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Finisterre’s Still Making Waves in Waterproofs and Wool

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

When I’m a grown up I’m going to donate my fleeces to Finisterre. All photos: Finisterre As we’ve noted before, Finisterre is a fiercely independent crew of surfers, out of Cornwall, making highly functional, and award winning, outdoor clothing with a deep ethical and ecological bent. Of recent note is a). their new Anabatic II rain shell, made of recycled and recyclable polyester, b). their exclusive line of double ply Merino wool/organic cotton Tees, and c). their ongoing venture to bring British Bowmont sheep (pictured above), and their superfine wool back from the edge of extinction…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Reinventing the Dutch Bike for Global City Slickers

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo credit Van Moof . In Amsterdam , a majority of the bikes are black. Look out at the sea of bikes parked at the city’s Central station and you see a lot of black, highly practical and functional omafiets (“grandma bikes”) that most women and men prefer in the Netherlands. There’s a reason you still see so many of these on the streets – they last and last. But style-conscious Dutch bike designers at

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If Bike Theft Makes You Fat, Better Bike Parking Makes You Thin

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Bikes, many of them stolen, pile up at the Amsterdam bike depot. Photo A.S. It’s practically a requirement these days to carry not one but two ponderous bike locks, yet city streets are still thick with bike thieves. A British insurance survey recently suggested a bike is stolen about every 65 seconds in the U.K. and Mike Cavanaugh of the London Cycling Campaign thinks theft turns people away from healthful cycling: “Bike theft is cited as the most common reason for people giving up cycling. In 2008 there were over 17,000 bikes reported stolen… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Biking, Walking Gets More Bucks, Keeps Going Up

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo by rkimpeljr via flickr. It may seem like an, “Oh, duh,” with the government the last to confirm the news, but a 15-year report released by the U.S. Department of Transporation and the Federal Highway Administration shows a 25% increase in trips by bike and walking since 2001. The National Bicycling and Walking Study: 15-Year Status Report has been following the action since 1994, and the news is (mostly) good – in the U.S. we’ve reversed a trend of decreasing trips by biking and walking. And the Obama Administration spent $1.2 billion on bike and walk programs in 2009… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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6 Ways to Boost Your City’s Bike Mojo

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Minneapolis new “Nice Ride” bike share add (slightly geeky) mojo and beats out Portland’s lack of imminent bike sharing plans. Photo via Nice Ride. When Portland lost its first-place, “friendly bike city” status to suddenly hip Minneapolis , Portland bike-friendly Mayor Sam Adams called it a, “clarion call.” Luckily, Portland had just passed a contentious but far-reaching new Bike Plan 2030 , with a few ways to possibly… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Not Quite Ready for a True Cargo Bike? Try a Cycle Truck

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Ahearn. The photos don’t do these new handmade truck bikes justice. Ahearne Cycle Trucks seem to harken back to a perhaps mythical time when carrying a modest amount of cargo was just what a bike was built to do, without a lot of fuss, muss, or hassle. Joseph Ahearne, a bicycle maker based in Portland, Oregon, says these are medium-duty cargo bikes, but he prefers to call them cycle trucks. What’s the difference? Well, cycle trucks have a front rack fixed to the frame for stability, and a slightly smaller front wheel to accomodate the rack’s… Read the full story on TreeHugger