Every Day Adventurers

First, a belated Happy Mothers Day wish, and a related blog post. Here’s a shout out to everyone everywhere mothering a dream or a positive vision of the future. You are an inspiration.

At the start of April, we received a Tweet about an effort to encourage every day cycling by having people hash tag #30daysofbiking. Excited at the prospect of people riding more and driving less, we offered up a pair of our new FreeLoader cargo slings for the “sexiest cargo photo.”

Thirty days later we perused the entries and found our winner: Cassi Yost. Cassi is a photographer, a mom, an avid Xtracycle rider, and as you’ll see, an inspired writer. Her blog at SheBicycles features beautiful photos, cycling and non, and is written in a down-to-Earth tone we really appreciate. Without further ado, the winning “sexiest cargo bicycle” photo:

Cassi's winning photo

Impressed with her photographic eye , her non-seriousness as a cyclist, we wanted to get to know her a little better. In between her busy life as mother of four teenage boys, Cassi thoughtfully responded to our questions! Thanks Cassi. –Rick
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Peter’s truck had some mechanical hiccups on the way to HQ recently and needed to get it the last mile or so to park it ’til he got it workin’. The Xtra’ crew rolled out with three longtails and managed to lose neither life nor limb in another every day adventure.