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Portland, City of Bikes
21/09/2007
Bikescape takes the family on vacation on its first bike tour with the kids. We visit Sunnyside Piazza, a grassroots redesign of a neighborhood intersection. Then we meet Todd Fahrner of Clever Cycles, go for a ride on a Dutch cargo bike and look over the unusual merchandise in his shop. Finally we check in with Portland denizens Meghan Sinnott and Ken Southerland and talk about the deep bike culture thay has taken root in their city. Listen to the podcast or go to Bikescape in itunes Your go-to place on the web for cycling in Portland is bikeportland.org Clever Cycles is a most unique bike bike shop in PDX. They sell the Bike Friday Tickets and the Brompton folding bikes as well as the Extracycle. And they have already sold over forty Dutch Bakfiets cargo bikes this summer. Portland will host the The World Car-Free Network Conference in '08.
the state of cycling in the uk
06/08/2007
In this episode we look at biking in the United Kingdom. We chat with Jack Thurston of London's Bike Show on Resonance FM. Then we get Josh Hart on the line to talk about his take on transportation in the UK as an American expat student of urban planning in Bristol. Jack spoke of London's success with their downtown Congestion Charge . Join Josh and his friends at Heathrow Airport Camp for Climate Action as they protest the proposed doubling of the air traffic there. Josh avoided cars and planes on his trip to Bristol to avoid undoing all of the good he's done by biking. More on your carbon footprint. Check out the pictures of the life size mousetrap at the heavy pedal cyclecide bike rodeo this year where the contraption worked as advertised a record two times in a row!
North American Cycle Courier Championship, San Francisco
30/06/2007
The North American Cycle Courier Championship brought messengers from around the world to San Francisco for this year's games. Bikescape was there to cover the action and put it in your ears. Listen to the podcast or go to Bikescape in itunes There will be lots of links after I get some sleep! Photo by Condition San Francisco.
getting hyphy with bikes in oaktown
11/06/2007
Over at London's Bike Show presenter Jack Thurston revels in a most civilised form of tweedy touring. He's posted two very charming videos about English touring in the fifties. Meanwhile, in the streets of Oakland, the kids get hyphy with bikes instead of cars.
bike polo, anyone?
05/06/2007
The all but forgotten sport of bike polo is "a most noble tradition invented in Ireland 117 years ago." Now its enjoying a sudden resurgence in American parks both on turf and on hard tops. Bikescape checks in at a jaunty match at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Then we celebrate a victory as the park inaugurates car-free Saturdays on JFK Drive. Listen to the podcast or go to Bikescape in itunes Mallets and balls provided. Bring your own refreshments. Everybody welcome. Some of the players attend the International Bike Polo Tournament in Dublin.
