FAQ: Oh no, what if I get a flat tire on my cargo bike?

If you’re me, you’ve been secretly worried that you’ll get a flat tire on your cargo bike. I’ve taken the kr8 1000+ miles with no problems until today. It’s right to be ready since flats are inevitable but worrying is overrated. I was worried it will happen when I was out without my tools. It did […]

#coffeeneuring 2017 – Ride 3 – Pourover, Pumpkin, and Poked

It started out great enough: croissants and pourover coffee at B2 – Bellano Coffee at San Pedro Square. The weather was cloudy and it was nice and quiet. The kids even behaved long enough for me to drink almost half my coffee. Both halves of my coffee Kids behaving. Wish my dog was that […]

#coffeeneuring 2017 – Ride 2 – Express Espresso to Diridon

I have DOUBLED my #coffeeneuring performance this year by remembering to continue coffeeneuring. Today’s stop was an on-the-fly attempt to grab espresso on the way to catch the train at Diridon (a little in-between coffee to supplement the coffee I had at home this morning before I drink additional coffee on the train). Also, I actually […]

Brompton Basket Review

Fancy hi-tech gear review: the Brompton Basket. I like it. Basket showing packing cube of commute essentials and a cooler bag for shopping As Mumford so eloquently put it in “Technics and the Nature of Man” (Technology and Culture, Vol. 7 No. 3 (Summer, 1966)): Even in describing only the material components of technics, this […]

#coffeeneuring 2017

Trying #coffeeneuring again this year. Given the amount of bike riding and coffee drinking I do this should be a no-brainer. Starting this morning at Caffe Frascati with cargo bike #coffeeneuring with my favorite cargo:

Cargo Bike Coffeeneuring

3.5 miles is always worth it to grab coffee at the always-great Bel Bacio. Super easy bike parking + easy access to Guadalupe River trail.

Near-Miss Incident Report: The case of the no-look swerver

Some time ago I was Just Riding along solo in an extremely quiet part of my neighborhood–I mean so quiet there’s people that actually let their children bike and play in the street–when I was nearly clobbered by an inattentive driver coming at me from the right side of a T-junction. This part of the […]

Family Biking: What to do with all these helme(n)ts?

This post has more questions than answers. Specifically, there’s one question and no completely answers: Two kid helmets and one adult helmet with a reflection of our table The dilemma: A. Chaperoning 4.5 cubic feet of helmet along with kids, bags, and other cargo: Chaining the helmet straps all together (an ok idea with two, […]

Our awesome new bike and I broke it but I fixed it

This is the rockin’ new Bakfiets, a Workcycles Kr8: A box bike, in a box. I picked it up in Santa Clara and got some strange looks on Trimble on my way to the Guadalupe Trail. I immediately used it to haul some dog food and beer: Additional bike carried as a lifeboat And made […]

Cool site – promoting everyday bicycling and electric assist

Not San Jose related, but check out http://www.vbikesolutions.org/–they’ve got a ton of great info and an awesome FAQ addressing the kinds of things I get asked about a lot.