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Want to Save a Tree? Buy a Wooden or Bamboo Bicycle

Photo via Renovo. At last count, Portland had 3 dozen small-scale bike frame builders – everything from Sasha White’s beautiful Vanilla Bikes to Joseph Ahearne’s sturdy and cheerful cycle trucks . The “buy local” mentality in Portland helps create a small but dedicated market of consumers willing to pay more for a locally-produced bike. But Renovo Bicycle’s Ken Wheeler says while local is great, steel and aluminum-framed bicyc… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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13,000 Cyclists Take Over Toronto Highways

We often complain about how Toronto favours the driver over the cyclist, but for one day a year cyclists rule the city as the two main highways are closed down for the Becel Ride for the Heart , a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation sponsored by a margarine company. (Michael Pollan would not approve ) So while the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Polluted Cities Like London Choke Pedal-Powered Residents With Dirty Nanoparticles

Photo by invisibleconsequential via flickr. Air quality is not something we tend to complain about – a rain shower or snow flurries can stop cyclists in their tracks, but gradually worsening air doesn’t make our daily talking points. Perhaps it should – we are a bit like frogs in the hot pot, not realizing the danger until we’re dead. A new UK study reported in the Times shows cyclists can be among the most vulnerable to dirty, particulate-rich city air, inhaling fiv… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ask Pablo: Is A Freezer Chest The Environmentally Friendly Choice?

Image Source: Jonny Hunter Dear Pablo: I grow plenty of vegetables in the summer but can’t in the winter. In addition to preserving what I can in canning jars, I am thinking about getting a freezer chest to store my vegetables into the winter. I am concerned about the energy use and am wondering if it is better or worse for the environment than buying vegetables that are shipped from far away. There are so many rewards in producing and preserving your own foods, and e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Drop Dead Gorgeous Bikes at the Museum of Arts and Design

Dario Pegoretti TreeHugger is into Copenhagenizing, or using bikes as everyday transport in everyday clothes, but that doesn’t mean we can’t lust in our hearts over a beautiful set of wheels. And, the most beautiful wheels in the world are on display at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York right now. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Carbonwood Bicycle. Art or Design?

All photos: Craig Wall for Craig Galego Design is about compromise. Art doesn’t know the word. Design needs to respond to vagaries of a mass market. Art is more unfettered — the idea comes first, the audience later. Design acknowledges the dictates of function (even it doesn’t always abide by them). Art bows down only to the altar of form. But as with life, there are rarely black and white absolutes, and sometimes art and design collide. When they do, it is often art that often comes out the stronger of the two. Take, for example, Australian designer Gary Galego’s Carbonwood bike. It is a stunning piece of art. A material co… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pink Riding Her 10 Speed of the Day

There’s nothing hot about Pink riding a bike, but that may be because there’s nothing hot about Pink. That’s all I have to say about that…it’s Friday and I’m hungover and seriously do not give a fuck about Pink and her fucking bike or her gay husband who doesn’t want to admit he’s gay so he gets with chicks who look like they have testicles…fuck yourself… Pics via PacificCoastNews

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