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Table of Contents - Summer 2007

Features

Dutch Cargo Bikes

Dutch cargo bikes (Bakfiets) are coming to a city near you.

Riding After My Daughter: a new look at technology and happiness

How microwave technology, automatic transmissions, and an independent daughter led one woman to get back on a bicycle.

Cargo trailers: putting your bike to work

Everything you've ever wanted to know about bicycle cargo trailers except, which one to buy.

Departments

From the Editor

Hauling plywood without a car is no picnic... unless you have a bike.

Impractical Pedal

Max Chen's shrunken bikes.

Odds & Ends

Four ways to beat the post-commute stink - Bicycle seats and erectile dysfunction - Bike-by-Number: stats and facts about transportation.

Gear

Powergrips: the ultimate commuting pedal?

Traffic

Curse of the Cul-de-Sac: How a desire to sequester ourselves from the automobile has led to neighborhoods that lead nowhere.

Gaston Dilmoore's Outdoor Situation

Forced to take bicycles on his expedition to the Arctic, Gaston Dilmoore finds that the bikes may not be such a burden after all.

Bike Geek and The Breeze

Two roommates who share a house and drastically different approaches to cycling.

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