Best options for commuting with small children?

[Tri Girl]

I commute, but I don't have kids to take along with me.
I don't have any advice, but I have loved the Xtracycles for the longest time. I soooo want one. I've seen pictures of kids on the back of them. There's a blog about a family who has 2 kids and they are car-free (they use an Xtracycle). I'll see if I can find it...

In the meantime- you are amazing for commuting with the kids!! I think it opens them up to so many more possibilities in life and teaches them about living healthy and being fit as part of everyday life. So cool!!!

Let me go see if I can find that blog.

Edit: Here it is. check these sites out (the top one is an article about the blog below it)

http://streetsblog.net/2011/08/03/th...e-family-life/

http://carfreedays.com/2011/08/02/whats-normal/

[gbunker]

Aw, thanks guys! It's really not that hard.

My older son's school is only a few blocks from our house, so it's not hard to ride over with him first and drop him off on the way. He rides his own bike now, so that part's easy.

Our younger son's daycare is only about 10 blocks from my office, and my partner's office is only about another half mile beyond mine. So, our route is pretty simple and it's only about 4-5 miles long each way.

Portland's such a compact little city, it's pretty easy to get from one end to the other by bike. And we see lots of other parents on Xtracycles or towing Burleys, so it seems pretty normal to do the same.

I will say, though, I've gotten some pretty impressive new thigh muscles in the couple of months I've been towing the Burley. Kiddo is not getting any lighter, either. I hope I can keep up!
Gillian

[girlsubobscura]

you should also check out "full hands" and "totcycle, two more excellent blogs about family biking.

http://totcycle.com/

http://fullhandsx3.blogspot.com/