The Blog of Bike Shop Hub

Physical Literacy and Children: Making your kids smarter and happier!

carissa sipp — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:17:03 PDT

As school begins and we all are thinking about the skills our kids need as the approach adulthood I wanted to take time out of the ‘biking only’ blog. For this blog, I wanted to focus on one aspect of helping your children’s brain development and future that we don’t always focus on. This skill […]

5 ways to attract a sexual partner on a bike tour

Matt Maynard — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 07:32:09 PDT

Bike touring is inherently sexy. It also involves lots of skills and dedication which have been proven by the Lampoon Spoof Scientific Research Group to attract the opposite sex. Minor inconveniences like body odor and food stains on your jersey can be turned to your advantage with a little bit of thought. And the heroism […]

Bikes at War Part Two: The Great War

Wesley Cheney — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:09:51 PDT

Adolf Hitler was a bike messenger? Yes, indeed. And a decorated one, at that. But more on that later. If the Great War had been fought in accordance with the fantasies of armchair generals, then the bicyclist would have replaced the doughboy as the symbol of gallantry and heroism. Sadly, the war devolved to trenches, […]

Thoughts on the passing of an icon

Emilie Bahr — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:44:42 PDT

A couple Fridays ago, I got a call from a friend in the middle of the day. I thought the timing odd given his busy work schedule, but because I was participating in a webinar, I let the call go to voice mail and sent him a text message asking what was up. The words […]

An Ode to Laborers on Two Wheels

Wesley Cheney — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 08:34:16 PDT

Let us now praise Sweaty Men and Women; All hail the Bicycle Courier, Who is fast on feet and two wheels, Bringing us coffee and sandwiches and beer. Three cheers for the bike messengers of the world, the “cyclo-laborers.” While we cower in climate-controlled cubicles, they brave the sun and rain, the light and […]

Ortlieb Micro Saddle Bag… Not your Grandpa’s Saddle Bag!

Brian Mueller — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:24:52 PDT

The Micro Saddle Bag from Ortlieb is the perfect small saddle bag for the daily commuter. Enough from for a Tube, couple of Co2’s, tire lever, small multi tool and a Co2 chuck this is all you need for your daily ride. This is a minimalist bag, so if you need to carry more than […]

Oh God, I have a flat! And I have a trailer and some angry children staring at me….

carissa sipp — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:59:28 PDT

I started out with the mindset to write solely about Burley D’Lite trailer maintenance. I kept however returning to the idea that the day to day maintenance of all trailers AND bikes are some common. The basic care, tools and checklist is really what is so important and not enough people discuss this other than, […]

Tandem Living

Matt Maynard — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 05:03:53 PDT

The deal was quick. Cash in hand. I picked up the second-hand tandem from a carpark on the London ring road in the summer of 2012. It was an oppressively warm afternoon by English standards, the break rubber toasting against the rims as I rolled the machine down to the railway station. Getting a tandem […]

Cruising with Croozer at Interbike

Matt Duffin — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:59:31 PDT

Croozer another one of our favorites bike child trailers! Croozer makes child trailers easy to buy because it’s a 3-n-1 trailer, it comes with everything you need to got outside! It comes with a Cycling kit, jogging kit and strolling kit. What else do you need? The new Croozer click and cruise makes this even […]

What’s in an appraisal form? Evidence the real estate industry hasn’t caught onto the demand for walkable, bikeable places

Emilie Bahr — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:21:44 PDT

When my husband and I set out to buy our first home together last year, we were pretty shocked to find out just how little we could afford in our rapidly-gentrifying city. Gone are the days in New Orleans where you could find a peeling shotgun for a steal. Despite sluggish economic times elsewhere in […]