Transport Committee convener Patrick Harvie continues the debate on active travel in the Scottish Parliament. Also available here from the BBC.
Posts Tagged ‘green’
Active Travel Debate
October 8th, 2010Travelling Two Podcast
March 16th, 2010Recently I’ve been building up a Dawes Giro 500 frame into a sort of audax/ fast touring bike. The plan is to get away to some Scottish campsites for a few days in the summer, plus some overnight away missions around some local forest parks and lochs.
So I’ve been checking out some bike touring sites and links and I came across this great resource of information, and excellent podcast called – Travelling Two: Bicycle touring around the world. So if you need some more “listenables”, or are interested in long distance stuff, then give this little beauty a go…
Green Guru Blow Out Gear
October 14th, 2009Picked this up from Hong Kong Fixed. Its a series of cyclist accessories made by Green Guru from recycled inner tubes. Green Guru states:
“The Blow Out Series is a durable line of products made primarily from repurposed rubber inner tubes. Our tubes are salvaged from trucks, tractors, bike shops and cyclists located around the country. The products turn otherwise discarded rubber into bomber gear!”
The Blow Out series Vulcar messenger bag looks excellent for those rainy days, and the cell/mp3 holster is a defo for this years letter to Santa. Saving old rubber from the landfill is a must for any environmentally concerned cyclist, but if rubber aint your thing; take a look at the Billboard series for more green alternatives.
