An email arrived in our inbox recently asking for tips on where to tour with kids in the Netherlands, and on keeping costs low. We are a family of 5: Mom, Dad and the rug rats (10, 8 and 5 years old). I would love to take the kids biking in the Netherlands for 3 […] Read More »
Archive | Cycling Trips
Testing Wiggle’s dhb Winter Jackets
We’ve long been fans of the online cycling shop Wiggle. In our experience, they consistently deliver quality products and excellent service for a reasonable price. So when Wiggle’s marketing team got in touch a few months ago to ask if we’d review a couple pieces from their house-brand dhb winter clothing line, we happily took […] Read More »
Bike Touring With Kids. Which Bike for Which Age?
Earlier this summer we dragged out the bikes, threw some camping stuff together and took the kids on a spur-of-the-moment S240 trip. While we were out cycling, Andrew snapped this picture. Looking at this photo — me with the two kids on a Circe Cycles Morpheus and towing a Radical Design trailer — I’m struck by how much […] Read More »
Lunatec Aquabot: A High-Pressured Sprayer & Water Bottle In One
The Lunatec Aquabot is a water bottle with a nozzle, which sprays out water at the press of a button. Minimalists will possibly think it’s a bit silly, but if you’re cycling through hot climates or just want to have fun, then we can recommend it — especially if you have kids to entertain. After extensive […] Read More »
Cycling Iceland
Before coming, lots of folk had told me that the scenery in Iceland was wonderful and that I would love it there; however, it looked so bleak to me, just a lava desert with purple blue lupins. -Dick Edie, Cycling Iceland Bleak and stinking of sulphur: these were some of Dick Edie’s first impressions of Iceland. When his bike […] Read More »