u/nroseclark

Long story short, we’ve had nonstop problems with clever cycles. Really poor communication and service, and they sold us a bike that wasn’t actually safe to ride and we ended up having to bring it back within two weeks for a fix. After several negative experiences and staff being very rude, I don’t want to ever have to go back here again. I have an urban arrow cargo bike, is there anywhere else in Portland that works on these bikes?

Hoping to make a longer trip with the FamilyNext. It’s about 9 miles one way, with 840 ft (256 meters) of climbing. In others experience, is a fully charged battery enough to get me there and back on Cargo mode?

For context, I have been riding bikes about as long as I’ve been able to walk. I’m very comfortable on multiple kinds of bikes, including road, gravel, and a commuter E-bike that my husband and I share.

I did a test ride of the urban arrow family and I felt pretty comfortable after a few minutes, but I’m a bit nervous about how long it will take me to feel comfortable with my kiddo in the front. For others who’ve purchased this bike, how long before you felt fully confident and zipping around town with kids in front?

The title sums it up pretty well, I feel so bogged down sometimes by the negative and sometimes straight up aggressive attitudes of people who have chosen to not have kids. If you don’t want kids, that’s OK. I’m glad many have the freedom to choose. What I don’t appreciate is people showing any disdain for children existing. I live in a city that seems to have a fairly high population of purposefully child free people. I have encounters where people are expressing negative feelings towards me and my child (god forbid she cry while I’m at a coffee shop and I’m not immediately able to calm her down). I have had people on walks stare me down while the block my path as they walk by, refusing to share the sidewalk with the stroller. It really just makes me want to wear a T-shirt that says “kids are allowed to exist in public”!

My in person interactions coupled with what seems to be growing groups with negative attitudes towards kids online just really upsets me. I just don’t get it. How in the world can you feel so much hatred and frustration with kids who are quite literally figuring out how to be people? And hating parents for having kids?? It’s so backwards…

Anyways, this is my rant and posting here because I feel like I just really need a reminder that there are positive spaces on the Internet for kids and parents.