Kudos to you prairie bikers… and yes, there WILL be significant shrinkage.
http://www.icecycle.ca/

VancouverDave from our forum alerted us to this FANTASTIC mobile… the Yike Bike.

From their site:

YikeBike is a statement about using smart technology to solve the problems of our increasingly congested, polluted, stressful cities. It is the first commercial expression of the mini-farthing concept, created up by a bunch of successful entrepreneurs, engineers and dreamers.

"Xtracycles are an amazing innovation, an indispensable aid for car-free living, and are great for touring"

Wow.
Riding across 14 countries for 3 and a half years is impressive. Carrying all the crap needed on your bike for 34,000 kilometers is nothing short of EPIC. The folks at Riding The Spine did it using Surly ‘Big Dummies’ and documented the journey.

Check out their photo gallery and videos to appreciate the punishment these bikes (and riders) can endure.

This "car" helps to store up to four bikes in a space required by one car

Bicycles help you maintain your fitness apart from being a far more viable and desirable mode of travel ecologically. Keeping in view the steep rise in the number cargo bikes in Copenhagen every year (it is estimated that six percent of the household of the metropolis is the proud owner of at least one cargo bike bring the average to a staggering 15,000 bikes in the city alone), goodmorning technology has come up with a unique car-shaped parking option for these bikes called CarGo. This “car” helps to store up to four bikes in a space required by one car. Each shell is created with fiberglass and has four separate cabins to park the bikes inside with ease. The casing has five solar powered lights: four as headlights that come on after dark and an additional one inside that is automatically turned on when any of the doors are opened.

The shell also has mounted hooks and a net for each cabin to hang clothes or other required gears.

Original article:

http://solarfeeds.com/greenlaunches/9984-solar-powered-cargo-to-park-cargo-bikes

TreesByBike.com is a small collective of Portland folks who sell and deliver Christmas trees by bike

These guys rock pretty hard. I wonder if they could get those trees across the border…

From their site:
TreesByBike.com is a small collective of Portland folks who are looking to spread some holiday cheer, make a little extra money, and raise some cash for things we care about. All of our trees are locally grown and 10% of your order total is donated to specific charities, foundations, and groups depending on who delivers your tree. We let our Riders of Yule decide where the money they work for goes. To find the charity, foundation, or organizations that each rider donates to, please check the “Riders” page.
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A Million And One Uses: A cyclist and two boys take one of Metrofiets' cargo bikes for a spin in Portland

Original Article:

Cargo Bikes: Go Ahead And Bring The Kitchen Sink

Picture a vehicle that can carry around your kids and groceries efficiently, and doesn’t burn any fossil fuels. But there’s one drawback: You have to pedal it yourself.

Cargo bicycles are specially designed bikes that can haul several hundred pounds. Long popular in Europe, they’re starting to make their way into the United States.

On a recent afternoon in Portland, Ore., Carie Weisenbach-Folz picked up her two kids, ages 5 and 2, from school. But instead of loading them into the usual minivan, she’s using a cargo bicycle.

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