bromptoning

I bought a Strida EVO to be my winter bike because it’s basically rust-proof due to its aluminum frame and kevlar belt drive. But how does the Strida ride in the snow?

Exactly one year ago, we were biking around Kona exploring the sights, and came to some conclusions about cycling in Hawaii…

It’s been a year since we vacationed in Hawaii—just before the WHO declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic. We’re currently hunkered down in another lockdown in cold Canada, so thought it was a good time to finish blogging about Bromptoning in tropical Hawaii!

2020 has been a lonely year of pandemic-induced isolation—except when we got outside on our bikes. So when a friend invited us to the Santa For Safe Streets ride down Yonge Street this month, we were thrilled to join in!

Though both Bromptons and Stridas are folding bicycles with little wheels invented by British dudes, that’s where the similarities end. So let’s examine how these bikes compare in terms of ride, fold, quaxing, and components.

We are big fans of rain capes and think every cyclist should have one – or two! In a previous post we compared the Cleverhood Zipster to the People’s Poncho. The Zipster won, but narrowly. So when Cleverhood came out with a new rain cape that fixed those shortcomings and asked if we wanted to review it, we said sure!

On what will probably be the last warm “coats-optional” weekend of 2020 in Canada, we cycled the Beltline Trail in Toronto.

This was an epic ride with breathtakingly beautiful scenery and a rainstorm of biblical proportions.

We took our Bromptons to explore the wild juxtaposition that is The Spit – half construction dumping zone, half protected wildlife park – in the heart of downtown Toronto.

We haven’t cycled much on Toronto’s east side, so we took the GO train to Rouge Hill station and checked out the eastern edge of the Waterfront Trail and the Highland Creek Trail.