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Crowdsourced Documentary on Cargo Biking Wants You! (Video)

October 20, 2011

Generally when you leave your hometown (especially if your hometown is Portland, Oregon), you tend to lose your sense of expanding bike love rather quickly. Traveling for work or for play (unless you bike camp) takes you through airports and subway s…

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Cyclist Rides from Lisbon to Istanbul to Raise Money for Charity and Promote Climate Awareness

October 14, 2011

Cyclist Todd Miller in Lisbon (L) and Istanbul (R), the two ends of his cross-continental ride. Photos: Todd Miller.

Istanbul’s small but dedicated cycling community rallied this week to help an American biker navigate the city’s dangerous roads — w…

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Why Recycled Plastic Bikes Aren’t (Yet) Practical

October 13, 2011

We frequently expound on why bikes are an energy-friendly and clean form of city transportation, yet rarely get to report on innovations that take leaps in making bicycle production more sustainable and energy-efficient. That’s why the Frii injection…

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Portland Cyclists Log A Million Bike Commute Miles (A Month)

October 10, 2011

Roll On, Oregon from Bicycle Transportation Alliance on Vimeo.

Twelve thousands cyclists in Portland – two thousand of them new cycling commuters – logged 1.3 million commuting miles in September’s cycling commute challenge sponsored by local advocacy…

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Steve Jobs: The Computer is a Bicycle For Our Minds

October 5, 2011

Still from documentary ‘Memory and Imagination’

Following on from Mike’s Vale for Steve Jobs. I’d like to tender, as my tribute, this quote and video, in which a young Steve, ever the visionary, remarks: … the computer is the most remarkable tool …

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A Bike Serving Cocktails and More: Top Designers Create Custom Bikes For Charity Auction (Slideshow)

October 5, 2011

Image credit: W Hotels

At one of London’s top hotels, the W Hotel Leicester, a fleet of eye-catching bikes are now on display. Created by a host of artists and designers, the bikes are part of an auction—with proceeds going to the Elton John Ai…

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Have Fun On Your Bike with 50 No Handed, Easy to Master Tricks (Video)

October 3, 2011

Image via Vimeo screenshot.

There are lots of great reasons to ride a bike- it’s good for your health and for the environment, and it’s economical. But if you’re not having fun on your bike, what’s the point? To help you out, here’s a video from dire…

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10 Best Bike Innovations From Oregon Manifest 2011 (Slideshow)

October 3, 2011

Photo: Fuseproject.

The most innovative ideas in craft bicycle design recently made their debut at bi-annual design-build competition Oregon Manifest 2011, held September 23-24 in Portland, Oregon.

For this competition, participants — 35 independen…

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Think You Know What A ‘Utility’ Bike Should Be? Vote For Your Favorite

September 29, 2011

Photo: Fuseproject and Sycip’s Local utility trike.

What is the ‘ultimate utility bike’? The organizers of Oregon Manifest Construction Design Challenge 2011 Oregon Manifest 2011 aimed to find out. Setting that theme attracted a big batch of entries …

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More Evidence of Peak Car: Percentage of Young People With Licences Is Way Down

September 27, 2011

Cars used to be such a big part of being young; The Beach Boys could fill an album with songs about it. But they are losing their allure; TreeHugger covered an earlier Canadian study that claimed Young People Want Apartments, Not Houses; iPhones, No…

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