We received the following email: My name is Rachel and I volunteer at a youth center with a safety program for kids. I came across your website while discussing cycling, bicycle safety, and the importance of protecting one’s head. I…
Bicycle Safety Tips – a refresher
We received the following message from Tracy & Alexa Edward: “I just wanted to shoot you a quick email to say thank you on behalf of my daughter Alexa. She just joined an 8-week long Youth Cycling program for 8-12…
Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation
Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF)is a non-profit based in Pune, India. ABBF promotes inclusion through adaptive adventure and outdoor sports for persons with and without disabilities. Founded by Divyanshu Ganatra, an inclusion activist, ardent adventure enthusiast, and India’s first blind…
Tandem Bicycles – either you love them or hate them?
Tandem Bicycles are niche. Non-tandemers look at tandems as if they are a novelty, or something that reminds them of a picnic, but not anything for them to try or do. I have to admit, it took me a minute…
A great article about tandem cycling
DesertLeaf Tandem Oct 17 (1) Check out this great article about tandem cycling! You may know some of the devoted tandem cyclists mentioned and pictured in this article! You can also read the article by visiting the Desert Leaf Magazine…
Himalayan Tandem Ride of a Lifetime? Worlds Highest Motorable Road!
I am Tanya from Adventures Beyond Barriers. We are a not for profit organisation based in Pune, India that promotes inclusion by enabling people with disabilities to participate with able bodied people in adventure sports. This year in August we will…
League of American Bicyclists info
TCA is a club member of the The League of American Bicyclists, founded in 1880 and committed to “creating a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone.” Click here to read their biweekly update: http://eepurl.com/b_kPff
Casual, family tandeming – how do we get started?
Amber contacted TCA asking for advice on experiencing tandeming inexpensively as a family, just “to have fun with” and “tool around town.” We seem to get asked questions like this frequently, so here’s my advice for Amber and others like…
Joberg2C a Dream Adventure
We are in South Africa participating in Joberg2C (http://joberg2c.co.za/), the premier multi-stage mountain bike race in the world. This is a 9 day odyssey of mountain biking over beautiful terrain. Each day we’ll ride about 65 miles through farmlands, mountains,…
Monster Cross 2015 – Race Report
Date: 10 AM, March 8th, 2015 (originally schedule for Feb 22nd). Tandem Friendly: 5/5 stars, requires wide tire cyclo-cross road or MTB tandem. Course: 46.1 miles. Elevation gain: 2,500 feet. Terrain: mostly double track and walking/horse trails, some single tracks…