Are you thinking about going on a multi day bike adventure? You need a first aid & emergency kit for bike touring but you’re not quite sure what to put in it? Well keep reading… With the development of so many off road trails it has become quite easy to be “remote” [...]
If you have a bike/bikes in your garage that get used, having a first aid kit designed to deal with bike related injuries is practical. Don’t you think? So do you have one? A first aid kit for bike injuries doesn’t have to be huge just easy to access and ready when you most need [...]
Have you ever watched a kid climb onto a bike that’s too big for them? They sit on the seat and struggle to reach the pedals. Then they grab the handlebars and realise they can’t even touch the brake levers. Like a lot of things, cute when a kid does it but puzzling for an adult. [...]
It can be a pretty crowded set up along your handlebars. There’s not really that much room when you consider how many things want to be there and they all have a significant kind of job – they would be missed if your hands or eyes couldn’t find them. See Bike Terms – [...]
On a recent visit to Wellington I was out walking in one of the hilly suburbs and I came across a small child on his wonderful balance bike at the top of a very steep hill without an adult in sight ahhhhh…. Dad was on his way, he was getting gear and a smaller sibling out of the car, doing [...]
Riding parents love their babies and love their bicycles, so it is natural to want to put the two together. Generally before the child is born parents will be thinking about how much fun it will be to go riding as a family. As a Mum at home with a baby the ability to jump on a bike and get around [...]
Is the traffic around your place busy? Does the idea of letting your sometimes bad decision maker out onto the road in control of a bike scare you? Are all the roads leading to your kids school jam packed with traffic every morning and afternoon? So why would you want your child to bike on the road [...]
Many of our previous family cycling outings have shown the importance of communication. Communication before you goRide – setting the expectations, making sure they understand what they need to keep themselves safe, outlining any rules, any details about the journey that you want the riders [...]
Let’s learn some jargon. The kind that will help you when you are reaching for your bike tool under a little bit of time pressure and you need it to work the first time. All you want is for everything to go smoothly so you can get on your way, how hard could that be? AAhhhhh!!! Unfortunately (or [...]