Archive for May, 2010
Is that a boat?!
I’ve been riding the bakfiets full time since Mr. Blazer mashed up my Raleigh. I love my LBS, but they’re a tiny shop. With Memorial Day weekend coming up, they said they’d need at least a week and a half to order the rim and build the wheel. I could have gone to the other […]
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Tags: amphibious, bakfiets, bicycle, bike, boat, Dutch
I got hit on Bike to Work Day
After eight years of commuting by bike, I got hit by my first car today, Bike to Work Day. I’m fine, by the way. I came to a stop at a T intersection. I positioned myself in the cross walk because I like to be as far out as possible so everybody sees me. A […]
Filed under: commute, My Bike, Try not to do this | 5 Comments
Tags: bicycle, bike, car, taco, wheel
Bakfiets is a toy
Warning: toddler video.
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Tags: bakfiets, bicycle, bike, Kids, toy
Will it fit? Of course it will.
It’s a box of cushions, so it doesn’t weigh as much as it looks it might, but it’s still a huge awkward box. The bakfiets doesn’t care. The only differences between carrying this and other loads is you need a little more room around cars and you can’t see exactly into which potholes the front […]
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Tags: bakfiets, bicycle, bike, box
Bikes Can Work 