A Quiet Revolution in Bicycles: Recapturing a Role as Utilitarian People-Movers (Part I)


An interesting article that touches on what might the future hold after peek energy and makes a strong case that bicycles (with certain modifications) have a lot to offer for a wide variety of uses and appeal to a lot of different types of people. There is a short discussion that while electric cars are a step in the right direction it is a small step, as it takes a lot of energy trying to utilize a one ton apparatus to haul just one person. <a href="http://www.chrismartenson.com/quiet-revolution-bicycles-recapturing-role-utilitarian-people-movers-part-i">http://www.chrismartenson.com/quiet-revolution-bicycles-recapturing-role-utilitarian-people-movers-part-i</a>;

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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