Biking into the Future

Laura Goldblatt, Shaw, and Ivy loading the bucket; Sueño LeBlond and Autumnrose with CSA pickup; Dave Cohen of VBike (vbikesolutions.org) and Ely biking to camp; Jana Zeller, triumphant; Laura Stamas, April, and Lucy biking to school. Biking F into the uTuRE 5 years ago our family had to replace my rusty car and I bought a cargo bike instead. I was worried about commuting and picking my son up from school in the winter but I so wanted the bike that I was willing to give it a try. I never did buy another car. I find the worse the weather the more satisfied I am with my ride. I have done a lot of wilderness camping and biking is one way I get that feeling of really experiencing the weather and really seeing the natural world as I move through it. I always feel so much better when I bike to work and I love the satisfaction of loading up my bike with groceries. My son has taken to biking too and has been biking himself to school and exploring the back roads sometimes coming home with eggs from a roadside farmstand or borrowing a book from a friend. — Cynthia Parker-Houghton

our family had to replace my rusty car and I bought a cargo bike instead. I was worried about commuting and picking my son up from school in the winter but I so wanted the bike that I was willing to give it a try. I never did buy another car. I find the worse the weather the more satisfied I am with my ride. I have done a lot of wilderness camping and biking is one way I get that feeling of really experiencing the weather and really seeing the natural world as I move through it. I always feel so much better when I bike to work and I love the satisfaction of loading up my bike with groceries. My son has taken to biking too and has been biking school and exploring the back roads sometimes coming home with eggs from a roadside farmstand or borrowing a book from a friend. — Cynthia Parker-Houghton

CLoCKWiSE fRoM top CEntER: Django Grace fat-tire biking; Cynthia ParkerHoughton and Morgen; Stephanie Bonin, Lily and Maisie; Lily Arnold taking a reading break; Chad Simmons and Ember; Caitlin Burlett, Selah, and Anaïs biking to school.