Bike is Good

Faulty Pedals and Fate

by Sprocket on August 29, 2010

Watch this story. This story will make you believe that chance encounters may not be by chance.

A elderly cyclist has trouble getting out of his Look pedals and it changes lives forever. Watch it and weap and know that Bike is Good.

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Paul Lebelle and Adam Burkowske are joining the movement to share the goodness of cycling with good kids. They started a non-profit called BikeFree (check out www.BikeFree.org). They intend to ride across the United States and raise money to buy bikes for Military children.

They share a similar vision with Bikes for Goodness Sake. In fact Bikes for Goodness and Bike is Good is honored to help them raise money and connect them with Raleigh bike shop on their journey. Click here to see their route. If they are coming to your city, please show your support.

Wel will be monitoring Paul and Adam’s progress and help them build support for their good cause.

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The Bike Snob Smacks Down Posers

April 6, 2010

I read this hilarious and personally damning column by The Bike Snob in the May issue of Bicycling (BTW Bicycling.com has to get in the current century on social media – I couldn’t get the article from their archives – that is crazy).
If your are like most cyclists I know, this article is probably talking about YOU!
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African Bamboo Bike

March 23, 2010

Craig Calfee has been making composite bikes for years. In this video he is helping Ghanan’s build bamboo bikes to carry heavy loads. He mentions in the video that they can double their work output with a bike. That means doubling one’s income. Imagine what that can do for any economy. It makes a massive impact [...]

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The Best Stationary Bicycle Trainers

March 15, 2010

I was in San Diego for the Health and Fitness Convention called IHRSA. There were two score stationary bike trainers on exhibit. The designs and resistance mechanisms haven’t changed in decades. Most try to differentiate themselves by some aesthetic tweaks and variations on the cycle computers to integrate.
The best looking cycle was the Keiser M3. [...]

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The Bicycle Doctor Does Good

March 9, 2010

A bike shop in the UK is helps a baby named Jake. Jake was born with a malformed heart. The Bicycle Doctor bike shop helped Jake’s family with a fund raiser for the hospital that helped Jake. The Bicycle Doctor organized a 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race they dubbed The Mountain Mayhem.

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Bicycle Trek for Life and Breath

March 3, 2010

Here is a good excuse to go to beautiful Vancouver. The Lung Association is putting on a Bicycle Trek for Life and Breath.

You can survive three days without water, three weeks without food, but only three minutes without air. Yet most of us take breathing for granted. Most of us, but not the one in [...]

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Cyclist Rides Across America for the Rotary Club

February 23, 2010

I was in San Diego last week and learned (thru the San Diego Union-Tribune) about Bill Irwin’s Charity Ride across the United States that benefits the Torrey Pines Rotary Club Foundation.
Bill aims to do some Bike is Good Goodness by riding nearly 2500 miles and raise $10 per mile over 42 days of cycling.
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