Community Building: Cycling Organizations
Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Stacey Moses.
At Utility Cycling, we„ve discussed how bicycles can bring together people of similar interests to create communities of likeminded cyclists, and how bicycles can be used not only for transportation, deliveries and services, but also for social gatherings and social action, and self-expression. There is a utility in all of these activities, whether the goal [...]
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Getting Around by Bicycle
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by Melanie Colavito.
I’m going to especially enjoy writing this post, because the topic is my favorite kind of utility cycling. We have been writing a lot recently about general bicycle transportation, which is distinct from bicycle commuting, as commuting is inherently built around the idea of getting to and from work. General bicycle transportation includes running errands [...]
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Shoes! And pedals.
Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by Stacey Moses.
I love cycling shoes. I feel that I need to be completely forthcoming- I delight in fancy road shoes and Lorica Microfabrics and heel security systems. I admit that I enjoy the aesthetics of cycling shoes, and I also believe that the utility of employing a clipless system for regular bike commuting is substantial. However, [...]
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Learning to Ride: Balance Bikes
Posted on 12. Jun, 2010 by John Coe.
By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles Spurgeon Most of us Utility-Cyclists remember learning to ride. And to this day, most of us who ride with a purpose, whatever it may be, can still recall that initial sense of freedom and the trill that our first rides evoked. In fact, it just might be [...]

