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Tag Archives: bicycles
The cycles of one’s life
The Golden Days I will always remember when I got my three-speed, sky-blue Schwinn Sting-ray bicycle with its white, banana-shaped seat and removable plexiglas windshield for Christmas. I thought I was the coolest kid in the neighborhood riding that three-speed … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, civics, colleges, culture, entertainment, environment, family, fitness, fun, geography, health, history, humanity, pictures, product design, recreation, sustainability, technology, trails, transportation, Travel
Tagged bicycles, bikes, Citizen, commuting, cycles, cycling, Diamondback, fun, Raleigh, recreation, riding, Schwinn, Sting-ray, tandem, transportation, Trek
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PROVOking the birth of bike sharing
Near the conclusion of his outstanding book, entitled In the City of Bikes; The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist, author Pete Jordan reveals an unknown [at least to me], yet significant part of bicycling history – the birth of the bike … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, branding, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, education, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, literature, marketing, new urbanism, planning, politics, product design, recreation, recycling, spatial design, sustainability, transportation, Travel, urban planning, volunteerism, writing
Tagged activism, advocacy, Amsterdam, anarchists, bicycles, bike sharing, cities, civics, civil disobedience, counterculture, Critical Mass, cycling, ghost bike, government, police brutality, politics, protests, PROVO, Ride of Silence, spirited anarchism, transportation, Yellow Bike Project
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The ultimate merger of beer and bikes
Just when you’ve seen everything, you stumble across something wholly unexpected. In this case it is bike bars (a.k.a. pedal pubs, pedal cruisers, etc.). These pedal-powered mobile beer bars are starting to pop up in entertainment districts and venues across … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, beer, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, fun, geography, land use, logistics, Maps, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged beer, bicycles, bicycling, bikes, brews, cities, entertainment, entrepreneurship, fun
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More beneficial use of highway money
Late in 2013 a brand new interstate highway interchange opened along I-96 at Latson Road near Howell, Michigan. The cost of this single, basic “diamond-shaped” interchange was $32 million dollars. While many people in suburban Livingston County are probably thrilled with a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, books, Cars, cities, commerce, culture, environment, fitness, geography, health, Health care, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, trails, transportation, urban planning
Tagged bicycles, Bikenomics, books, cars, cities, congestion, highways, Howell, land use, Latson Road, spatial design, sprawl, traffic, trails
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Images of the Michigan Bike Expo
Neither blowing snow, nor single digits temperatures, nor icy roads could keep the truly determined from attending today’s Michigan Bike Expo at the Michigan State University’s Ag Pavilion. For the first time, the Michigan Mountain Biking Association, the League of Michigan … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, beer, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, brewpubs, charities, civics, colleges, Communications, culture, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, health, hiking, inclusiveness, pictures, planning, recreation, sustainability, trails, transportation, walking
Tagged advocacy, bicycles, bicycling, bikes, cycling, entertainment, environmenta, exercise, fitness, fun, greenways, health, hiking, Michigan Bike Expo, mountain biking, MSU, nature, trails, transportation
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A year as a folding bike commuter
It is hard to believe that it has already been a year since I purchased my first folding urban commuter bike – a “Miami” by Citizen. Since several readers wondered about the long-term durability of the bike, here’s a brief … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, Biking, consumerism, culture, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, product design, spatial design, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel
Tagged active transportation, bicycles, bicycling, bike commuting, biking, Citizen, fitness, folding bikes, fun, geography, health, transportation, urban commuter bikes
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Postal pedal power!
Observing the custom of postal delivery by bicycle-mounted carriers for An Post in two different Ireland cities last week (Ennis and Killarney) had me wondering why in the world this is not a more common method of delivery here in … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, Biking, branding, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, commerce, Communications, culture, energy, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, government, health, infrastructure, Ireland, Labor, logistics, North America, Oceania, planning, pollution, product design, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, Trade, transportation, urban planning
Tagged An Post, bicycles, biking, exercise, fitness, health, Ireland, mail carriers, mail delivery, mail post, mail service, New Zealand, New Zealand Post, post carriers, postal carriers, sustainability, USA, USPS
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Sports/games that should have been invented
If haggis hurling/tossing can be a sport, so can these. Look for them on a cable channel near you! Stay tuned for more. Slam dunk wiffle ball Reverse role deer hunting Medicine ball shot put Curling hurling Sky-high jumping (with … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, aviation, beer, bicycling, Biking, brewpubs, consumerism, culture, entertainment, fun, health, humanity, satire, sports, Television
Tagged beer, bicycles, brewpubs, cornhole, curling, fun, funny, games, haggis, medicine ball, satire, sports, Toss Across, Twister, wiffle ball
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Do you get a bike helmet forehead spot?
Okay…I have been wondering this for years. What the heck causes many bicycle riders to get an oblong-shaped reddish spot on their forehead from their bike helmet. It’s not like there is something on the inside of the helmet that … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, consumerism, fitness, product design, sports, transportation
Tagged bicycles, bike helmets, biking, cycling, exercise, fitness, helmets, product design, sports
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Power of the pedal – let’s bicycle to the polls
One super way on Election Day 2012 to advocate cycling and visually depict to your friends and neighbors how many of us are strong supporters of cycling and cycling issues is to pedal your bicycle to your precinct to cast … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, advertising, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, Communications, culture, environment, fitness, fun, government, health, politics, sustainability, transportation, walking
Tagged advertising, bicycles, bikes, cities, civics, cycling, elections, green, pedaling, politics, voting
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