Bicycling

Ten Green & Non-New-Agey Spiritual New Year's Resolutions. [Contribute Your Number One Aspiration]

Waylon Lewis | Posted 12.31.2008 | Green

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Yoga, New Year's Eve, Activism, Mountain Climbing, New Year's Resolution, Green, Bicycling, Meditation, Environmentalism, New Year's Commentary, Parenting, Green Living, Buddhism, 2009, Family, Green News
Waylon Lewis

So what can you do, if you're concerned 1) about being truly happy inside and 2) helping everyone else and the outside world to be happy and healthy?

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Lance is Back: Time to Make EPO Legal?

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bicycling, Sports, Doping, Lance Armstrong, Epo, Tour De France, Lance Armstrong Return to Cycling, Epo Cycling, Entertainment News
Peter A. Ubel

Athletes who use EPO try to increase their hemoglobin level enough to increase their performance without experiencing a stroke. This isn't too hard to do.

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2009 -- A Banner Bike Year, We Hope

Graham Hill | Posted 12.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Bicycling, Bicycle, Cycling, Bike to Work, Green News
Graham Hill

Name one industry that hasn't yet suffered from the global gray economy. Personal hygiene? Snacks for couch potatoes? Nope, it's the global bicycle industry.

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Commuter Bike-Off! It's Electra Amsterdam vs. Bianchi Milano vs. Masi vs. Jorg & Olif vs. Simple City vs. Paul Frank vs. Biomega vs. Kronan (oh, my)

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas, Green, Bicycling, Environmentalism, Commuter Bike, Commuting, Green Living, Wellness, Traffic, Bike Culture, Health, Exercise, Environment, Fitness, Bicycle, Green Commuting, Commute, Bike, Green News
Waylon Lewis

A commuter bike is defined, loosely, as a light, affordable, utilitarian bike fit for daily commuting. What's the best one in America right now?

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James Cromwell Hospitalized After Cycling Accident

AP | Posted 11.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: James Cromwell, Bicycling, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — James Cromwell was injured in a fall from his bicycle over the weekend and was expected to be released from a hospital Monday, his...

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10 Ways to Go Green and Save Cash -- No Excuses

Maura Judkis | Posted 10.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Money, Bicycling, Green Living, Saving Money, Consumer Spending, Locavore, Recession, Flexitarianism, Slow Food, Home Cooking, Freeganism, Utility Costs, Freecycle, Save Money, Personal Finance, Ways to Save Gas, Money Saving, Green News
Maura Judkis

Right now, consumers across the country are looking for ways to cut back. Luckily, some of the best ways to save money are also simple steps toward living a little greener.

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U.S. Cities Cozy Up to Cycling

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Bicycling, Green News, Urban Planning, Transportation, Bike to Work, Urban Cycling, Fuel Conservation, Streetsblog, Bicycle Friendly Community, City Cycling, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

Never mind the banks -- it might be time to start worrying about a run on your local bike shop.

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Danish Happiness...Does It All Come Down To A Green Commute?

Graham Hill | Posted 08.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Happiness, Green Commuting, Bicycling, Commuting, Green News
Graham Hill

Once again, the Danes come out on top in the 2008 World Values Survey's happiness statistics. How is it that this chilly, windy nation of five-and-a-h...

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Green Democratic Convention Not Going as Well as Planned

Maura Judkis | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Convention, Democratic Convention, Bicycling, Dnc, Green Living, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National Convention, Green News
Maura Judkis

The DNC has trumpeted for months its desire for the greenest convention ever, but now that it's in the midst of the convention, not all of its green s...

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Bike-Sharing: An Idea Whose Time has Come

Michael Graham Richard | Posted 08.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, Environment, Bicycling, Bike, Green News
Michael Graham Richard

After the great success of high-tech bike-sharing program in places like Paris, with its Velib, and Barcelona, among others, it's about time for the U...

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Motorists vs. Cyclists: How The New York Times Ain't Helping

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Cars, Bicycling, Commuting, Cycling, The New York Times, Cycling to Work, Media News
Erik Lundegaard

Does anyone know one person who has quit driving because they're too worried about being hit by a bicycle?

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Lo-Tech Hi-Tech: The Simple Solutions All Around Us

Graham Hill | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Waste, Design, Bicycling, Bike, Green News
Graham Hill

There are a lot of great low tech things around us that could help us reduce our impact. Take the bike, the sweater, and the awning, for example. Here are three pieces of "old" technology that are invisible to most of us despite their power.

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Floyd Landis Loses Appeal On Stripped Tour De France Title

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Floyd Landis, Tour De France, Tour De France Doping, Steroids, Floyd Landis Tour De France, Floyd Landis Appeal, Floyd Landis Scandal, Bicycling, Home News

Floyd Landis used the arbitration process as public theater to try to prove a point and regain his reputation. In the latest attempt that almost certa...

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When Ugly Is Greener

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Tel Aviv, Going Green, Design, Green, Israel, Bicycling, Green Living, Treehugger, Transportation, Bike, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

I've gone through about seven different bikes in as many years. The relative speed at which each bike was stolen was related to how beautiful it was.

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The Greatest Inventions of the Past 100 Years

Jay Walljasper | Posted 06.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Bicycling, Green Living, Transportation, The Green Life, Urban Planning, Bike Trails, Urban Cycling, Commuting, Green News
Jay Walljasper

I live a short ride away from one of the best network of urban bike trails in the country -- it's boosted biking so much that Minneapolis now trails only Portland in commuters who bike to work.

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Joe DiMaggio Sports Medicine Blog: Making Your Bicycle Fit You

Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Sports, Bicycling, High Tech Bicycles, Bicycle Fitting, Cycling, Sports Medicine, Living News
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano

Cycling comes of age and utilizes new high tech approaches to enhance enjoyment and lessen injuries.

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Bikes Not Bombs

Steve Madden | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charity Organizations, Bicycling, Charity, Peace, Afghanistan, 9/11 Victims, Politics News
Steve Madden

When a colonel at NATO emailed to ask if I wanted to deliver some bikes to Afghanistan, I was taken aback. Oh yeah, I thought. Afghanistan. There's still a war there.

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Biking Afghanistan: Arrival

Steve Madden | Posted 05.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Bicycling Magazine, Afghanistan, Biketown, Bicycling, Cycling, Biking Afghanistan, Media News
Steve Madden

There's no doubt it's a war zone, and as we're conveyed the 15 minutes or so from the airport, the drivers of our convoys swerve erratically, making us a harder target to hit. We'll set up our work stations tonight, and start building bikes bright and early tomorrow.

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Biking Afghanistan: Departure

Steve Madden | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Biking Afghanistan, Bicycling, Bicycling Magazine, Afghanistan, Cycling, Biketown, Media News
Steve Madden

There's not a lot of bike business in Afghanistan, but I'm headed there tomorrow with 50 bicycles. There's an acute need for basic transportation, to say nothing of the need for some fun.

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