A Bike to Work Backpack–That’s a Thing?

A Bike to Work Backpack–That’s a Thing?

by | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured

Have you ever thought about Biking to Work only to get frustrated that there is no way to transport your work clothes crease-free, not to mention all the other workday items?  GrüneStrasse founder Aaron Weiss was in the same predicament nearly 20 years ago, leading...
When Your Bicycle Becomes Your Vehicle: Part III

When Your Bicycle Becomes Your Vehicle: Part III

by | Nov 7, 2020 | Featured

5 Steps to Embrace the Bicycle Lifestyle Step 5:  Bicycle Attire (Fairfax County, VA) Growing up in Wisconsin, I was always kind of amused by people from the south who said, “Wisconsin!  Damn it’s cold up there.”  But I never really thought of Wisconsin as cold...
When Your Bicycle Becomes Your Vehicle: Part II

When Your Bicycle Becomes Your Vehicle: Part II

by | Oct 20, 2020 | Featured

5 Key Steps to Embrace the Bicycle Lifestyle Part II:  Steps 2 – 5 (Fairfax County, VA) The bicycle lifestyle is a mindset, of course, of choosing the bike as your first choice of transportation. If you are used to jumping in the car for local errands, it can be...
When Your Bicycle Becomes Your Vehicle

When Your Bicycle Becomes Your Vehicle

by | Sep 15, 2020 | Featured

Five Key Steps to Embrace the Bicycle Lifestyle If you are one of the thousands that discovered, or re-discovered, the joy of biking during the COVID shutdown, welcome to the Bicycle Lifestyle.  You have found that euphoric feeling of riding a bicycle and how regular...

Bike Lanes Bring Bucks to Businesses

by | May 7, 2020 | Featured

Bike Lanes Bring Big Bucks to Businesses May is National Bike to Work Month!  Bicycling has tremendous health and environmental value. It makes us healthier and happier, two things that are always good for us and are even more important in 2020. During this month, we...

16 Tips for your First Bike to Work Adventure

by | Apr 10, 2020 | Featured

Awesome! You’ve been thinking about it for years but now you’re going to take the plunge and become a fearless Bike to Work commuter! You’re now convinced that biking to work is great for your body (perhaps our first Blog helped convince you). Numerous medical studies...

Biking to Work Improves Health and Increases Lifespan

by | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured

Biking to work may reduce mortality by 13%, according to a new report from researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand. The study examined the transportation habits of 3.5 million New Zealanders and demonstrated a strong correlation between cycling and...

The Magi Gave Three Gifts — the Shellback Gives Five!

by | Dec 2, 2020 | Featured

Give the Gifts Of: Simplicity Organization Protection Health Inspiration Shellback  GrünEstrasse backpack co. Win the Race holiday gift idea from shellback6 Creative Gift for Your Cyclist This Year (Fairfax, VA) Whether your cyclist seems to have everything or seems...