Clever Cycles

Got time to kill? Google Trends lets you see what people are searching for in various parts of the world. Portland’s prominence and absence in certain search patterns confirm that we’re home.

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One use of Xtracycles is to help riders of unequal speed ride together happily. The faster rider rides the Xtracycle, loaded up with kid, camping gear, food and water, tools, pig iron, parachute: whatever it takes to slow the rider down (except downhill of course). The slower rider rides an unladen bike. Think thoroughbred and [...]