Tag: Biking - Page 11
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Cyclist Rides from Lisbon to Istanbul to Raise Money for Charity and Promote Climate Awareness
Istanbul's small but dedicated cycling community rallied this week to help an American biker navigate the city's dangerous roads --
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Why Recycled Plastic Bikes Aren't (Yet) Practical
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
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Portland Cyclists Log A Million Bike Commute Miles (A Month)
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
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)
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 Aids
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A Bike Serving Cocktails and More: Top Designers Create Custom Bikes For Charity Auction
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 Aids Foundation. To pick up o
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Have Fun On Your Bike with 50 No Handed, Easy to Master Tricks (Video)
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
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10 Best Bike Innovations From Oregon Manifest 2011 (Slideshow)
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.
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10 Best Bike Innovations From Oregon Manifest 2011
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 independent builders and five stude
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Think You Know What A 'Utility' Bike Should Be? Vote For Your Favorite
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
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, Not
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Guess What? 2011's 'Ultimate' Utility Bike Is Electric
The Oregon Manifest 2011 Constructor's Design Challenge was meant to get custom bike builders to come up with some innovative and snazzy new utility bikes, in the hopes that their best and brightest ideas will trickle in to the
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What Would The 'Best' Utility Bike Look Like?
"not only a great experiment at marrying design firms with bicycle craftspeople, it is also a conversation about the
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Maker Faire NYC: Hand-Painted Bike Helmets Are Stylish and Beautiful
Few, if any of the many bike helmets we've covered on TreeHugger have embodied simplicity and beauty as well as those from the aptly-named Belle Helmets. The work of Danielle Baskin, the helmets are all hand-painted, and were on
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Bike Rack BirdHouse Holds Your Helmet Too
Bikes can be a problem when you live in small spaces. One approach is to design a special bike like Graham Hill did with his Thinbike; another is to get it off the floor. TreeHugger has shown wall mounts that are utilitarian and
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New Cycling-Themed Thriller Confirms New Yorkers' Worst Impressions of Bikers
"Fixed gear. No brakes. Can't stop. Don't want to, either." So begins the trailer for "Premium Rush," an action thriller about a New York City bike messenger caught up in a life or death chase with a dirty cop and a
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Nutcase Debuts Bicycle Helmet Designed For Commuters
At this week's Interbike show in Las Vegas, Nutcase introduced a new helmet specifically re-tooled to meet commuter cyclists' concerns.
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Greek Company Gives Pay Rises to Employees That Protect the Environment and Themselves
Recently I met the Spanish partners of Coco-mat, a greek company that makes sleeping products out of natural materials. The products are fantastic; made in Greece from renewable materials such as wood, wool, cotton, sea grass,
