So if you have been reading my recent blogs, you know that I am trying to ride my bike for all the short trips I make.
Yesterday was my first day.
Here is what I have learned:
1. Make sure your backpack fits properly for riding. You will have to loosen the straps a bit […]

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So far, I have not ridden my bike at all. I got the tires filled up today when I went to get my car’s tires rotated. They couldn’t rotate my tires because the front ones were too worn. And as everyone remembers from my last blog, I am looking for work. I do not […]

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I have just been laid off of my consulting job. I figure something else will come up and I have my resume everywhere. But if you know of something let me know….
So my new plan is to see how long I can go without my car. I have a bike and a lock […]

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I, like many Americans, would love to be able to stash away my car and in its place travel on something more environmentally friendly (not to mention less gasoline hungry). Unfortunately my distance to the workplace keeps me “chained” to the old gas-guzzler. Enter Ultra Motor and their new electric bike called the […]

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There are many things you can do to mitigate your impact on the environment and climate change: cycling to work, consuming less, avoiding airplanes, sharing car rides, removing meat from the diet, saving electricity, recycling, buying organic produce etc. The list goes on. In my last blog I wrote about the departure of the Brazilian […]

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