Community Building | Utility Cycling

2011 Utility Cycling Year in Review

Posted on 31. Dec, 2011 by Melanie Colavito.

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Another year has come and gone here at Utility Cycling. It’s been a year of ups and downs. The year started out strong with lots of great posts from myself, Josh Lipton, and Stacey Moses. We made some good progress in the summer towards the Utility Cycling book we’ve been dreaming up for a while. [...]

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Bike Tech Shop

Posted on 09. Nov, 2011 by Melanie Colavito.

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For most of the U.S. (and I say most, because here in Arizona, we prefer to be different), the Daylight Savings time switch has darkened many a bike commute. In the fall, when the time switch occurs, there is one hour less of daylight in the afternoon, which means a much darker bike commute. Fortunately, [...]

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Bike Move!

Posted on 20. Sep, 2011 by Melanie Colavito.

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A few weeks ago, I posted a video about a Bike Move in Bozeman. I had found the video when I was watching another video about cargo bikes on YouTube, and I didn’t have any specifics about it. So when a reader asked a few questions in the comments section, I had no useful response. [...]

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Social Gatherings & Festivals by Bike

Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by Stacey Moses.

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Of the many subdivisions of utility cycling, community building is perhaps the most abstract, but bringing people together for social gatherings and festivals through the shared enjoyment of bikes can be as useful as riding to commute or to provide bike services. Within community building, there are a of host different activities, such as critical [...]

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Why May is Dedicated to Us: National Bike Month

Posted on 16. May, 2011 by Stacey Moses.

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May has long been a month dedicated to bicycles. Fifty-five years ago, the Cycle Trade Association declared the month to be “American Bike Month.” Several decades ago, May became known as National Bike Month when the League of American Bicyclists took over the cause, and the emphasis shifted more towards cycling advocacy and away from [...]

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Critical Mass and the (Bicycle) Chain Reaction

Posted on 02. May, 2011 by Stacey Moses.

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Cycling enthusiasts and nuclear engineers both have a unique understanding of critical mass. While cyclists do not necessarily need to understand the effective neutron multiplication factor or fissile material to participate in cycling’s Critical Mass events, these rides do have a complex and sometimes misunderstood history. Critical Mass rides are still defined by “organized coincidence,” [...]

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2010 Utility Cycling Year in Review

Posted on 31. Dec, 2010 by Melanie Colavito.

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On December 31, 2009, we published the first ever Utility Cycling Year in Review. At the time, Utility Cycling was actually only one 1/2 year old, but we had enough material to warrant a review nonetheless. Now, another year has passed, and Utility Cycling is continuing to grow and evolve, so we wanted to step [...]

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Commute by Bike

Posted on 31. Oct, 2010 by Melanie Colavito.

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The folks here at UtilityCycling.org are very excited to announce our recent partnership with Commute by Bike. If you don’t already follow Commute by Bike, it is a blog and resource dedicated to providing tips, advice, reviews, and other great information for bike commuting. Commute by Bike focuses entirely on bicycle transportation, and it contains [...]

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A Conversation with Tucson Velo

Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by Melanie Colavito.

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Last week, I had the opportunity to meet with Mike McKisson, the founder and publisher of Tucson Velo. Tucson Velo is a news site that focuses on bicycle-related stories in and around Tucson, Arizona. I wanted to meet with Mike to learn more about the importance of bicycle-focused journalism, which I view as an important [...]