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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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When Quitting is Winning

Wesley Cheney — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:34:09 PDT

Bicycling is the opposite of quitting. Biking requires tenacity. Biking rewards tenacity. But there are times when too much tenacity can lead us astray. Bicycling necessitates putting one foot in front of the other ceaselessly. Bicycling teaches that suffering is rewarded. Every descent is earned with a climb. I’ve never quit a ride. Every century and...

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13 Things to Do This Summer with your Kids (On Bikes)

Kristen Bonkoski — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:43:17 PDT

School is out, the weather is warming up, and it is time to start racking up some miles. While you might be training for your next century ride or singletrack epic, make sure you’re including the kids on some of your rides too. Unlike adults, most kids aren’t interested in racking up the miles for...

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The Better Bike Lanes

Blues Cat — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:03:58 PDT

In my last post, I groused about bike lanes that I thought were done poorly; that were actually, in some situations, dangerous to the folks who are supposed to use them. I thought it was only fair to bring attention to some bike lanes in Phoenix which I think are done well. My home town...

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Building a Better Bike Share

Wesley Cheney — Tue, 29 May 2018 09:56:52 PDT

What happens when you finally arrive? For decades I’ve been trying to get more people onto bikes in my adopted hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. I’ve tried appealing to their motivation; reminding them that they say that want to ride more. I’ve tried to create more opportunities for folks to bike by working with my local...

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Biking the Golden Gate Bridge with Kids

Kristen Bonkoski — Sat, 12 May 2018 16:31:45 PDT

The first time I biked across the Golden Gate Bridge, I was still in my mom’s belly. Six months pregnant, my mom made the trek from San Francisco to Tiburon by way of that iconic orange spanway. At least that’s what she told me when I balked at biking the 22-mile route with my son...

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Traffic Troubles

Blues Cat — Mon, 07 May 2018 10:34:31 PDT

FACT: Maricopa County, Arizona, where I call home, is the fastest growing county in the United States. That is not me talking, that is the U.S. Census Bureau. The data says we add an average of 222 people every day. FACT: Arizona has the highest rate of pedestrian deaths in the nation. Again, that ain’t...

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The Wheels of Justice Go Round and Round

Wesley Cheney — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:43:55 PDT

Like the wheels on a bike, the wheels of justice go round and round. Life, like biking, is about do-overs. It’s about learning from your mistakes. Last month a young man made the mistake of stealing my Sport Utility Bike in plain sight of a police officer, who promptly arrested him. When the arresting officer...

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Options for Off-Road Biking with Young Kids

Kristen Bonkoski — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:35:57 PDT

Figuring out how to bike with young kids off-road is tricky. Even if they are old enough to ride their own bike, it takes a long time before they have the endurance or skill to ride long distances or up larger hills. Most trailers and bike seats are designed for riding on paved bike paths...

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