Save Your Gas, Save Your Legs!

With the price of gas reaching $4 in 2008 and dropping to $1.45 toward the end of the year because of the GW Cheney tank the economy plan, it makes you wonder who’s at the controls.

Well I for one think we need to take more control locally of our own spending. So what if the price of fuel skyrockets again (which it probably will) we can take an active roll in not buying so much.

Atomic Zombie has been a long time advocate for cycling and in particular building your own out of recycled bike parts.

Here’s an ingenious little baby that you can build yourself for CHEAP and it’s electric, too! It's called the Long Ranger Electric Bike. I've posted a picture on the left side of my blog for you to look at.

http://www.atomiczombie.com/product-longranger.htm check out this site for a video of this amazing machine in action!

To check out other plans for recumbents you can build yourself put atomic zombie together and throw a .com on the end.

By the way I don’t have any monetary connection to Atomic Zombie. I just think they are an excellent inexpensive source for super build your own plans. You won't believe their prices on detailed downloadable plans! Very friendly folks, too!

My Bike Friday Pocket Rocket

I have been a bicycler since my brothers first perched me on top an old one speed Schwinn and pushed down a gravel road when I was about 6 years old. I love cycling and have just recently, after much research, taken the plunge and purchased my first fully folding bike.

At first I thought it wouldn't "feel right". I was used to a full-sized upright 26 inch road bike. Well I've got to tell you my Bike Friday Pocket Rocket feels and rides like a "big" bike. I rode it about 15 miles the first time out and loved it. I did have the folks at Century Cycle modify the handle bars for me from the racer style bars it came with. Other than that it's sweet! It folds up fairly quickly into a small package for storage or shipping.

I like it a lot!

Norm