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Batavus Bicycles – let’s go Dutch!

July 29, 2010

Sophisticated, trendy, worldly, and refined. These words pop into mind when I think of the people I encountered in my European travels. With cycling integral to the Dutch culture, the Netherlands-based Batavus creates a city bike to couple the style of Europe with the practicality of a daily commute. These bikes are characterized by their [...]

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Every-Day Heros – Go By Bike Episode 27

May 27, 2010

Are you an every-day hero? Being an aware citizen and taking action can do more for keeping our streets and communities safe than most any other measures we can take. It’s been proven that the more people that are around witnessing a crime, the less likely it is that any one will do anything about [...]

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How Our Friends Can Help Us – Go By Bike Episode 23

May 19, 2010

Friends can give us that much-needed kick in the pants Getting and staying motivated to make a life change like biking more is sometimes hard. And that’s where our friends can come in. In today’s episode of Go By Bike, I talk about motivation and the role people can play in it. Did you have [...]

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Stop Drilling? or Stop Driving! – Go By Bike Episode 22

May 18, 2010

Environmentalists need to examine if their words and actions go together As the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the gulf continues to wreak environmental havoc, I’m sure the reaction from many environmentalists will be loud calls to stop drilling and curtail offshore oil drilling. This may be something we should do, but I wonder how [...]

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Why We Bike – Go By Bike Episode 17

May 6, 2010

Why do we go by bike, car, or feet? I’ve been thinking lately about what motivates us to bike versus drive or take other forms of transport. There is certainly a big contingent of people in the US who believe the “car is king” philosophy. I was talking with one of our city planners recently [...]

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