Bike SnobNYC said it best: “Because nothing can be toxic as long as bicycles are involved somehow.” There seems to be this pervasive notion that because it has to do with bicycles, its good for the earth. We saw it in Bicycling Magazines letter from the editor, and we see it in the video Junkun [...]
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Trek Markets Eco Bikes
Posted in Rants and Raves, tagged Atwood, belleville, bicycles, Bike snob, Bridgestone, Eco, Eco-Design, Junkun, steel, Trek on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Bike Magazine Sees the Light
Posted in Articles, Rants and Raves, tagged aluminum, Bike magazine, Chris Lesser, frame, materials on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A reader posted a comment on my rant about Bicycle Magazine’s transparent attempt at greenwashing that included a link to an article written by Chris Lesser at Bike Magazine. Maybe he saw what Bicycle had to say on the subject and got as angry as I did. Chris focuses his article on the most popular [...]
Bicycling Magazine, Greenwashing, and Anger!
Posted in Rants and Raves, tagged 2009, bicycle, bicycles, Bicycling magazine, cycling, greenwashing, it's easy being green, Loren Mooney, september, sustainability, sustainable, transportation on November 9, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I don’t subscribe to Bicycling magazine, so I don’t get to read the editors introductions all too often. It just so happens my grandmother-in-law likes to send me things about bicycles. In the mail today, I got the September issue of Bicycling magazine courtesy of her. Who knows how she got it, but that’s not [...]
CompetitiveCyclist.com, are they with us?
Posted in Rants and Raves, tagged bicycle, campagnolo, Competitive Cyclist, Shimano, SRAM, sustainable on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you travel the online world of cycling its hard not to come across Competitive Cyclist. They are the keepers of all things “high end”. This includes repair work as well. As I’ve eluded to before, a common perception among aficionados of the high end, is that if it’s a couple seasons old, its time [...]
