A Little Bike Outing to Caldwell Woods
Little Ding is on his bike and ready to go As mentioned in yesterday’s post, we wanted to take our new bike carrier out for a test drive over the weekend, so instead of riding around the city, we...
View ArticleAdaptive Summer Biking/Sports Camps in Chicago
Stars of Tomorrow - Camp Trek 2010 Yep, we’re back from our family vacation which was sort of like summer camp, so to keep the theme going, I thought I’d do a quick post about some adaptive summer...
View ArticleAnother Adaptive Bike Clinic Coming up Next Week
As I build out the resources and events for this blog, I’m finding more and more adaptive biking events in the Chicago area. Here’s a combined kayak and bike clinic that I forgot to mention in...
View ArticleBike Review: Sun Recumbent Trikes
I got a lot of test-riding in last weekend, and the final brand of bikes that I had a chance to run around on were the recumbent trikes from Sun. Again, the folks at Latitude 45 Cycle & Sport in...
View ArticleBike & Kayak Beach Party with Adaptive Adventures
On Sunday we headed north to Osterman beach here in in Chicago for a BBQ, biking and kayaking party hosted by the folks from Adaptive Adventures. The great bike folks from Creative Mobility were there...
View ArticleWhere are You Riding Your Bike This Weekend?
Yes, yes, it’s not Friday yet, but ya got to start planning your weekend before Friday or you’ll hit yourself on the forehead and say D’oh! I wish I would have known about that event earlier in the...
View ArticleUp Close With Some Adaptive Bikes For Kids
Little Ding is doing a new round of physical therapy at the RIC (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) and while we were waiting to start his session the other night we decided to check out a couple of...
View ArticleChicago-area Project Mobility Gets a write-up in Momentum Magazine
Today I’m posting about a recent article on the Momentum Magazine site about adaptive bike designer Hal Honeyman who is also the owner of The Bike Rack out in St. Charles IL, and founder of Project...
View ArticleCerebral Palsy Has Nothing On This Biking Kid
Besides writing about Dutch bikes and cargo bikes on this blog, I also write about adaptive bikes based on everything we’ve learned as we’ve tried out different bike configurations for my 8 year-old...
View ArticlePedal Power Parent’s Guide
Little Ding’s first trike – he soon overpowered this trike, but because of it we knew a bike would be in his future When Little Ding got his first trike – it was amazing. He flew through the physical...
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