Commute by Bike

Wear your Helmet in Style: Review of the RockiNoggins Helmet Cover

Karen Voyer-Caravona — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 07:29:08 PST

Hi, everyone. This is my latest product review for Commute by Bike (and this time, we wade into controversial waters!) All my friends and family know, often to their irritation and embarrassment, that I never shy away from controversy, even if paid to do so (which I haven’t been). My three favorite topics to bring [...]

The 2013 CommuteByBike.com Holiday Gift Guide!

Matt Duffin — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:24:01 PST

Its that time of year again. That time of year for wallowing in the gift giving ambiguities of consumerism, generosity and self-interest. We are here to help you through this mess with some clear and concise holiday gift related strategies. #1: Consumerism: Attack this problem head on by tying consumerism to products that help [...]

Learning from London (Or Are We?)

Stacey Moses — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:28:32 PST

Six cyclists have died in London in two weeks. This can’t possibly be breaking news for anyone who is reading a cycling blog (or reading in general) as this rash of fatalities has been widely covered by major news outlets from every conceivable angle. BBC News alone has published pieces such as “London Cycle Deaths: [...]

Dissertating About Urban Cycling

Melanie Meyers Colavito — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:51:16 PST

An interesting little tidbit arrived in my inbox this week. It was an email from Lund University in Sweden about a study on mobility, planning, and cycling. The study, officially titled “Velomobility – A critical analysis of planning and space”, was conducted by PhD student Till Koglin at Lund University. It’s a comparative analysis of [...]

Squirrelly Vandal Drives Professor Nuts

Stacey Moses — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:51:11 PST

In many of my previous posts on Commute By Bike, I have focused on feel-good stories, such as the tale of a man who found both renewed health and a missing dog while on his bicycle, as well as made entertaining (I hope) references to pop icons such as Kermit the Frog to explain painted [...]

Smart & Social Bike Navigation System or The Hammerhead

Melanie Meyers Colavito — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:29:59 PDT

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of paper-based self-navigation. Cell phones are the size a spaghetti squash. GPS is a three-letter acronym (TLA) and not much more to the average human. Bicycles are inanimate objects that are neither smart nor social. Yes, it is 1993. Fast-forward twenty [...]

CycloMend: Have Wrench. Will Travel.

Stacey Moses — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:33:08 PDT

“I hate broken bikes.” That was the straightforward way that CycloMend founder, Colin, began to explain why he started his Washington, DC-based company that pairs up mobile bike mechanics with cyclists in need. Benefiting both the owner of the busted bike as well as local mechanics looking for additional work (who are vetted by CycloMend [...]

Commute By Unicycle: Realistic or Ridiculous?

Stacey Moses — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:31:36 PDT

After a significant hiatus from Commute by Bike, I considered reintroducing myself to the wonderful world of bike blogging by composing a fluffy, friendly piece about the joys of traveling by bicycle, the amazing feeling of having fresh, crisp air flowing through your lungs as you take the clean, green way to work… and then [...]

The Ultimate Foldmodular eCargo Thingamabike Experiment

Ted Johnson — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:41:12 PDT

I love clever designs of objects that fold up small — not just bikes. Before my first folding bike, I had a folding dinner table, a collapsible ladder chair, a folding book shelf, and other folding stuff. Closely related to my folding fetish is my modular fetish. The idea that one thing can be many [...]

A Moment of Silence

Melanie Meyers Colavito — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:40:36 PDT

Today my “To Do” List included this item: write post for Commute by Bike. So this morning, I was brainstorming all kinds of fun ideas for topics to write about. And then I got back from a meeting and learned this. So really, there’s nothing else I feel like writing about right now, but I [...]