The bourgeoi-Vieve

"It's a SPECIAL bike Daddy!"

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:49:35 +1000

The Dutch call it a 'Bakfiets' - literally, a 'Box-Bike'. The English equivalent tends to be 'CargoBike'. YES, it's easy to ride. YES, it can carry a really heavy load. YES, it has gears (8, broadly spaced ones, so good on all but the steepes...

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Riding to school?

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:04:35 +1000

http://yehudamoon.com - I read him every day. Today's one got me thinking. Do I want Genevieve to ride to school? If so, how? And at what age? Yes, got a few ideas, and dunno. Both of the potential schools for Genevieve are easily within w...

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Cyclovia

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:47:22 +1000

A big weekend on the bike for me. Yesterday, Dean gave me the virtually impromptu invite to do the 'Melburn-Roobaix' ride. That was great fun, riding all over Melbourne inner-city, on back streets, bike paths and alleyways. Today is Moreland Ci...

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After a little 'digging' - Eddington

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:03:55 +1000

Well, I can see that each of the main transport proposals as part of the Eddington Report, train tunnel, car tunnel and bicycle routes are slated to have an impact at our house. I'll start with the good news (pdf of summary brochure). The exist...

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Runbike!

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:00:38 +1100

She's finally tall enough to ride it with some confidence. Well... 'ride' is a bit of an exaggeration, but she'll get there! Oh, and she's now wearing her helmet - I didn't want her getting annoyed with it until she was happy on the bike.

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My new "Bike! Bike!"

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:20:00 +1000

As you probably picked up from last week's post, I'm a big advocate of run bikes and I've been keen to get one to Genevieve since I discovered their existence. Then I saw this video, and my passion increased. And Genevieve LOVES bikes, so we kn...

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Back to the bicycle

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:15:55 +1000

We got a bike trailer (which is also a jogging pram and a regular pram) some time back. In fact, we had it before it's recommended kids should go anywhere near a bike. So we used it as a jogging pram on several occasions, and not long before he...

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On yer bike

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:11:13 +1000

Both Naomi and I love our cycling and we can't wait to get Genevieve on a bike (she loves coming with us in her bicycle trailer ). Anyway, that got me thinking - are there many alternatives for younger kids? There are, and they are collectively c...

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Angling for a Cure

nobody@vox.com(C&N&Gen) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:34:39 +1000

Well, we managed 2 find yet another charity fun run. This one started just near us at the Angler's Tavern, on the Maribyrnong River. Angling for a Cure is to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research, so a good cause. But we probably ran in it bec...

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