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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Bicycle City: 20,000 bikes help Post-War Nicaraguans
stumbled across this video trailer while perusing the reader for a movie called "the bicycle city" aka Rivas, Nicaragua.
The Bicycle City. Trailer from Greg Sucharew on Vimeo.
from the vimeo description promoting the film:What happens to an impoverished developing nation town when you flood it with 20,000 bicycles? You lift three times that number of people out of poverty. Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have been shipping used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua for the last two decades and the transformation has been incredible.visit the film's website to learn more about it.
in the spirit of this blog, and how we feel about how bikes are transformative and lend towards independence and a renewed sense of self, this project is right up my alley. also sounds like a movie i would love to see.
via treehugger.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Chair Delivery
Since buying La Ballena, you may think that I reserve it for all of my cargo hauling needs. Not so, not so! I can find a way to get almost anything on my Bat.
Huge purse in the front. A dozen chicken eggs, a dozen quail eggs, 6 avocados, a bunch of leeks, 2 lbs of lamb sausage and a jar of home preserved lemons in the left pannier. An abandoned Japanese chair in the right pannier. Had I been successful at the Apple store, I would have had a new IPad on their somewhere as well.
It isn't just me hauling chairs and other things, either.
Kid? Check. Backpack? Check. Fishing gear in backpack? Check. Folding chair? Check.
Who needs a rack when you have strong biceps?
Huge purse in the front. A dozen chicken eggs, a dozen quail eggs, 6 avocados, a bunch of leeks, 2 lbs of lamb sausage and a jar of home preserved lemons in the left pannier. An abandoned Japanese chair in the right pannier. Had I been successful at the Apple store, I would have had a new IPad on their somewhere as well.
It isn't just me hauling chairs and other things, either.
Kid? Check. Backpack? Check. Fishing gear in backpack? Check. Folding chair? Check.
Who needs a rack when you have strong biceps?
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Bikey Bay Area Weekend Calendar
(warning: no april fool's joke is contained in the context of this post.)
SF BIKE PARTY! theme: ROBOTS & CYBORGS
1/2 of the route is our commute! check out the fourth bike party bike ride:
View SFBP - Ride 04 Route - April 1, 2011 in a larger map
SATURDAY!
SF bike coalition provides you with awesome valet parking at the ferry building's saturday farmers market. go use their services and tell them how much you love your bike valets. i hear they take donations in terms of food! ;)
SUNDAY!
Sports Basement is going to Nicasio. You should join them now that the rain has stopped (we hope!!).
What: Sports Basement Sunday Ride
Beginnermediate Group - ~55 miles @ 14-16mph avg. on the flats - (slower uphill) - no rider left behind. Wait at tops of hills and major intersections.
When: Sunday, April 3rd - Meet up at 8:30am for snacks & juice - ride rolls out at 9:00am.
Where: Sports Basement Presidio - 610 Old Mason St., The Presidio of San Francisco
Bring: Your helmet (this is mandatory!), a couple of water bottles, a little cash, an ID, a cell phone with saved I.C.E. contact, and a patch kit & tube.
Don't Bring: Your iPod or any devices which plug your ears or impair your ability to hear. This is a group ride and we want to make sure that you are communicating with your group for safety and social reasons :-)
Note: Riders under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to ride with us.
Beginnermediate Group - ~55 miles @ 14-16mph avg. on the flats - (slower uphill) - no rider left behind. Wait at tops of hills and major intersections.
When: Sunday, April 3rd - Meet up at 8:30am for snacks & juice - ride rolls out at 9:00am.
Where: Sports Basement Presidio - 610 Old Mason St., The Presidio of San Francisco
Bring: Your helmet (this is mandatory!), a couple of water bottles, a little cash, an ID, a cell phone with saved I.C.E. contact, and a patch kit & tube.
Don't Bring: Your iPod or any devices which plug your ears or impair your ability to hear. This is a group ride and we want to make sure that you are communicating with your group for safety and social reasons :-)
Note: Riders under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to ride with us.
now go and enjoy life this weekend on your bike. you deserve it!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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