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Warmshowers: awesome bike travel resource

For the last three nights, James and I have been hosting Pete, a self-described red-bearded Welshman traveling around the Pacific Northwest on a tank of a $30 bike that he bought and fixed up when he flew in to Portland. It must be a Warmshowers adventure! I wrote about Warmshowers …

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stasia •June 12, 2012Bike Programs, Great Ideas
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National Bike Month

Did you know that May is National Bike Month? I’m always a little skeptical of national fill-in-the-blank months (who comes up with these things, anyway? And who makes them national?), but a bike month is something I can get behind! :) Anyway, the League of American Bicyclists has a whole …

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stasia •May 8, 2012Bike Programs, Commuting, Great Ideas, Random Thoughts
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the tireless bike

I can’t see that this has too many practical applications right now, but I like the thinking behind it: Basically, the guy who designed this, Ron Arad, used spring tempered steel to make tire-like structures that apparently feel surprisingly like tires to ride on. There are 18 strips of steel …

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stasia •October 25, 2011Great Ideas great ideas
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taking RVs to the biking level

You can take your home with you if it’s a car–why not if it’s a bike too? Check it out: it’s powered by a roof-mounted wind turbine, and there are solar panels to run the stove and hot water. And it has a kitchen, bed, and everything! I don’t know …

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stasia •June 29, 2011Great Ideas great ideas, lifestyle, travel
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