Articles tagged “Biking”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The World's Biggest Bike Share By Michelle Kay, NaturallySavvy.com IN Tech & Transport Jun 13 2011 This Chinese bike share puts all other bike share programs to shame. + READ MORE

Biking with a Cello? Ben Sollee Ditches the Van By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors May 11 2011 Ben Sollee plays a cello and loves people so much he's touring on a bike. Yes, his new video is pretty weird, too. And handmade. + READ MORE

Top 10 Most Toxic Cities & Top 10 Fittest Cities in the US... Is Your City On the Lists? By Laurel House IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 6 2011 Think you live in a pretty green town? While smog levels, health food stores, and the number of treehuggers might seem like legit indicators of toxicity levels, have you ever broken it down and analyzed its Air quality, Water quality, TRI (the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory- tracking chemicals released in manufacturing), and Superfund sites (abandoned areas that have become overrun by hazardous waste)? No? Not to worry, Forbes Magazine did the dirty work for you and just released their annual Top 10 Most Toxic Cities list. + READ MORE

Netherlands Looks at Combining Solar Energy with Cycle Paths By Michelle Kay, NaturallySavvy.com IN Tech & Transport Feb 25 2011 Dutch province looks at creating collecting solar energy through bicycle paths. + READ MORE

Brr, It's Getting Cold Out There! How to Make it Through a Chilly Bike Ride By NaturallySavvy.com IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 4 2010 Commuting by bicycle year-round doesn't have be a challenge when you take the necessary precautions. Here are some tips on riding in cooler weather. + READ MORE

The Heart of Bicycle Maintenance By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Oct 21 2010 A little considered benefit of the bicycle's human scale is its relative simplicity. It's skeletal form is blatantly transparent, hiding little. And in this inherent simplicity a massive bonus. If things go wrong with a basic bicycle, the problem tends to be obvious and in most instances easily remedied. A few plain tools, coupled with a modicum of know-how and you're off and rolling again. + READ MORE

E-Bikes to the Rescue - A Six-Month Review By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Oct 6 2010 Pedal assist electric bicycles, going no faster than about 15 kilometers per hour, are in my mind a savior of city women everywhere (even if they don't know it yet). After six months of riding a Sanyo eneloop I think e-bikes are transportation's best kept secret. + READ MORE

Cyclists Might Not be as Visible as They Think By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Sep 30 2010 The days are progressively getting shorter, and so more and more cyclists will be biking in light conditions that definitely aren't optimal. Most cyclists are good about trying to wear clothing and accessories that are highly reflective and easy to see in the dark, but according to a new peer-reviewed study, cyclists might not actually be as visible as they think they are, which can increase danger. + READ MORE

6 Tips to Go Car Free on World Car Free Day By Care2.com IN Tech & Transport Sep 22 2010 Today, September 22, is World Carfree Day! Folks all over the world are pledging to ditch their cars and use bikes, transit, and their own two feet to get around. And it's easy to get in on the action! Here are 6 tips to help you leave your car keys behind today (and every day). + READ MORE

Bicycle - The Freedom Machine By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Sep 22 2010 Do you remember receiving your first bicycle as a child? A seminal moment for many of us. It punctuates that time in our lives when we were enveloped by a sense of unbridled freedom. + READ MORE

In Defense of Sidewalk Bike Riding By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Sep 8 2010 As a new or continuing city cyclist, you are bound to hear the admonishment: "Don't ride on the sidewalk. It's dangerous." I swallowed that Kool-Aid for quite a while. After all, I want cycling to be a respected part of the transport infrastructure, and I want cyclists to be generally law abiding. But that word "dangerous," bandied about as it is so frequently in cycling, should serve as the first clue that there's more to the warning than you might think. + READ MORE

Meet Dru Lawson of Solstis Electric Bikes By Leonora Oppenheim IN Work & Connect Sep 2 2010 In a career that has moved from ethical clothing to electric bikes Dru Lawson has made his life's work one stylish sustainable journey. + READ MORE

Bikestravaganza Hits the Road, From Portland to Colorado and Back By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Aug 30 2010 A two-person DIY bike roadshow touring from their home in Portland through the northwestern U.S. + READ MORE

150,000 Miles and Still Going: Biking Comedian Hits the Boulder Fringe Festival By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 26 2010 Tom Snyders is not a bike enthusiast so much as a guy who happens to get around on bike. But he happens to get around more than most: he recently passed the 150,000-mile mark. + READ MORE

Take Your Kids To School With Walking Buses, Bicycle Trains, Anything But Cars By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Aug 25 2010 More kids are killed in cars than in any other mode of transportation, yet that is how most of them get to school. What's wrong with this picture? + READ MORE

Romancing The Ride: Cycling is Good for the Heart By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Aug 17 2010 I was late, I was late, for a most important date. A first date, and we were catching up to see a movie by Sydney Harbour. But when I made it to the bus stop, my bus had already left. I could see it blocks away, citybound, without me. I raced up the hill back home and quickly grabbed my bike, hoping to ride to the rail station in time to catch the next train. Yet, as I got there, I saw that too pull away from the platform. What to do? + READ MORE

I Got This Bike for Free. Lessons in Bike Maintenance, Too By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Aug 15 2010 Community Cycles' Earn-A-Bike program in Boulder is one of many around the country. + READ MORE

Eating, Biking, and Being Merry (Even Without A Bike) By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Aug 6 2010 Sometimes cyclists in their eagerness to spread the gospel of biking forget a few of the basics of human nature. We tell people how fantastic cycling is, forgetting that nobody radically changes their lifestyle or ditches their major mode of transportation (the car) simply because their freaky bike-obsessed neighbor says so. Happily, however, if said + READ MORE

The Ups (and Downs) of Cycle Commuting By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Jul 30 2010 For longer than I care to remember I've been a cycle commuter. For short to medium distances I can't think of a better way to travel. I lived on the inner city fringe for roughly 20 years. For half of that time I didn't own a car. I rode everywhere, for everything. To work, to play, to study, to lecture, to shop, to eat. I rode to first dates. I rode to awards ceremonies. I rode to business appointments. Like any activity undertaken on a constant basis, things will eventually go wrong. I have had my fair share of such 'events.' + READ MORE

How a Free Car Made Me Love My Bike By Team Treehugger IN Tech & Transport Jul 29 2010 Since a car-crushing accident in 2006, our family went car-free, first in Gothenburg, Sweden and now Portland, Ore., and I thought I'd never look back. But a gift horse -- free use of a car all summer long -- has turned into a definite bike-life challenge. The Clif 2-Mile Challenge was exactly what we needed to put priority and a little motivation into our transportation choices. + READ MORE