bicycles

This Blog post has a photoset of the different kind of bikes one can find in Holland, and compares them to automobile transportation.

I love discovering an occasional gem of a Website during minutes (hours?) of random Internet browsing, and today I found a real diamond: RUBARB, which stands for “Rusted Up Beyond All Recognition Bikes.”

Started by volunteers in March 2006 — about a half-year after Hurricane Katrina and the levee-failure flooding of New Orleans — RUBARB was inspired by a much-repeated experience of hurricane cleanup crews: pulling bicycle after unused, flood-damaged bicycle from the mountain

These bicycles also provide clean drinking water. Wonderful modification of the bicycle!

Fantastic and funny overview of bicycling in the UK.

Yes, yes, the trend is catching on. Bike riding is up, car driving is down. It really is a no brain’er! Gas is getting too high and people are starting to make the choice, drive or bike?

Gas prices hit $3.73 a gallon Tuesday, prompting American roads to become less traveled, at least by car.

How about riding a tandem bike, and being able to look your companion straight in the eye?

Cuba has lifted the ban on electric bikes and other electronic items as new President Raul Castro wants real progress for the nation.

Who said that green vehicles couldn’t be cool? We gathered the coolest ones that many of us want to have. Our favourite: Venturi Fetish, PoweriZer, Zero Bike and Worn Again. Check them out and tell us what’s yours.

An activist couple discusses Food Not Bombs, a bike recyclery and local food.

Peak Moment 88: City Councilor Scott Walker of Port Townsend, Washington is working to build a walkable, bikeable community where the car is not essential. As a result, the town has designated manyundeveloped streets and "connectors" as non-motorized routes. He says, "Build safe, convenient facilities for walking and biking, and they sprout people." Watch Janaia test ride Scott's electric bike, which "flattens the town" as if there were no hills.

Monica is going car-less in Los Angeles! Is she crazy? No way-- she's so hot she's green. She shares her thoughts on how to embrace a car-free life in any city.

15-year old Malkolm is on a year-long 10,000 mile bike-trip across North America with his parents, Ken and Wendy. Why? Birds, to put it simply.

A Beijing entrepreneur is trying to jump start bicycling again in Beijing by renting bicycles by the hour, a day or a year.

Saturday, September 22nd, is World Carefree Day. It's a great opportunity to try out alternative transportation and leave your keys at home. Here's how to participate.