Bike Utah Valley

A few months ago, a guy rides/walks into the shop.  That is not an unusual occurence in a bike shop, but this guy was different.  He was riding a bike equipped with an Xtracycle.  Around here, that is unusual.  We chated a bit and quickly became friends.  Two people with similar interests seem to be able to develop friendships fast.  We talked a lot about Xtracycles, Rivendell bikes, and that kind of utility bike stuff that I love.  I rarely meet someone who knows what I am talking about with all that stuff, so I keep my mouth shut most of the time where that is concerned.  A few days later my new friend, Zac, showed up with his wife, Krysta and daughter Ren in tow to ride the new Gary Fisher Simple City.  We chatted some more and they decided to come to the corridor priority openhouse with UDOT.  Afterwards, they came over to our place to ride the bakfiets.  Recently, Zac commented here on a couple of posts and I thereby discovered a few things about these friends of mine.  They are car free as I suspected, and they have a blog.  You can check it out here.  I have added it to my RSS feed and I hope you will take the opportunity to follow a car free family living here in Utah Valley.  They are proof positive that it can be done, even here!