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, August 27, 2009

August 27th Chain links


Because i'm going to be working my butt off tomorrow, here's a double dose of chain links. Today's theme is "Police programs, the good, the bad, and the ugly." I offer you four stories (two from my former home in Cleveland) about what police are trying to do to protect bicycle riders. Also submitted for your entertainment is a pair of links with bike porn. Mmmmmm... bike porn...


First: The Good! Here's a pair of links separated by half a planet. Cleveland PD is selling (and in many cases giving away) bicycle ID stickers. It's a good idea but the Israelis have a better one. Use the unique serial number on each bike (which is much harder to remove than a sticker) as bike DNA.


Second: The Bad! Not all not-for-profit bike shops are good for the community. This one in Colorado has created enough trouble that it's on the FBI's terror watch list!


Third: The Ugly! Only in Beachwood would such a stupid idea be implemented.


Fourth: We usually recycle our broken bike parts. I guess this could be alternative. Just don't store it in your bedroom if you need to sleep any time soon.


Finally: Please enjoy this second round of Bike Porn!

(Photo Credit: Berlin Police from joe-ks.com)

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