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No-weld homebuilt recumbent? Cruzbike!
I was reading this EcoVelo post on multi-modal bicycling and there were a shower of comments about this recumbent called Cruzbike. Not only are there stock models, but there is also a build kit that you can take a y-frame full suspension mountain bike and turn it into a ‘bent. Some Cruzbike discussion on bikeforums.…
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Bike Light Patterns
Here’s a blog that has a bunch of posts discussing the effectiveness and perils of bike light qualities. It’s easy to think that a brighter light is more effective but blinding drivers around you clearly won’t help you on your commute.
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Ikea Stonehenge « How to be a Retronaut
So much like Lego instructions, too! http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtobearetronaut.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fikea-stonehenge%2F
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Inverviews on Peak Oil
Below is a 20 minute video featuring interviews with Noam Champsky and Bill Mckibben and others on why the US seems legally bound and why CEOs may be too frightened to honestly confront peak oil and climate change.
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Sara Salo and her School Food Bicycle Tour
Let’s not take for granted what our kids eat in school. If you’ve actually looked at a school menu, I think you’d be distinctly disappointed. It’s filled with white flour and sugar: juice, cookies, and some combination of pizza, hamburger, grilled cheese or the like. By some standards that’s a nutritional nightmare. I am fascinated by…
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Is gluten sensitivity the root of many diseases?
This seems to be the hypothesis of doctors James Braly and Ron Hoggan, in “Dangerous Grains: Why Gluten Cereal Grains May Be Hazardous to Your Health”. The authors also indicate that gluten sensitivity is congenital which could explain why asthma, polymyagia, celiac disease and diabetes might also run in families. I probably wont get time…
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Print Google Maps Across Multiple Pages
Tonight I’m trying to print out my bike route for tomorrow’s picnic and I wanted to print out a really large Google Map. I think what I’m going to try is printing to a 16×24 sized PDF file and then use PosterRazor (http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/) to print it out across multiple pages. I’ll see how it works.
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Anticipating Seattle to Portland 2011
I’m looking forward to riding my recumbent in the STP this summer. I have never ridden a century, so not even a double century. I’m not concerned about the amount of saddle time since I am not riding a diamond frame. I have met three people so far that have, but I haven’t had much…
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