town. We go on a few local rides, I try out the Orvis fly fishing [...]
Catching up: Pedalpalooza to Bend
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011When you’re recovering from an ankle injury and slowly expanding your cycling radius, Oregon in June is a pretty good place to “have to” hang out. Over the last few weeks, we have moved beyond the frustration of the initial set-back, and we have taken advantage of this extra time to explore and sink [...]
Video: A Tillamook Excursion
Sunday, June 19th, 2011Even though Laura’s ankle is still healing, we’re not letting it stop us from having some bike adventures. Like Amtrak, regional bus systems can be a great way to augment bicycle travel. In this video, we take the very bicycle friendly The Wave bus out of downtown Portland to Tillamook. From there [...]
Rough Cut: Alex Phillips
Saturday, June 18th, 2011We recently had the chance to interview Alex Phillips, the Bicycle Recreation Coordinator for Oregon Parks and Recreation. Her job is unique and she has no counterparts anywhere else in the country. Her job is to develop and promote bicycle recreation throughout the state. One of her projects are working with proponents [...]
Video: Preparing the Brompton for the Train
Sunday, June 12th, 2011A quick (and we do mean quick!) video of how we prepare our Bromptons for boarding Amtrak trains and buses. We’ve dialed in our packing relatively well and unpacking the bikes only takes about 2 minutes in real time. We’re experimenting, however, with using a backpacker’s backpack on the rear rack to further [...]
Slowly but Surely
Thursday, June 9th, 2011My Brompton and I are stopped at an intersection. The light turns green and I push down on the pedal with my right leg. But the bike doesn’t respond, at least not the way it should. To get any momentum, I have to slam down on the other pedal with my left [...]
Bicycle Friendly Profile: FarmStayUS.com
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011We’re starting a new series on the site highlighting people who are working to improve cycling in the US. Are you a business, restaurant or accommodation that is bicycle friendly? Tell us how! Are you a small community that is trying to encourage cyclists to visit, share your story. We’re looking for stories [...]
Rough Cut: Jerry Norquist - Economics of Bicycling
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011In this Rough Cut, we interview Jerry Norquist, the executive director of CycleOregon. Jerry has been in the bicycling industry for many years and has been involved in bicycle advocacy throughout. In this video, Jerry talks a little about the history of CycleOregon, attending the National Bike Summit and the shift in conversation [...]