Xtracycle Hooptie in Action

One of these days, I might just write about what's going on with the Full Hands Family and our newest bike adventures.  However, for now, I can not help but share wonderful family bicycling videos that are popping up on the web.

Who doesn't want to hop on a bicycle after watching this lovely video of the MacRhodes crew out on a family ride? Yes, folks they have three kiddos-- a singleton & twins-- and they are a multi-cargo-bike-ownin' family. We might just have a few things in common :). Shane, of course, is the founder of the Kidical Mass movement.

Here the MacRhodes family is trying out their new Xtracycle Hooptie. You can tell that the kiddos are loving getting around Eugene, OR this way.

 

Kidical Mass New Haven October Ride

Video: "A Family That Bikes Together..." from Public Bikes

I realize that I have done very little writing but a whole lot of sharing of family bicycling videos on this blog of late.  I do have a few things to write about but less time outside of parenting and work to do so these days.  However, good stuff in the family biking world is out there.  I am often astonished, and truly delighted, to see how this has grown, both locally here in New Haven, and in many other places as evidenced by a thriving internet presence of family bicyclists.

So here you go-- another day, another blog post of another great family bicycling video. This one comes from Public Bikes, featuring a family that bicycles to school in San Francisco.  What I like most about this piece is the focus of the FUN of riding bikes.  We can talk about exercise, lessened impact on the environment, dodging daunting gas prices, forming community connections, always find good parking, etc. which are all great reasons to cycle, but truly, we should not overlook the message that bicycling is just darn fun. 





p.s. See that title, "A Family That Bikes Together...,"it  kind of reminds me of one of my earliest cargo bikes t-shirt designs.  Great minds, I tell you :)

Video: To School by Chrisitana Trike in Washington, DC

Here's a great video out of Washington, DC put out by a bike shop there, BikeSPACE.  There's great footage of the biking-commuting Showalter family as they tried out a Christiana trike.

Come on, doesn't this make you want to commute with your kids to school by bike?!

In Emily's Own Words: The Biking Family Speaks

It turns out that super bike riding mama Emily Finch, highlighted in this post, was a presenter at the recent Women's Bicycling Summit.

And this is what she had to say:

Kidical Mass New Haven Ride, Sept 22 at 2pm

The Biking Family

You just have to watch....



Love that Emily, her brood, and her bicycles are getting this attention.  I am a very content mother of three and biking with my guys does require coordination.  I did grow up in a family of seven kids (loved growing up in a big family!) and I so admire what it takes for Emily to be out there with her crew.