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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.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Weekend Chain Links


Not every one's perfect. Here's the links I missed while I was doing other things this weekend.


First: Q: When is a paddle boat not a paddle boat? A: When it's a bike! I get the distinct feeling that China is quickly catching up to the US in the all important "too much time on their hands" category.


Second: We have two tandems in the shop at the moment. Unfortunately that wouldn't be enough for this family of 5. They're taking an almost 3 year long bike ride from Kentucky to Alaska (via Florida and Arizona no less) on a quint! That takes balls... or too much time on their hands... USA BACK IN THE LEAD!


Finally: Bike inflation in the us has become rampant, particularly in Portland. Freakonomics takes a look at how the price of bikes relates to the price of cars in several major cities. While I haven't collected data on Tally, my bet is that bikeflation is happening here too.
(Photo Credit: AquaBike aka "Eye candy" from www.jesolo-ok.com)
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