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Two Months of Pandemic Life, the Campfire Cycling Version…

Josh Lipton — Sat, 30 May 2020 08:11:15 PDT

This has been a strange time to publish marketing content for Campfire Cycling. As a business we’ve been blessed by a strong surge of e-commerce orders since Coronavirus began. We’ve been so busy in fact that we’ve had no time to invest in continuing to create content and stoke the fire. And while we’ve been...

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Survey Says… How Can Campfire Cycling Help You Now?

Josh Lipton — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 13:36:43 PDT

Our Take on the State of the World The rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic has caught all of us by surprise and is forcing all of us to rethink so much. Many of us will suffer either directly from the impacts of the virus, economically or some other way. Amidst the doom and gloom, it’s important...

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Our COVID-19 Precautions

Josh Lipton — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:11:53 PDT

One Customer At A Time, Masks Required We’re continuing to update how we’re handling visits to the shop as the situation in Tucson evolves. Currently, we are allowing one customer or cohabitant pair into the main counter at a time. We are requiring face masks to enter. We do have free masks available. If you...

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You Are Unlimited w/ Kait Boyle

Josh Lipton — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:11:16 PST

On December 7th, Kait Boyle visited our shop to share her remarkable story as part of a fundraiser for the Cairn Project. Her triumphant 2018 of bicycle racing was dramatically curtailed by an accident on Christmas Eve. Over the course of 2019 she endured a grueling rehabilitation however was able to fully recover and has...

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Comparing Bicycle Camping Stove Systems

Josh Lipton — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 08:05:45 PST

The Following was Boiled Down from the Video: Howdy bike campers! I’m Josh with Campfire Cycling. I’m out on a overnighter bikepacking trip out near Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. I brought with me the most commonly used styles of lightweight camping stoves that you would commonly use while bikepacking. Hopefully I can help get...

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Launching the Campfire Showroom with “I Just Want to Ride”

Josh Lipton — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:05:20 PST

On November 15th we kicked off the Campfire Cycling showroom and repair center in grand style by hosting a screening of I Just Want to Ride with Lael Wilcox, Rue Kaladyte and Chris Seistrup. We had over 200 folks show up and had a blockbuster of a party. For a business used to selling through...

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Our Grand Opening Event with Lael, Rue and Now Chris Seistrup!

Josh Lipton — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:42:57 PDT

In April we launched the Campfire Cycling brand and website. But now we’re gearing up to launch the heart of our new enterprise, the Campfire Cycling Showroom. And we’re doing it in style by screening the new film about the 2019 Tour Divide Race, I Just Want to Ride. We’ve been hard at work for...

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Campfire Progress Report

Josh Lipton — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:51:27 PDT

We’ve been hustling around setting up our new showroom. There hasn’t been too much time for newsletters, but I figured its been too long. We’ve been busy adding lots of new brands to the site. Oveja Negra, Hyperlite & SOL, Adventure Medical Kits. We’ve also refreshed our lineup of Brooks and Carradice. Overall our Pack...

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Preparing for Your First Bicycle Campout (Even if you’ve never camped)

Josh Lipton — Mon, 20 May 2019 15:18:21 PDT

Who’s Ready for Bicycle Camping? Are you a cyclist who loves spending time in the great outdoors? Then bicycle camping is something you’d probably truly enjoy. If you’re not yet a cyclist but interested in bicycle camping, why not get out there and get started? Give cycling a few months and you should be ready...

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Welcome to Campfire Cycling!

Josh Lipton — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:47:57 PDT

Welcome to the bicycle camping outpost. This is CampfireCycling.com! Last week, we switched the website over from BikeShopHub.com to CampfireCycling.com. Having had a week to make sure everything is running smoothly, I am incredibly excited to share our new website and brand with you. I feel much gratitude to have you, our customers, friends and...

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The Journey from Beginner to Advanced Bicycle Camping

Josh Lipton — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:47:37 PDT

Welcome to Bicycle Camping! There are so many inherently good things about bicycle camping – from fostering a healthy lifestyle, to practicing sustainable transportation, to experiencing new landscapes and cultures. I’m inspired to inspire you to consider getting out there for some bicycle camping adventures. I’ve laid out the incremental steps one might take on...

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Our First Family Bicycle Campout!

Josh Lipton — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:54:34 PDT

Last weekend our family successfully embarked on our first bicycle campout. This campout was very meaningful to us because of what it meant for our family and for our business with the upcoming launch of CampfireCycling.com. As I’ve been preparing for the major directional shift to a bicycle camping focused business, a major dilemma has...

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Building the Campfire Cycling Showroom + We’re Hiring

Josh Lipton — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 07:40:17 PDT

A Showroom for Bicycle Camping Gear The idea was to build a great showroom for bicycle campers that strongly complimented the Campfire Cycling ecommerce brand. As we’re building the showroom we’re thinking about how to develop synergy between Ecommerce and brick-and-mortar. Our showroom will be a physical manifestation of our online presence. And conversely our...

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CampfireCycling.com is Launching April 29th!

Josh Lipton — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:49:37 PDT

BikeShopHub.com is becoming CampfireCycling.com! We’re gathering up kindling and wood chunks for our “campfire”. Come late April, we’ll be striking a match to set ablaze our rebranding to CampfireCycling.com! I’m inviting all of you to the campfire to gaze into the flames with us. In the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing with you why we’re rebranding, what...

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You Can Go Your Own Way: The Categorical Imperative of the Bikescape

Wesley Cheney — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:46:48 PDT

We are utility cyclists. We are pathfinders. We see more from the seat a bike. Part of the pleasure of riding in an urban environment is that the terrain, the “bikescape,” is always shifting. For a season a road, a sidewalk, or a building will be under construction, and the traffic pattern will be altered....

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5 Tips for Riding with Your Kids in Low Light

Kristen Bonkoski — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:48:11 PDT

Fall is here and the days are getting shorter. Gone are the long, sun-filled evenings of summer. At the same time our kids are back in school, and it’s harder to find time to ride. If you’re like our family, you’re still trying to squeeze in some after-school, after-work evening rides. We did one of...

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Sizzling Strategies – Part 2: Dress for Distress

Blues Cat — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:44:46 PDT

It seems like years ago that I mentioned how much I like the products from Duluth Trading Company. Wait a minute … it was years ago: Doctor’s Orders: Ride Naked! As I said in that ancient article, Duluth makes stuff for real working people, which means they’re very familiar with clothes which will help to...

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Pedal Cliques: Top Five Reasons to Go Clipless (not)

Wesley Cheney — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:25:35 PDT

“All real cyclists ride clipless pedals.” “No real cyclists use platform (“flat”) pedals.” That’s what you’d think, anyway, from reading many biking websites and magazines. They’ll tell you, in not so many words, that you’re not “serious” about biking if you’re not walking around in clunky plastic shoes and clicking on linoleum like a castanet....

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A tale of N. America’s 3 hi-end trailer brands & Why we’re closing out Croozer at 40% off

Josh Lipton — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 06:44:38 PDT

Croozer Trailers – 40% Off!!! I know it sounds to good to be true. Let me explain… This is not an ordinary sale. We’re offering this amazing line of German designed trailers at what is effectively our wholesale/dealer pricing while supplies last. I should explain how things evolved as I know the price probably sounds to good to be...

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What We Learned From a Year of Traveling and Biking as a Family

Kristen Bonkoski — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:15:50 PDT

Yesterday we pulled into our driveway after a year on the road. Over twelve months, we visited more than 50 biking destinations around North America. Our route took us to the flowy trails of Copper Harbor, MI, the jungles of Ocala, FL, the paved paths of Bend, OR, and the bike park in Whistler, BC....

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Sizzling Strategies – Part 1: Timing is Everything

Blues Cat — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:47:16 PDT

I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it before, but just in case I haven’t: I do not commute by bike during the hot summer months in Phoenix, Arizona. The reason is simple: I don’t need to complicate life for either the Phoenix Fire Department EMTs or myself. With nightly temperatures sometimes still above 100°F at 10:00...

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Everyday I’m Shuttlin’: Profiting from a Cycling Passion

Wesley Cheney — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:01:11 PDT

Follow your passions, the self-help gurus said. So I followed my passion for cycling to Alaska. I may not be the fastest or the skinniest guy on a bike, and I’m certainly not the richest. But where other people pay to ride, spending their hard-earned dollars on entry fees and bib shorts and bike vacations,...

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5 Tips for Biking with Kids in Traffic

Kristen Bonkoski — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:55:13 PDT

In an ideal world, every school commute could be done on a bike path and every grocery store would be on a road with a protected bike lane. In reality, most of us who bike with our children have to share roads with cars. Despite our best efforts to choose the safest routes, eventually, we...

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Phone Follies

Blues Cat — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:52:16 PDT

I’m a bona fide nerd. I even have the credentials to prove it: a first edition Netware CNE (Certified Novell Engineer) certificate and a Windows NT MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) certificate. In case you don’t know, this means I am not only a Nerd, but am truly an Old Blood Geek. The further proof...

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