Tag: madeleine carlson

December 9, 2016

Family Ride: Hauling Christmas trees and cruising Candy Cane Lane by bike

EDITOR’S NOTE: Critical Lass will be biking to and through Candy Cane Lane Sunday. This family-friendly ride for women and their friends meets up 4 p.m. at Fix Coffeehouse in Green Lake. You can find more details on the event page. To run with the holiday theme, I loved Madi Carlson’s recent post on her…
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tagged: candy cane lane, critical lass, familyride, madeleine carlson
May 26, 2016

Carlson: Biking Seattle with Summer by Rail’s Elena Studier

EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Madi Carlson for this post. It comes on the heels of several great posts she’s been writing recently on her blog FamilyRide.us. I especially like her post about family bike camping at Illahee State Park. Forget the station wagon this Memorial Day weekend, family biking adventure is within reach. That’s one…
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tagged: elena studier, familyride, madeleine carlson, national association of railroad passengers, summer by rail
November 24, 2015

Cranksgiving 2015 shatters records, 160 people hauled 1,560 lbs of food

Seattle’s sixth annual Cranksgiving food drive bike ride was Saturday, and it was one for the record books. 160 people bought an astounding 1,560 pounds of food from local food vendors all around town and hauled it by bike to Rainier Valley Food Bank. As our city grows and generates so much wealth, that wealth…
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tagged: cranksgiving, cranksgiving 2015, dan dilulio, detours bags, flying lion brewing, free range cycles, kelli refer, madeleine carlson, mountaineers books, rainier valley food bank, reb roush, royal room
June 23, 2015

FamilyRide: 20 families bike together to go camping on Bainbridge

EDITOR’S NOTE: Madi Carlson is Seattle Bike Blog’s Family Bike Expert and author of FamilyRide.us. Keep an eye out for her book, “Urban Cycling: How to get to work, save money, and use your bike for city living” available from Mountaineers Books in November. We took part in a huge, fun bike event this past…
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tagged: bainbridge island, familybike seattle, familyride, fay bainbridge park, madeleine carlson, swift campout
December 6, 2013

AP: Cargo bikes are the new minivans, and Seattle is leading the way

Cargo bikes are the new minivans, and Seattle families are leading the shift. The Associated Press’ Phuong Le has a great story and video today featuring several people and families in Seattle using cargo bikes for all kinds of purposes. Need to haul freshly-caught fish to market or pick up some lumber at the hardware…
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tagged: associated press, cargo bikes, family ride, g&o family cyclerly, madeleine carlson, phuong le, totcycle
October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween from the Family Ride kids!

Quite unintentionally, my kids’ Halloween costumes have mirrored improvements to Seattle bike infrastructure over the last few years: 2010: Old style man-in-a-house sharrow (and mail carrier)
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tagged: costumes, familyride, halloween, madeleine carlson