9:32 am in bikes, biking, health, ride your bike by TreeHugger
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Lloyd Alter
John Tierney of the
New York Times has never been my favourite science columnist, but he appears to know his bikes and commutes 16 miles a day. He uses a no-nose seat, calling it a "no-brainer." He asks:
Why, if you had an easy alternative, would you take any risk with that part of the anatomy? Even if you didn't feel any symptoms, even if you didn't believe the researchers' warnings, even if you thought it was perfectly healthy to feel numb during a ride -- why not sw...Read the full story on TreeHugger
1:06 pm in bikes, biking, politics, ride your bike by TreeHugger
A few weeks ago I read
How to Talk About Cycling to a Conservative, an article by Tom Bowden, a conservative corporate lawyer in Virginia who happens to be a bike commuter, and writes: " speaking as a right wing cyclist, here are some thoughts on how to talk to Republicans, Conservatives, TeaParty types, and even libertarians."
Now I never thought bike riding was particularly political, lots of people do it. Then
John Boehner and friends started complaining about investments...
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10:44 am in activism, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, california, car free, Cars & Transportation, charities, ride your bike, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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There is a certain irony in the fact that some of the best biking in the U.S. is in an area where people have rejected the modern world -- including bikes (for those of the
Old Order).
Pennsylvania's
Amish Country: With roads filled with more horse drawn carriages than cars, and rolling fields of farmland, obsessive photo snapping during the 68.7 mile, Day 3 of
Brita Climate Ride NYC-DC 2011 made...
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6:00 am in activism, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, california, car free, Cars & Transportation, charities, ride your bike by TreeHugger
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I have now pedaled 174 miles over three days on the
Cayo 1.0 Road Bike From Focus Bikes, and what can I say, this full-carbon bike is at the top of its class.
It's now approaching
Day 4 of
Brita Climate Ride NYC-DC 2011, a 300-mile, 5-day climate awareness bike ride and fundraiser from New York City to Washington, D.C., and I really can't say anythi...
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