Learn to build a sturdy cargo trailer for your bicycle

EUGENE – The Center for Appropriate Transport (CAT) and Human Powered Machines (HPM) is offering a series of workshops on building high-quality bicycle trailers. Participants will learn basic fabrication skills and come away with a finished trailer frame and hitch.generic viagra levitra and cialis pills Aspirin And Viagra “can i take viagra”
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CAT launches cargo bike frame building apprenticeship

EUGENE – You’ve probably heard of UBI and Barnett. Now the Center for Appropriate Transport (CAT) and Human Powered Machines (HPM) are introducing the first cargo frame building school in the States. Started in 1990, Human Powered Machines led the current revival of cargo bikes, trikes and trailers in the USA. This program will [...]

A conversation with Jan VanderTuin of Human Powered Machines

by Lane Kagay
What got you interested in workbikes?
In the early 80s, I was in Switzerland working on a farm, which was a forerunner of the CSA concept. We were trying to figure out how to move food from the farm to the city without using fossil fuels. We studied animal traction, but found that to [...]

CETMA racks are on the attack

by Will Ross, age 17 and Eli Reid, age 16
Recently, we contacted a company called CETMA Racks about their front-mounted cargo racks for bicycles. We found out two things right away: CETMA was a company of one guy—Lane Kagay—and that he and his wife were in the process of packing their bags and moving to [...]