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Slow Biking: "if you think you're going to sweat, slow down"
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"First there was Slow Food and then Slow Travel, Slow Companies, Slow Planet, etc. The time is ripe for Slow Bicycle."In 2008, a group of relaxed cyclists founded the Slow Bicycle Movement as a way to "take cycling back" from the spandex-wearing, 21-gear-using, speed-loving weekend warriors and return it ...
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1 year, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
The SUV of bikes
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It's easy to assume once you have a couple of kids, your days of
freewheeling are numbered. One kid seat might be doable, but two, and
with groceries? The Dutch have a cyclist's answer to the minivan. It's
called a "bakfiets"- a cargobike that resembles a rideable ...
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1 year, 5 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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Dutch bikes: appliances, not sporting goods
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There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands: 18 million bikes for 16.3 million people. There are less than 7 million cars. The average Dutch person cycles 902km, or 560 miles, per year. In a country where there are more than twice as many bicycles as cars, most ...
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1 year, 6 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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Commute bikes 2008
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New gear makes it easier to ditch the car. Shiftless gearing, electric boost, micro-foldable models to cycle to the train and cargobikes for getting the kids to class. Here's a list of commuter bikes.As more cities, like London, Chicago, Melbourne and New York, invest in cycling infrastructure (see ...
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2 years, 4 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
When a bike beats a car: how appropriate is our transport?
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If we were truly a society addicted to speed, more of us would get out of our cars. The average speed of morning traffic in Manhattan is 8.5 miles per hour, and those going cross-town average just 5.2 mph. Driving speeds in many downtowns are easily beaten by ...
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2 years, 4 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff 6 comments
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Smart bikes: bike-sharing redux
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In cities like Paris, Barcelona and Vienna, residents use a smarter generation of bike-sharing programs. Now North American cities like Montreal and Washington, DC prepare to launch their own rental bike fleets. We take a look at how it works and why Paris just added 10,000 more bikes.Bike ...
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2 years, 10 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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