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2012 Xtracycle Tree Haulin (6th Annual)
Year Six is D O N E. We all pedaled up to our local tree lot the other evening, chose a 8′ Noble fir and headed home. Simple, straightforward and almost no drama.
Posted in bikes, extravehicular activities, family cycling, longbikes, xtracycle
Tagged 2012, Bicycle Christmas, christmas, Christmas Tree, December, tree, tree hauling, xtracycle
Tree Haulin, Year SIX
We’re gearing up for Xtracycle Tree Hauling, year six! We plan to get our tree in the next couple of days and promise to post photos of year six later in the week. Not as cute as when the kids … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, BIG Loads, bikes, longbikes, xtracycle
Tagged 2012, Bicycle Christmas, Christmas Tree, tree, tree haulin, xtracycle
Fourth-Annual Xtracycle Tree Haulin (plus retrospective)
We used to make a huge production out of the annual-tree claiming event. We’d load up the VW camper, grab a $5 (bargain!) Forest Service tree-cutting permit, drive up toward the snow for a while, and tromp around in the … Continue reading
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Tagged "orange helmet", 2010, Bicycle Christmas, Christmas Tree, tree haulin, tree-by-bike, wet, xtracycle, Xtracycle tree haulin
Third-Annual Xtracycle Tree Haulin’ Adventure
When the already short Seattle days end at 4:18 pm (the earliest of the year!), the window for an after-school tree-gathering-family-bike adventure is small. We tried to grab the kids right after school, bundle them up in extra (or is … Continue reading
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! We hope you enjoyed the holiday. We had a lovely day. A rare snowy week in Seattle has paralyzed the city and kept us mostly confined to the one mile radius around our house. I guess 27 snow plows aren’t … Continue reading
Second Annual Xtracycle Tree Haulin’
We pedaled up to the local tree lot over the weekend and picked up our Christmas tree. Although the novelty of hauling a large tree by bike has faded a bit, it was still pretty satisfying to pull up to the tree lot on our … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, christmas, Christmas Tree, local, seattle, streetsblog
Tree Haulin’
You’ve probably seen about a zillion Christmas-Trees-on-Xtracycle photos already this year. I mean, everybody is doin’ it. Said photos are usually cute and harmless and kind of fun to look at. For our sake, let’s hope that’s true because the … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, BIG Loads, extravehicular activities, kids, seattle, shopping, sustainability, weather
Tagged , bigload, bike, Christmas 2007, Christmas Tree, Christmas Tree Ride, kids, seattle, xtracycle
This just in: January 1 Cargo Bike Ride is on!
We just received word from the Grand Pallet of Cargo Bikes, Val. The traditional Seattle Cargo Bike Opening Day Ride is a go: Yep, this has to be the shortest notice ever, but it’s on for 1/1/09. Meet at noon … Continue reading
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Tagged 1/1/09, cargobike rides, cargobikes, seattle
Kona Ute: Poor Choices at a Good Price
Garrish on Bikes, Mostly wrote a Kona-Ute post about a photo I took at the NAHBS last month. My photo showed a wooden snapdeck and sideloader-like bag combo on a Ute. Garrish and readers wondered a) if it was homemade—it … Continue reading
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New Year’s Day ride update
We had a great time riding to Golden Gardens today. The weather was great – (it didn’t rain), the pace was slow and the company enjoyable. We even witnessed some Christmas tree burning in the fire pits on the beach … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bikes, cargo bikes, seattle, xtracycle
