Utility Cycling

The City of London has done a fantastic job of explaining and advertising the Barclay’s Cycle Hire , which is their local bike sharing system , with this informational video.  The video is entirely animated, which gives it an appealing, fun air, and is produced by Transport for London .  This is a very useful technique, because as Streetfilms points out, getting familiar [...]

I really enjoyed this video from Car Free Days , which is a great example of family cycling .  The video shows a mother riding on an Xtracycle, with her daughter perched comfortably on the back between the stoker bars calmly reading a book.  What is great about this video is that it demonstrates the ease and happiness with which this family [...]

San Francisco is the second densest city in the United States, second only to New York City.  To that end, they have to be very creative with their use of space, as they really don’t have any options for growing out.  This limitation has lead to some incredible creativity in terms of the use of public [...]

If you’re in the mood for a little light-hearted bike fun this afternoon (I know I was), I’ve got just the video for you.  This video was the trailer for the Disposable Film Festival , which highlights films made with non-professional devices.  The 2012 muse for the festival was the bicycle muse in the short film below.  It’s [...]

If you had any doubt that bikes are popular in Belgium, than here’s some impressive proof.  This video by Copenhagenize shows the bicycle parking facilities at the Antwerp Central Station in Belgium.  There really are a lot of bikes at the station!  It’s encouraging to see videos of such great bicycle infrastructure , especially for bike parking in Europe, and [...]

I consider myself to be quite a good cyclist, but the first time I had the opportunity to ride a front loading cargo bike , I was somewhat surprised that, well, I couldn’t ride the bike.  At least not immediately.  I had run into Mike from Tucson Velo at a cycling event in Tucson, and he was out on [...]

May is National Bike Month , and there are a great deal of cool events happening all over the U.S.  To celebrate Jacksonville Bike Month , a group of amateur film makers made the following short film called The Convert.  It’s a great little film about…well, you can guess from the title.  But it is certainly fun to see the [...]

Cyclists in London are gathering this weekend on April 28 for a major cycling campaign called The Big Ride .  The event is supposed to be a fun way to get cyclists together and united for a serious cause, which is to call on the 2012 London mayoral candidates to take the issue of safe cycling seriously in [...]

There are plenty of gruesome, unpleasant public service announcements (PSA) online that warn against reckless driving.  There have been various attempts to scare people into behaving behind the wheel through some rather scary, graphic videos, which may or may not actually be effective.  And then, there is the other approach.  These two PSA’s take a humorous [...]

Editor’s Note:  We are very pleased to be able to feature the photography of Paul Jeurissen in this guest post here at Utility Cycling .  Paul & his partner Grace Johnson are bicycling around the world in search of beautiful images of bicycles.  The following text and images were contributed by Paul & Grace, and we do hope [...]

The possibilities for using a bicycle are seemingly endless.  Take this creative use, for example.  In Lisbon, Portugal, knife sharpeners walk or ride the streets on their bicycles and signal their presence to residents and people in the area with a pan flute.  When their services are needed, they stop and set up shop on the [...]

I just found this promotional video for the San Francisco Bike to Work Week posted over at Cyclelicio.us.  The video was produced by the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition, and is called The Cycle Beat by Giju John.  The video’s main message is that it “doesn’t matter what you wear” (ie. spandex, office wear, or hipster garb), and “it doesn’t [...]

Bike Portland recently had an interesting article on cargo bikes for disaster response .  The notion of using cargo bikes – and bikes in general – for disaster response is a great example of a bike service .  I did a series of posts a while back on different Emergency & Patrol Services by Bike , which included bike services such as EMS, Police, Search & [...]

This is a great film from Bicycle Dutch and shared with my via Ron Richings that shows 25 different ways to cross a major road in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands.  With overpasses, underpasses, level crossings, and the like, it’s quite an impressive showing of successful bike infrastructure .  The city of Tucson, AZ, where I live has a number of [...]

Here’s the trailer for the 2012 Bicycle Film Festival via Bike Hacks .  The Bicycle Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2012 festival, and you can submit a film up until April 21.  The BFF is the brainchild of Brendt Barbur, who was inspired to create something negative out of his experience after being hit by a [...]

I’d like to bring your attention to a great opportunity for youth to develop and improve cycling skills, as well participate in a camp that will empower, inspire, and entertain them this summer in Tucson, Arizona!  The 2012 Youth Summer Bike Camp is presented by BICAS (a local bike salvage and recycling organization ) and El Groupo Youth Cycling .  You can [...]

This Streetfilms video from last week’s National Bike Summit illustrates all of the great things that funding for bicycle and pedestrian programs has done throughout the United States.  One of the major emphases of the National Bike Summit was developing strategies to help maintain funding for bike & pedestrian programs, especially at the federal level.  When you watch [...]

The 2012 National Bike Challenge was definitely an important point of discussion at last week’s National Bike Summit and a new opportunity to encourage cycling this year.  The National Bike Challenge runs from May 1 – August 31, 2012, and seeks to encourage 50,000 people to ride 10 million miles.  The challenge is made possible with support from [...]

The Kona Productions Crew set out to find out why people love riding their bikes so much in Portland, OR.  It’s about the convenience, the community, the health, the fun, the excitement, and because it saves polar bears, too.  The video highlights some of the projects and people in Portland, and  I’m especially a fan of [...]

The 2012 National Bike Summit is currently underway in Washington, D.C.  The Bike Summit is critical to help defend funding and programs for bicycling in the U.S.  It is organized by the League of American Bicyclists and brings participants in from around the country.  Ted Johnson of our sister site Commute by Bike is currently at the summit, and you [...]