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The Saga of Fume On exerting yourself in traffic		02 Jul 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I bus, bike, or walk to work 98 percent of the time. I was wondering, when I'm biking (or walking, for that matter), am I inhaling more pollutants than those around me who are emitting them from their gas-guzzlers? Your answer won't change my habits, since I'm not going to drive to work anytime soon -- I'm just wondering if I'm the one paying the price for my enviro-friendly commuting? Thanks for your help! Sara Tucson, Ar ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, bikes, cars, green living, health, public transportation (all these topics)

Back in the Saddle A car-free mom gets her muscles -- and mind -- in shape for summer	Christine Gardner	11 Jun 2008	Grist Feature
I've started running a few times a week. Each morning, I grab the clothes I've set out the night before and finish getting dressed in the garage, because I don't want to wake my family. Then I go into my neighborhood and run, although running is a misnomer. Really, it's more of a jog -- and sometimes just a walk. These legs are made for parenting. These jog/walk sessions don' ...
Topics: advice, bikes, education, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Built for Two On biking with kids	Umbra Fisk	11 Jun 2008	Ask Umbra
Umbra, Your columns have opened up a whole new world on transport by bike. I don't have a question but am considering purchasing our second Xtracycle for our family. I can carry our toddler and all our groceries, or another adult, or a cooler full of beer on one side and camping gear on the other -- all by bike. Not to say I don't "have to" drive from time to time, but it keeps me out of the car about four to five days a week. ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, bikes, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Hurdles for new transportation technology More hybrid electric bikes hit the streets	biodiversivist	31 May 2008	Gristmill
I have received hundreds of emails from people wanting to build a hybrid electric bike. I have a standard response that attempts to dissuade them, which seems to work pretty well: You will have to spend about $1,400 on parts, excluding the bicycle. When it breaks -- and it will break -- you will be on your own to fix it. If you are not a reasonably fit cyclist and expect this bike to perform like a scooter, you are going to be disappointed. This generally takes ca ...
Topics: bikes, green living (all these topics)

Putting the fun between your legs	JMG	19 May 2008	Gristmill
A very good blog aimed at recumbent bike riders has morphed into what will probably be an even better blog for all riders: EcoVelo.
Topics: bikes, green living (all these topics)

Bicyclists do it better Commute by bike, get lucky	Trina Stout	07 May 2008	Gristmill
From a Hungarian PSA (No translation necessary. Mostly safe for work; use headphones):Rarrrrrr. Turns out, Hungary has an entire government position devoted to promoting bicycling.In Hungary, the Ministry of Economics and Transport actually has a Deputy Minister for cycling by the name of Adam Bodor. Bodor's job, put simply, is to get people on their bikes.Now, why can't the U.S. do that?
Topics: bikes, green living, Hungary, sex (all these topics)

Haul's Well That Ends Well On cargo bikes	Umbra Fisk	30 Apr 2008	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, After reading your article on the amazing Thermos, coffee, and bicycle commuting, I thought I should alert you (if you're not already alerted) to the Xtracycle (or S.U.B.) as a means for everyday, super-utilitarian biking. I replaced my car with one of these about eight months ago, and find that meeting new "can I haul that on my bike?" challenges is great fun -- not to mention the sense of accomplishment and ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, bikes, cars, green living (all these topics)

Rack and Forth On hauling goods by bike	Umbra Fisk	28 Apr 2008	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, Love your column. I'm a daily bicycle commuter and coffee achiever. Here's a cool mug and handlebar mount [for the reader who asked about transporting coffee]. Cheers, John Denver, Colo. Dearest John, Thank you. Take a look at the Soma coffee mount John suggests, everyone -- it got rave reviews from beaucoup readers. Another fun beverage-toting suggestion was a whiskey-flask holder from Ahearne Cycles in Portland (than ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, bikes, cars, green living (all these topics)

What is the Vectrix? Electric bike zips up Berkeley hills with ease	Adam Browning	24 Apr 2008	Gristmill
An ex-girlfriend of mine placed great diagnostic weight on the following question: Would you rather have one cookie now or two cookies later? I am generally a two-cookies-later person, and she ... well, now that I think of it, she was more of a two-cookies-now kind of person, which explains ... Photo: Sonietta46 I digress. The point is that if you have been reading all the recent news about the Tesla and the Volt, and now Think is coming to America, a ...
Topics: bikes, electric vehicles, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

The unthinkable humiliation of biking, part two	David Roberts	18 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Remember that dumb State Farm ad? Here's another of the same ilk: State Farm bowed to pressure and pulled their ad. Will the same happen to Farmers? (via Streetsblog)
Topics: bikes, cars, green living, TV (all these topics)

State Farm pulls bike-bashing ad	David Roberts	11 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Remember that stupid ad from State Farm, where the natty professional laments that gas prices have gotten so high he's been forced -- gasp -- to ride a bike to work? Oh, the humiliation. Well, apparently the hubbub about the ad got so heated that it made its way back to State Farm. In response, they have pulled the ad. Streetsblog has the details, and deserves credit for generating the kind of blowback that might make the next big corporation think twice before dispa ...
Topics: bikes, cars, green living, placemaking, TV (all these topics)

'State Farm can get you back behind the wheel'	David Roberts	03 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Witness the humiliation as this distinguished professional is forced to ... my God, I can barely say it ... ride a bike to work. Do something, State Farm! Anything! "You know that place where you're swapping four wheels for two? Oh, man, I'm there." Says Streetsblog: "Yeah, I know that place. It's called a city." UPDATE: State Farm has pulled the ad.
Topics: bikes, cars, green living, placemaking, TV (all these topics)

The sweet smell of victory Seattle gets five more blocks of bike lanes	biodiversivist	02 Apr 2008	Gristmill
In this post, I talked about Seattle's efforts to improve bicycle safety. I mentioned that the busiest part of a key road was not striped, thanks to pressure from a local real estate baron who didn't want business disrupted. This created a dangerous gauntlet to run as bikers left the bike lane to start their long, hard slog uphill. I'm happy to report that the city has since reconsidered, and it has made a world of difference for safety. Which gives me the opportun ...
Topics: bikes, cars, green living, placemaking, Seattle (all these topics)

Do the test An insanely clever bike-advocacy ad from the U.K.	Sarah K. Burkhalter	17 Mar 2008	Gristmill
This is awesome:
Topics: bikes, green living (all these topics)

This guy has it figured out The SOZEV/train combo commute	biodiversivist	13 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Pete has the coolest-looking SOZEV (Single-Occupant Zero-Carbon Emission Vehicle) in Seattle. (Click the photo to the right for a larger view.) It has turned a sweat-inducing, 45-minute slog up a killer hill into a comfortable 10-minute cruise. He rides to the Sounder commuter train station from his house and then from downtown to his office east of Seattle. Surfing the net while commuting by train is a concept that appeals to me. I wonder how well the free wi-fi conc ...
Topics: bikes, electric vehicles, green living, innovation, placemaking, tech (all these topics)

Lance Armstrong: more bike commuters, please A breathless appraisal of Lance's new bicycle mecca and mission	Adam Stein	16 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Lance Armstrong will soon unveil his 18,000-square-foot Austin-based bike shop, Mellow Johnny's (named after the Tour de France's yellow jersey -- or 'maillot jaune'). The goal of the shop is to promote bike culture and bike commuting: 'This city is exploding downtown. Are all these people in high rises going to drive everywhere? We have to promote (bike) commuting...'Showers and a locker room will allow commuters who don't have facilities at their offices to ride down ...
Topics: bikes, celebrity, green living, placemaking, Texas (all these topics)

Backin' the saddle again British supermarket expands bike-trailer program	Katharine Wroth	09 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Bike to store. Pick up free bike trailer. Fill trailer with groceries. Hitch it up and ride home. Return trailer within three days. That's the dreamy concept at the Waitrose supermarket chain in Jolly Olde Englande, where the free-trailer scheme is being tried out at a handful of stores. Says a department manager, 'There are 60 to 70 bikes outside the shop every lunchtime, so there's a definite market for it. If we can encourage just a few people to cycle rather tha ...
Topics: bikes, consumerism, green living, innovation, shopping, United Kingdom (all these topics)

All's well that ends sick My brush with medical reality, on a bike	Katharine Wroth	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
My fella and I have been living a one-car life for the last year, and overall it's going pretty well. Helps that I'm a telecommuter, and helps that we have made the choice to live near a commuter rail and a small but semi-useful downtown. I also succeeded in finding a doctor and a dentist within (loosely defined) walking distance. Which worked really well, on a sunny day, when I was in good health. But this morning, I had to go see my doctor. And it's cold and rai ...
Topics: bikes, green living, health (all these topics)

American Pi New electric bike spiffy but spendy		26 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:14 PM on 26 Sep 2007 The Pi electric bicycle from Electrobike is engineered with cradle-to-cradle design, assembled in California almost entirely from local components, can go 25 miles in motor-only mode before being plugged in, has a recyclable battery, and produces zero emissions, natch. Intrigued? It can soon be yours for a mere $7,500! source:� Los Angeles Times From the Archives You Really Can't Have Too ...
Topics: bikes, green living, news (all these topics)

Wheeling and Dealing U.S. Transportation Secretary blames bikes for decay of roads and bridges		14 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 2:15 PM on 14 Sep 2007 When one rides a bicycle, one is able to transport oneself from place to place -- thus, one might call a bicycle "transportation." But not if one is U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters. Despite the fact that 10 percent of all U.S. trips to work, school, and store happen on bike or foot, Peters said in August that bike paths "are really not transpor ...
Topics: bikes, Department of Transportation, green living, news, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics)

Frogs love bikes Paris bike rental scheme takes off	David Roberts	09 Aug 2007	Gristmill
But wait, I thought bikes were impractical! Taxi drivers and other critics said that it would never work, but three weeks after Paris was sprinkled with 10,000 self-service bicycles, the scheme is proving a triumph and a new pedalling army appears to be taming the city's famously fierce traffic. Bertrand Delano�, the city's mayor, and his green-minded administration are jubilant at the gusto with which Parisians and visitors have taken to the heavy grey cycles th ...
Topics: bikes, France, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

More ways to use our friend the wind's energy Clever video	JMG	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A short video -- proof that ingenuity is alive and well:
Topics: bikes, green living, innovation, placemaking, wind power (all these topics)

Bicycle shame Alan Durning on whether biking is for children and for losers	Alan Durning	26 Jul 2007	Gristmill
You don't have to go farther than Hollywood to see one reason Bicycle Neglect is so rampant in North America. Consider the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The middle-aged protagonist, obsessed with video games and action figures, seems stuck in early adolescence. The film spends two hours lampooning him for being emasculated, immature -- not a real man. His vehicle? A bike. (You can almost hear the schoolyard snickers.) To be a successful adult, apparently, you h ...
Topics: green living, placemaking, bikes (all these topics)

Here's a green Ditty for ya More green musicians	Kate Sheppard	11 Jul 2007	Gristmill
We've gotten tons of emails from people who are all like 'Why didn't my fav band make your '15 Green Musicians and Bands' list, yo?' Most of them are just sorta self-righteous and annoying. But today we got one from the good folks over on Spinner.com that pointed to their own list on the subject, which had some overlap with ours, as well as a few cool additions. Their No. 1 gets extra cool points: The Ditty Bops. As they describe them: To promote their 2006 album ' ...
Topics: bikes, green living, music, placemaking (all these topics)

Luke ... I am your filter ... New bike helmet filters pollutants	Sarah van Schagen	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Speaking of bikes, a new helmet with a decidedly Storm-Trooperish look may soon help cyclists breathe easier, filtering out particulate matter as they ride.
Topics: bikes, green living, innovation (all these topics)

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