I was introduced to Vaude when I was looking for a rack-top bag that I could use for my mountain bike as well as my folding bike. Vaude bags are German-made, with many well-thought-out details for commuting or touring. Eva’s Office and Eva’s Shopper are commuter rear panniers made from recycled materials. Each comes with a rain [...]

When I started bike blogging, not that long ago, the first thing I wanted to write about was the Burley Travoy. I seriously went on, and on, and on about it–as did Bike Shop Girl. (Although my gushing about the Travoy was so effusive that it made me a Burley sales rep’s favorite bike blogger.) The [...]

There is a contest going on over at MB (shortened for PG-13 readership) to win a Bowery Lane Bicycle..  The contest is simple, take a bike themed photo that MB can use for their header on their website.  If they pick you, you win a new bike! The contest is inspired by New York City’s [...]

In a perfect world, buying things would be like test driving a car.  You can put your salesman in the backseat and test the hell out of the product. Life isn’t like buying a car, thank god, but we can’t always test out things where we need to.  Take bikes.  You have to rely on [...]

I’m tentatively going to expand into merchandise and small product sales on Commute By Bike and Bike Shop Girl.  But I would like your feedback.  What type of things would you purchase through us vs Amazon.  Would it be enough to know you are supporting a great resource to purchase that light or bag through [...]

While the Thanksgiving holiday is looming, I wanted to share with you any/all Black Friday deals I find on commuting gear. Here is numero uno, from Madsen Cycles. The pretty cool utility bike, with the “bucket” for hauling children, Christmas trees and all your in between. From Madsen Cycles : Black Friday is upon us [...]