Recent Posts Tagged With 'bicycles'

• Favorite Products of 2009 — Epicurean Cutting Boards, Sylvania Living Spaces CFL bulbs, prAna Sutra Pant and much more!

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 07:00 in fitness, Computers, fashion, recycled, kitchen, hemp, bicycles, cfl, bamboo, led, compaq, biodegradable

  Welcome to the second annual 1GreenProduct.com roundup of my favorite Green products I had a chance to review in 2009: Cut on recycled cardboard? You betcha. 1. Epicurean Cutting Boards, particularly those made from recycled cardboard. 2. Sylvania Li...

• E+ Electric Bikes – Elite Mountain Bike

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 08:00 in outdoor, bicycles, energy efficient, human-powered

  The powerful, rugged E+ Elite Mountain Bike (photo via Electric Motion Systems website) Like a little raw speed with your electric bike? I clocked my tester E+ Elite Mountain Bike from Electric Motion Systems at around 25 miles per hour on a flat str...

• Izip Via Rapido Electric Bike

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 08:00 in outdoor, bicycles, energy efficient, human-powered

  Do you like the idea of riding an electric bike, but balk at the price tag of around $2,699 each for bikes like the A2B  by Ultra Motor or theUrban XU500 from OHM? If so, let us introduce the more wallet-friendly selection of Izip bikes from Cur...

• Most Dangerous on the Roads?

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 08:00 in fitness, health, outdoor, bicycles, human-powered

  Who is most dangerous on the roads – car drivers or bicyclists? From a weight and mass standpoint, cars are definitely more dangerous. In a collision between a car and a bicyclist, I think it’s safe to say the car will almost always win. ...

• Eco-Travel in Colorado: Boulder, Fort Collins, Estes Park and Pawnee Grasslands

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 08:00 in travel, fitness, Cars, outdoor, bicycles, solar-powered

  This just in – Colorado has mountains! OK, it’s not exactly the newsflash of the century, but I’m sure I’m not the only person who ever flew into Denver (where I’d spent my entire previous trip to Colorado) and wondered ...

• OHM Electric Cycles – Urban XU500

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 08:00 in fitness, health, outdoor, bicycles, electric bike, energy efficient, ohm, electric bicycle, human-powered

  I have a new appreciation for New York City’s bike messengers and delivery guys. Most of those cyclists use regular bikes – I was on a brand new OHM Urban XU500 cycle with a long-range 28V 12Ah Lithium-ion powe pack and 250W auto-assist h...

• A2B Electric Two-Wheeler

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 08:00 in bicycles, human-powered, a2b

  Happy (almost) Independence Day! Wouldn’t it be great if more of us could break free from a dependence on gasoline and cars to get us where we want to go? As I’ve mentioned before, I believe that bikes and particularly e-bikes are a big p...

• Best Buy and electric bicycles

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 08:00 in bicycles, best buy, izip, currie technologies

  Want further proof that e-bikes are going mainstream? Last month, Bicycle Retailer reported that Best Buy will start stocking e-bikes and electric scooters in some of its West Coast stores. I’m guessing that the vast majority of American citize...

• Vote for bicycles!!

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 08:00 in outdoor, bicycles, oil prices, green collar jobs, human-powered, bike path

  I read an interesting article in the Christian Science Monitor last week about studies that question the environmental benefits of public transit (particularly trains and buses). It’s easy to assume that public transit is always the greenest tr...