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Transitions: from kids as cargo to kids as riders (a new series)
Like many parents around the world, we have embraced using bikes instead of cars to haul our kids around the city. It’s been 3 years since we built the Xtracycles and started using them for everyday...
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Transitions: Am I ready for my kid to ride?
Car Free Days Kids (Summer 2008) Our summer series about transitioning kids from being cargo hauled by parents to pedaling on their own power was born a couple of weeks ago when I wrote about luring...
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Transitions: What does your neighborhood say about your (kid’s) riding
This is our second post in our transitions series. The other day we talked about parents preparing to let kids ride their own bikes in the road. If you haven’t read the comments from that post, do it....
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It’s not you, it’s me
This is our fourth post in our summer transitions series, How to transition kids from being cargo to riding their own bikes. Sometimes parents use their kids as excuses when they (the parents) don’t...
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Summer by Bike: The Video
As we’re wrapping up Summer 2010 (aside from 1980, the worst summer in 5 decades) and looking ahead to Fall, we still can’t stop talking about our terrible weather. Where did our glorious Northwest...
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Look Both Ways
Tip of the day: crossing busy streets with kids Crossing a busy arterial with two young riders is sure to rattle any normally calm, cool and collected parent. Many parents simply won’t do it: “Too many...
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