Family Ride in the Media

Articles, interviews, pictures, and videos about us from around the web. Plus stuff I’ve written for other sites.

BikePortland.org: Family Biking with Madi Carlson weekly column
June/July, 2019 PDX Parent: The It List: 24 faces, spaces and places to know about right now
June 4, 2018 Surly Bikes blog: Humanoids of Surly: Madi Carlson
May 3, 2018 The Sprocket Podcast: Episode 411 – Madi Carlson Gets Her Own Show
March 8, 2018 Life on Two Wheels: In Celebration of Women on Bikes
March 8, 2018 The Sprocket Podcast: Episode 400 – Brock, Madi, & Some News
June 5, 2017 KAYAK Travel Hacker: Seeing scenic Seattle (photos)
May 3, 2017 Seattle Weekly: What I Learned Living One Year Without a Car In Seattle
April 27, 2017 The Group Ride Podcast: Episode 10 – Madi Carlson – Urban and Family Cyclist
April 25, 2017 Cascade Bicycle Club: The Missing Link
March 15, 2017 Bicycling: The Best Cargo Bike for Every Rider
Seattle Bike Blog: Family Ride articles as “Staff Family Cycling Expert”
September 14, 2016 People For Bikes: Driving is expensive: Ride a lot, save a lot
August 11, 2016 Bike Overnights/Adventure Cycling Association: Tots in Tents at Fay Bainbridge Park
August 4, 2016 The Bike Dads: Biking While Pregnant
June 7, 2016 Biege Square Productions: Moonlight Mash 2016
June 1, 2016 Summer by Rail: The Emerald City
May 31, 2016 The Sprocket Podcast: Episode 301a – Madi Carlson & Fat Rob, with Shawn Granton: Long Rides!
May 4, 2016 Red Tricycle: 10 Cool Biking Parents Reinventing the Wheel
March 22, 2016 Spokesmama: #YVRFamlyBiking Profile: Madi Carlson
March 22, 2016 People For Bikes: Take a Brake: Tips and tricks for riding with kids
March 7, 2016 YouTube/Clever Cycles/Path Less Pedaled: 3 Reasons to Ride a Longtail with Madi Carlson – Clever Cycles (video)
March 1, 2016 OutdoorsNW: Are you an Urban Cyclist?
February 25, 2016 Examiner.com: Seattle’s Madi Carlson talks about her recently published book, Urban Cycling
February 17, 2016 Bicycle Times: Mission Kidical: Family bikers gather to inform, inspire and of course, ride
February 1, 2016 OutdoorsNW: Road Trippin’ Photo Contest Winners Announced
January 23, 2016 Examiner.com: The future of bicycling for Seattle is envisioned for 2016
December 29, 2015 The Sprocket Podcast: Episode 273: Steph Routh, Gutrie Straw, and Madi Carlson
September 9, 2015 PeopleForBikes: Why is kids’ bike safety soaring? It’s not that kids are biking less (photo)
August 26, 2015 Rascal Rides: 10 Instagram Accounts About Biking With Kids That You Should Be Following
July 28, 2015 King 5: Small businesses promote safer streets
May 30, 2015 Red Tricycle: Yurts, Tents and Trailers, Oh my! Cool Campgrounds for Every Family
May 14, 2015 Cascade Bicycle Club Advocacy Leadership Institute capstone project: Family Biking: Stories, Challenges, and Tips (video)
May 7, 2015 The League of American Bicyclists: #WhyIRide: Makes Even the Smallest Trip an Adventure!
April 8, 2015 Biking While Fashionable: Our Bikey Seattle Spring Break
March 23, 2015 The Public Blog: Seattle Is Leading The Way (photo)
March 13, 2015 Seattlepi.com Velocity: Introducing She Bikes (“veteran Cascade ride leader” :))
January 1, 2015 ParentMap: 6 Important Health Trends for Your Family in 2015
December 30, 2014 Washington Bikes: 11 Trends that Are Good for the Growth of Bicycling (link in the #1 reason: family biking on the rise!)
December 5, 2014 Cascade Bicycle Club: Bike move (video)
November 26, 2014 League of American Bicyclists: You Inspire Us
October 14, 2014 Cascade Bicycle Club: Have a Bikey Halloween!
September 8, 2014 Seattle Channel: Press Event: Grand Opening of 2nd Ave. Bike Lane (watch it all, but I’m at 13:20)
September 6, 2014 Wallyhood: Have you found or lost a bike?
August 1, 2014 Women Talk Bikes: Social Rides
July 11, 2014 KUOW Public Radio: What Does It Take To Get Seattleites On Bikes?
June 25, 2014 Gear Junkie: 8 Ultimate ‘Bike Mom’ Rigs
May 31, 2014 Actively Northwest: Health in Action: Madi Carlson of Family Ride
May 30, 2014 Seattle’s Child: All Aboard! Family Biking, Seattle-Style
May 9, 2014 Seattle Channel: CityStream: Bike Fashion
May 8, 2014 League of American Bicyclists: BTSD Spotlight: Seattle Tornado of Fun!
May 3, 2014 CoolMom May Newsletter: Welcome to Bike Month!
April 1, 2014 Seattle Bicyclist Portraits: Madi and sons
March 25, 2014 The Sprocket Podcast: E176 – Madi Carlson (with Katie Proctor): Family Ride
February 23, 2014 Seattle Times: Cyclefab’s specialty is pedal-powered gear (my bike’s super duper Rolling Jackass centerstand in video and photo)
February 10, 2014 Chasing Mailboxes D.C.: On Writing & Riding: Family Ride
February 1, 2014 Portlandize: Influences, Part 1
January 24, 2014 Surly Bikes Blog: Lookie, Lookie (second-to-the-last bike photo)
December 6, 2013 AP: Cargo bikes the new minivan for cycling families
September 12, 2013 Velo Mom: Inspiring Mom: Madeleine – in the Velo Mom Peloton
August 20, 2013 Iva Jean: Biking with Kids | Interview with Madi Carlson
May 28, 2013 ParentMap: Play Date: Seattle Biking Mom Madi Carlson
May 2, 2013 CoolMom: Mom Turns to Biking and Becomes and Force for Change
March 7, 2013 OutdoorsNW: NW Kids: H.O.B.–High-Occupancy Bicycle
February 11, 2013 Taking the Lane: Biking with Kids in the Snow
November 18, 2012 Alleycat Life: Seattle Bike Blog’s Cranksgiving
August 20, 2012 Bike Style Life: On a Roll with Madeleine Carlson, Seattle
August 5, 2012 Woman – Bicycle – Helmet Cam – Etc.: An Amazing Woman
June, 2012 Seattle Magazine: Ready for anything
May 4, 2012 Cascade Bicycle Club: Three stories from the road
January 19, 2012 Velo Mom: Family Friday: The Carlsons
December 2, 2011 Cascade Bicycle Club: Cyclist of the Month: Madi Carlson
September/October, 2011 Momentum Magazine: Momentum Asked
August 24, 2011 Moving Planet Seattle: Madi will bike with her kids to Moving Planet Seattle
June, 2011 Circle of Moms Top 25 Biking Families: Family Ride
The interview answers seems to have fallen off the site, so here they are:Q: What do you like about the biking lifestyle?
We see so much more of our city and interact with one another in a much better fashion on the bike than in the car. We’ve discovered secret train tracks, stumbled upon outdoor music shows, not to mention not having to deal with the bother of searching and paying for parking. On the bike, the journey is an adventure and often just as fun as our destination.

Q: How often does your family bike versus drive?
We tend to use the car once or twice a week these days, but it’s getting less and less. We recently got rid of our second car and I’ve found I can get just about anywhere by bike or bus or combination of the two.

Q: What’s a good safety tip for biking with children?
As with any excursion, bring plenty of snacks. Hungry, grumpy passengers can be distracting (not to mention hungry and grumpy!). Look into local group rides of the “easy” variety to learn family-friendly routes around town. Here in Seattle, Kidical Mass, Cascade Bicycle Club, and Spokespeople have been great resources for me.