Welcome to the GBP Blog

This is the Blog associated with our main website TheGreenBicycleProject.org

The GBP has merged with Damn Good Bikes LLC. Please visit the new blog for more recent updates.

We are the GBP. Our mission is to keep bikes on the road and thus keep cars off. We call this “Bikecycling”; that’s recycling, but for bikes. The concept is simple. Take a bike that’s no longer wanted, broken, or even bound for a landfill and apply a bit of knowhow and a lot of elbow grease and you get a bike that can last someone for years. These bikecycled bikes are sold at a price that covers only our costs in repairing them so as to provide bicycles at the lowest cost possible. All of our bikes are repaired and tuned by a mechanic so that from the moment you pick them up they are ready to hit the road. Take a look below for our current project bikes and completed rides.

Location:
We are located in the US Storage facility at Capital Circle NE and Mahan Rd. While have moved into our new store, we are in the same complex. To get there follow the road through the complex, around the 90 degree bend and make the first left (at the tree). We'll be the first store front on your right. Sound complex? The best way to find us is to follow the bikes!

Buying our bikes:
Please visit our main website at thegreenbicycleproject.org for information about buying our bikes. You may also email us at Thegreenbicycleproject@gmail.com.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

September 3rd Chain Links


Here's a double dose of chain links to help you recover from the shock of not having any yesterday. We have several stories on bike backpacks, several on preventing bike theft, one on bike DUI, and another on the crazy family biking to Alaska.


First: Make bike thieves your b*tch. Follow the three steps that the examiner recommends and and make any potential thief look like an idiot. First, use a good lock. Second, don't go for that shiny new bike and think it won't be a target. Third, register your bike. All good advice.


Second: Did you know that the legal BAC for riding a bike and driving a car are identical in Florida? Bet you didn't! It doesn't happen too often but you can get a DUI for riding your bike!


Third: We heard about these folks a few weeks ago. Now they've made it to South Carolina and are still going strong. You can track their progress here.


Finally: Here's a list of cool backpacks. I count three that would be a biker's best friend.
(Photo Credit: Bike Backpack from Crookedbrains.net)
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