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Stoke your bak?
Richard and Jonathan have been heralding the rare but growing presence of a certain kind of Dutch workbike (Bakfiets) on the streets of Portland. Want a bike that seats five kids, with weather...
View ArticleCleverchimp is now Clever Cycles
Cleverchimp LLC is now Clever Cycles LLC. The latter company has absorbed the former. The formalities are complete; we’re opening a bike shop here in Portland. We’re now a two-family business instead...
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Family bike trip: Portland to Breitenbush and back again
For our vacation, we the Fahrner family rode from our door in Portland up into the Cascade mountains along the Clackamas river, camped one night along the way, then spent four nights at Breitenbush Hot...
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Bike camping at Stub Stewart State Park with kids
Last weekend, the first truly great weather of the year here in Portland, we took a bike ride. Yes, a recreational jaunt, not something we often manage. We rode from our door to MAX light rail, took it...
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Fiets of Parenthood: how we roll
After a long, cool, wet Spring, finally the sun came out in all her fierce blazing glory to bless the first inaugural Fiets of Parenthood Pedalpalooza event Saturday, along with everybody else on a...
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10% of sales for Portland Public Schools
We’ll be voting YES on the 17 May bond and levy measures in support of Portland Public Schools. Learn more about this important vote to repair and update our historic but pathetically dilapidated,...
View ArticleNot that you would, but that you could...
From yesterday’s Fiets of Parenthood, 6 kids and one mom on a Bakfiets Cargobike plus Follow-Me Tandem Coupling. Read more about the event at urbanMamas and Bike Noun Verb:
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Emily
Go read about the awesome Finch family at BikePortland.org: Photo by Jonathan Maus, BikePortland.org
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Fiets of Parenthood 2012
How many people can you carry on your bike and still complete a challenging obstacle course? In 2010, the first year of the Fiets of Parenthood family cargo bike race, North Portland dad Travis Wittwer...
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Finally, some bikes for older kids
As a family oriented bike shop, we've long disappointed many people asking about sensible bikes for older children. In between balance bikes for the littlest kids, and the smallest adult bikes, our...
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