Another good reason to learn how to fix and repair your own bike. Maybe years from now when the whole economic system has shut down, we will be able to take old bikes gathering dust in garages, switch parts back and forth and make them ridable again... as leg powered transportation.
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 11 of 11
Hybrid View
-
03-27-2007, 05:28 PM #1
listen to the bees
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- Riding my Luna & Rivendell in the Hudson Valley, NY
- Posts
- 8,411
Lisa
My mountain dulcimer network...FOTMD.com...and my mountain dulcimer blog
My personal blog:My blog
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
03-27-2007, 07:33 PM #2
Northern Amazon
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
- Posts
- 3,932
I'd also suggest making sure your bike frame can handle big tires. Because when there's less oil the paved roads won't be very good for very long!!! Watch those craters!
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
Another good reason to learn how to fix and repair your own bike. Maybe years from now when the whole economic system has shut down, we will be able to take old bikes gathering dust in garages, switch parts back and forth and make them ridable again... as leg powered transportation.
-
03-27-2007, 08:51 PM #3
Don't whine
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- I'm the only one allowed to whine
- Posts
- 10,557
I check labels, worry about fair trade/sweatshop/child labor/"criminal" slave labor, fret over loss of local jobs.
For bike clothing I like to get made in USA if I can: Bellwether, Ibex, Rivendell's MUSA, Terry. My next (or parity) choice is other union-strong countries. Really get a kick out of buying stuff made in Canada, as I grew up on the border and sometimes feel more Canadian than US.
Both CampMor and Sierra Trading Post list the country of origin of all their stuff."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
Reply With Quote
