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Winter Bike Commuting Hacks | Special Equipment Not Required
Winter is coming… I sincerely do love to ride through the winter! I know it’s not for everyone, but if you are willing to try, even just once, you might get hooked. I really want to highlight that riding through winter does not need extra or special equipment, assuming you pick the right days to…
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New Year | New Commuting Goals
Happy New Year everyone. I’ve had a solid week of family, relaxation and a little extra indulgence. As I head into 2019, I’m starting to think about my cycling goals for 2019. Some of my goals are racing/training related and I have a couple commuting goals too. If you’re thinking about making some New Year’s…
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2WG – 2018 Unwrapped
Written by Two Wheel Gear President, Reid Hemsing It has been quite the year for our little basement startup! Its been a few years since toiling in the basement over every thread and zipper pull, never-the-less, it still feels just as quaint as the way it all started. We wanted to do a quick look…
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Conversations with a Fat Biker (Um…Commuter on a Fat Bike)
There are so many interesting stories within the bike commuter community, that we felt it was important to give different perspectives and learn more about why all kinds of people commute by bike to work or school. We’ll be calling this series “7 Wheels of Separation” as a way to show that we’re all connected.…
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Winter Bike Commuting | Why I Try To Ride Year Round
It is getting frigid outside and some may have already seen the first snowfall of the year. For many bike commuters, this change in seasons means it’s time to hang up the bike and start using public transit or driving. (If this sounds familiar it’s because I wrote a similar post when we started into…
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Dear Two Wheel Gear, (A letter from our 3-week, 1,300 km, 6 country bike trip through Europe)
My girlfriend and I bike toured through Europe. We spent three weeks biking from Lyon, France to Sarajevo, Bosnia. The use of the pannier convertible backpack made our trip that much better.
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Green Friday / Re-Use It Monday
Give a Loving bag a Second Chance. Give your money to Charity this “Black Friday.” This is our idea of a “Black Friday” sale. That’s right. We are saying ‘stuff it’ Black Friday and Cyber Monday and doing our own thing. This is officially the GREEN FRIDAY / RE-USE IT MONDAY SALE! For 4 days…
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Bike Commuter or Cyclist | Or Just People Riding Bikes
Why the divide between cyclist and commuter? I was listening to Patrick Brady’s (founder of Ride Kite Prayer) podcast, The Pull last week. He was interviewing Peter Flax (formerly Editor in Chief at Bicycling Magazine and now Editor in Chief at The Red Bulletin) and I really wanted to continue this discussion with my commuting…
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Letter to the Editor: Why I Commute By Bike “Cyclocommuterus Monstrous”
We obviously love riding bikes and promoting bicycle commuting (that much is easy to see)….but do we unknowingly promote a stereotype that is steeped in traditional “old school” beliefs, which is more exclusive (than inclusive) and quite possibly does more to discourage everyday bike commuting than it does to encourage?
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Why I Commute By Bike | The Uncensored Response
The other day someone stopped by my office and asked me a straightforward question: “Why do you ride your bike to work every day?” And, although this question is a really simple one, I wasn’t really sure how to answer it. I am almost certain that my co-worker was just making polite conversation and not…
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