Join 1 World 2 Wheels

February 14, 2010

There is a two wheeled movement afoot.  John Burke of Trek leading the 1 World 2 Wheels movement for your health, for your world, for our future.  They have developed a cool interactive site; give it a try.  In the video link below, John starts off with some compelling, if not horrifying, statistics. 

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Emerson and Bucks Bikes Team Up Again

February 8, 2010

The Good people at Emerson and Bucks Bikes have helped Bikes for Goodness Sake to give away another seven bicycles to some children involved in the River City Youth Foundation of Austin, Texas.

Dave Moffett  with Emerson in Austin, Texas led a team building exercise that involves building a bicycle.    Bucks Bikes will be supplying the [...]

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Cyclist Helping Haiti

January 22, 2010

Help Haiti get back on two wheels.  After all the immediate damage control and healthcare, Haiti will need to reconstruct.  Wheels 4 Life organizes the donation and distribution of new quality bicycles to developing countries.  They have a distribution organization in Haiti.  Please support them.

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Bicycle Carbon Footprint

January 18, 2010

There is conflicting info on the relative carbon footprint of a bicycle verses an automobile.  Here is one site that says it compares 1 to 1448, figuring a daily commuter bike versus a car.   At Bicycle Universe.info they claim to take into account all the extra meat eating that a cyclist needs for the energy – [...]

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Wooden Bike Coffee

December 28, 2009

Good Coffee, Great Cause. Project Rwanda helped organize Wooden Bike Coffee to support the economic development of improverished rural Rwanda.  Do you see that wooden ”bike” to the left? Rwandan farmers transport their coffee from the mountains to the villages to sell. 
Project Rwanda isn’t giving a handout, they are helping these coffee farmers help themselves by [...]

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Turning Wheels of Goodness

December 19, 2009

My friend Joe Latino helped support this organization in San Jose that built and gave 2258 bikes to 2258 children in the San Jose area.   Susan Runsvold started Turning Wheels for Kids in 2003.  Susan and her group share the mission of the sharing the Goodness of Bikes. Raleigh Bicycles helped to support this event.
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Thanks to Bucks Bikes

December 6, 2009

There are many good people people who have helped Bike is Good and Bikes for Goodness Sake along the way and most of them are at Bucks Bikes in Austin.  They helped start something that represents the Goodness of Cycling and the Goodwill of People who Love to Bike.  Here is a list of these [...]

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HomeTeam Donates Bikes to Kids

November 29, 2009

The HomeTeam hits a Home Run with San Diego Military children. HomeTeam Pest Defense is having a Sales Conference in San Diego and part of it is a team building event.  Nothing like building a team by building a bicycle.

Dirk Korte of HomeTeam Pest Defense is organizing the event with the help of Gordon Klerks of [...]

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