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		<title>The Bigger Tribe</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/03/the-bigger-tribe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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Let&#8217;s see, we have the lycra/roady tribe, the urban/fixie tribe, the commuter/utility/cargo tribe, the mountain/downhiller tribe,  the recumbent/velomobile/trike tribe, the ultra-endurance/randonneur tribe, the cycle chic/v&#233;lo-couture tribe, the electric assist tribe, the friction shift tribe, the twist shift tribe, the platform pedal tribe, the clipless pedal tribe, the people-who-only-ride-cheap-bikes tribe, the people-who-only-ride-expensive-bikes tribe, and on, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Sunrise</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/03/summer-sunrise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/03/summer-sunrise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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With the summer days starting earlier and earlier, it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve seen a sunrise on my commute. I had the day off today for the holiday, so I went out early to catch the sunrise on one of our favorite trails. In the winter, the sunrise is rich with color and plays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1K</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/02/1k/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/02/1k/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan and Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Site Admin]]></category>

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We started EcoVelo back on May 16, 2008 and today we passed a major milestone; you&#8217;re looking at post #1,000.
People occasionally ask what motivates us to keep moving forward, finding new material, doing everything we can to keep it fresh. A recent note from one of our regulars sums it up:
&#8220;By the way, I hold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hybrid Electrics at Best Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/02/hybrid-electrics-at-best-buy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/02/hybrid-electrics-at-best-buy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>

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Starting this month, America&#8217;s largest electronics retailer, Best Buy, will be stocking hybrid electric bicycles from Currie Technologies and Ultra Motor, as well as electric motorcycles from Brammo. According to an article in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, Currie Technologies, the country’s biggest e-bike distributor, will provide Best Buy with six Izip models ranging in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Streets NYC</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/02/summer-streets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/02/summer-streets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

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From NYCDOT:

NYC DOT and our partners are proud to present Summer Streets. We will temporarily close Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park to motor vehicles and open it up to people on three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 8, 15, &#038; 22).
Learn more 
This year DOT is also partnering with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bamboo Bikes in Zambia</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/01/bamboo-bikes-in-zambia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/01/bamboo-bikes-in-zambia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

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The BBC website has a great story on &#8220;Zambikes&#8221;, a small company in Zambia building hand-made bamboo bikes for local sale and eventually, export to the U.S. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:

Co-founder Vaughn Spethmann, 24, recalls how it all started with a game of football.
&#8220;We were here on a university field trip and we organized a match [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Sport : Extreme Panda Portraits</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/01/a-new-sport-extreme-panda-portraits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/01/a-new-sport-extreme-panda-portraits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun & Games]]></category>

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The object is to contort yourself into a position that enables you to take an extreme, one-handed, on-bike photo without falling on your head. Don&#8217;t try this at home kids.
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		<title>Old Favorites</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/01/favorites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/07/01/favorites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

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What makes a favorite bike? I&#8217;ve had many (too many) bikes over the years, and a few stand out in my mind as favorites, though I can&#8217;t say why for sure. Certainly, every time I purchase a bike I anticipate that I&#8217;ll like it, and hope that it becomes a favorite, but for any number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, it&#8217;s nice to meet you</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/30/hello-its-nice-to-meet-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/30/hello-its-nice-to-meet-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commuting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road Tests]]></category>

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It&#8217;s always a blast to take a spankin&#8217; new bike out for its first commute. Today it was the Breezer Uptown 8. First impressions? Solid, smooth, quiet&#8230; very nice. I&#8217;ll have a full report later this summer.
Breezer Uptown 8  &#8594;
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		<title>Bicycling and (in)fertility</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/29/bicycling-and-infertility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/29/bicycling-and-infertility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

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Researchers speaking at a recent European fertility conference told listeners that long hours in the saddle may be linked to infertility. They studied 15 triathletes in an attempt to determine whether swimming, running, or cycling had an affect on sperm count, and found that only cycling had a direct correlation. They also found that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gallery: Larry&#8217;s Lightning Phantom with Ecospeed Motor</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/29/gallery-larrys-lightning-phantom-with-ecospeed-motor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/29/gallery-larrys-lightning-phantom-with-ecospeed-motor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Gallery]]></category>

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I&#8217;ve added an Ecospeed electric motor to my Lightning Phantom after selling our second car. Ecospeed makes mounts for specific recumbent bike models and can also make custom mounts. I used the Easy Racers Javelin mount which fit the two inch main tube exactly. My local bike shop was able to install the motor. 









My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SF Bike Plan Gets Green Light</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/29/sf-bike-plan-gets-green-light/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/29/sf-bike-plan-gets-green-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy & Infrastructure]]></category>

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After being held up for three years while an environmental study was conducted, San Francisco&#8217;s Bike Plan was finally approved by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board on Friday. The vote was unanimous, and barring any unforeseen obstacles, 45 of the 46 planned projects should move forward by this fall. This is great news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not a Bad Way to Spend a Hot Afternoon</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/28/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-hot-afternoon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/28/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-hot-afternoon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

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I would have preferred to be out riding if the weather was milder, but leisurely assembling a bike is not a bad way to spend an afternoon when it&#8217;s 106&#176;F outside.
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Form and Function</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/27/form-and-function/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/27/form-and-function/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

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&#8230; are not mutually exclusive. Basil Kavan II Panniers + Rivendell Nigel Smythe Country Bag = 100 liters of stylish cargo hauling goodness.
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		<title>Hybrid Electric Bicycles</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/27/electric-hybrid-bicycles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/27/electric-hybrid-bicycles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ecovelo.info/?p=9380</guid>
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Hybrid electric bicycles (also sometimes called pedelecs, e-assist bikes, or e-bikes) look and ride much like standard bicycles, but with the addition of an electric motor to assist the rider. Some are standard off-the-shelf bicycles with aftermarket motors added on, others are purpose-built with a battery and motor thoroughly integrated into the design. Hybrid controls [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Heat is On</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/26/the-heat-is-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/26/the-heat-is-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Riding]]></category>

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We&#8217;ve been quietly enjoying one of the most mild and pleasant springs we&#8217;ve had in recent memory, with temperatures falling below average for many weeks now. We knew it couldn&#8217;t last, and it looks like it&#8217;s time to ante up; the weather report is calling for triple-digits all weekend. We&#8217;ll be out early, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to Come</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/25/things-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/25/things-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Site Admin]]></category>

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We have a number of bicycle reviews in the works for this summer:

Breezer Uptown 8 Diamond Frame
Renova Pandurban Bamboo Commuter
Independent Fabrication Club Racer
Currie Technologies Electric-Assist Hybrid
Something from Rivendell

The list is likely to grow as the year progresses. We also have a number of accessory reviews in the works and a headlight shootout planned for the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Violet Crown Special Pricing</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/25/violet-crown-special-pricing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/25/violet-crown-special-pricing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>

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Violet Crown Cycles is now offering $300 off on custom Ferguson city bikes ordered before June 30. They also now produce a step-through model to accompany their standard diamond frame model.

&#8220;In April, VCC launched with the Pa Ferguson, the traditional diamond frame style of our custom city bikes. Many loved the Pa but wanted a step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Bike Safety&#8221; Public Service Announcements</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/24/bike-safety-public-service-announcements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/24/bike-safety-public-service-announcements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This pair of &#8220;Bike Safety&#8221; public service announcements are creating quite a stir on various bike blogs around the i-net . The first is from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the other is from the New York City Department of Transportation. 







It&#8217;s my opinion that the ads do more harm than good. Most people [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amsterdam: Bikes Overtake Cars</title>
		<link>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/24/amsterdam-bikes-overtake-cars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecovelo.info/2009/06/24/amsterdam-bikes-overtake-cars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kitchen Sink]]></category>

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Video CC Greg Raisman via Flickr


For the first time, the bicycle trip share in Amsterdam has surpassed the automobile trip share. According to a report in Bike Europe, between 2005 and 2007, residents used their bikes 0.87 times per day and their cars 0.84 times per day. The number of trips by car has fallen [...]]]></description>
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