tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193963552024-03-07T01:40:09.578-08:00Cycle Santa Monica!<center><b>Views from the Bicycle Saddle</b><br>Empowering Cyclists, Skaters, and Pedestrians -
In Santa Monica and the Westside<br>
Using Environmentally Friendly Vehicles -
Using Earth Friendly Renewable Fuels</center>CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.comBlogger786125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-30121796670104632402009-09-01T07:38:00.000-07:002009-09-01T07:44:45.132-07:00Ultra Motor A2B discussion forum on google groups here: http://groups.google.com/group/ultramotoratbA place to learn tips and tricks on owning, operating, and maintaining your Ultra Motor A2b electric bicyclekeywords: ebike e-bike hybrid ev electric vehicle alternative fuelCSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-63429569147222324152009-05-04T02:51:00.000-07:002009-05-04T03:10:40.987-07:00Santa Monica StepsCBS did an interesting news report about the Santa Monica Steps a couple months ago(February 2009).(see DJ Chris's comedic video of the Santa Monica Steps from 2005/2006 "Santa Monica Steps")Watch CBS Videos OnlineVideo Description:Video starts with a report of a guy being arrested for doing push ups in an alleged "no push up zone" somewhere on a grassy street median near the Santa Monica Steps. CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-81273932157823518852009-04-24T15:19:00.000-07:002009-04-24T15:21:57.286-07:00Vegan and BikesVegetarian talks about transitioned to a Vegan diet and posted a video seeking assistance from other vegans on the lifestyle. She also spoke of doing this to clear up ashma and mucus build up she was experiencing from eating dairy (milk/cheese) products. AND she she got a new bike.CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-8629615306827301122009-04-24T14:32:00.001-07:002009-04-24T18:01:22.035-07:00Veggie Pride ParadeThis Sunday will be a Veggie (vegatarian vegan) Pride parade/rally/food-fest( http://veggiepridela.com or LINK1 LINK2), starting in Culver City and ending in Venice Beach. I suppose people on bicycles would be welcome to ride in the parade. I suppose costuming the dressing up the bicycle in veggie themed stuff would be fun. Perhaps making the wheels look like giant orange or lemon slices? How CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-28320500048910930842009-04-22T01:30:00.000-07:002009-04-22T01:31:55.116-07:00Parkour On BikeVideo Description:Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There's some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelopeCSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-36152350883188195352009-04-21T02:49:00.001-07:002009-04-21T10:56:51.723-07:00Twitting on Two WheelsLast week Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) twitted to Oprah (@Oprah) a picture.It reads "A Cover Built For Two". And it shows Ellen riding back seat on a vintage tandem bicycle with a wicker basket in front. The sub headlines read " a Tisket, a Tasket... Whats in Oprah's Basket?" and "Ellen Shows You How To Juggle Your Marriage and Your Career!"While on the subject of Twitter. How about a tagline CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-44971033977968715002009-04-18T18:24:00.000-07:002009-04-18T18:30:11.074-07:00REI on YoutubeREI has a new Youtube account with a playlist of bike videos. Here is the Road/Commuter bicycle videos playlist. The playlist is titled "Road Bike Videos: Equipment, Safety, and Maintenance"CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-42706152354890271372009-04-16T13:57:00.000-07:002009-04-16T14:04:13.345-07:00Unicycle Riding RobotMurata's bicycle riding robot now has a playmate. She is the Murata uncycle riding robot. Also known as "Murata Girl".Dexcription:Murata Manufacturing demonstrated Murata Girl, a unicycle-riding robot, at CEATEC Japan 2008, Japans largest IT exhibition held at Makuhari Messe.Murata Girl is 50cm tall and weighs 5kg. It is equipped with two tilt-angle detection gyro sensors. It maintains balance byCSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-18057515215335912562009-04-14T23:12:00.000-07:002009-04-14T23:26:49.912-07:00Bike Nite At HammerThis Thursday will be a special event at the Hammer Museum in Westwood (West Los Angeles L.A.). (See description/details of event below or see link). There was also an article about this event in the Tuesday edition of the Daily Bruin, with some interviews with Lisa and some students from UCLA.Here is the trailer for the film Breaking Away.Bike Night at the Hammer! Grab some friends and CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-14352295439760542502009-04-07T10:23:00.000-07:002009-04-10T11:04:06.697-07:00GM and Segway...News and videos(see videos below) of a partmership between General Motors and Segway have been released today. The stories indicate the partnership in the development of the PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility). It is a 2 seat all electric drive vehicle. It essentially is rolling on 2 wheels. It also has two kind of caster wheels in the front and another two in the back to help with CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-42788065871767035472009-04-07T07:23:00.000-07:002009-04-07T07:29:03.469-07:00Crimanimalz InterviewCrimanimalz, the bicyle riding activists, Freeway riders get interviewed on Epic FU.CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-83562746231290464752009-04-02T19:59:00.000-07:002009-04-02T20:09:39.585-07:00Gardens equals Cyclist FuelThis article, you may say, shows how Santa Monica cyclists can generate some free (or nearly free) fuel to pedal push their human transport around town (and beyond)(reference LINK)Related Posts:- Santa Monica Communty Gardens- Low Energy LifestyleCity Hall explores pairing property owners with gardenersBy Melody Hanatani March 31, 2009MAIN STREET — For several hours every week, life for Helene CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-23100294757709241662009-04-02T09:52:00.000-07:002009-04-02T09:58:57.484-07:00Surfing the WasteThis is part of what is becoming a series on the bike riding urban harvesters (AKA "dumpster divers" or "Freegans") This Documentary is called "Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving". It's about 19 minutes long. Here is the description:"Follow a group of dumpster divers on a musical journey through the back alleys of Montreal. Between song and dance routines about waste CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-89178926894803363122009-04-02T07:24:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:29:00.763-07:00Skipping WasteIf you liked the documentary film "Ready, Steady, Skip!" documentary, you might also like another documentary that came out last month. It's called Skipping Waste (watch it below in full).In it, the bicycle riding folks, (hailing from France and the Netherlands), take the viewer along on their bicycle rides through streets and alleys of cities in France(and Netherlands?) to discover their CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-48755204892065538002009-04-02T07:14:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:04:58.675-07:00Ready, Steady, Skip!Recently, some bike riding folks out in the UK came out with a kind of documentary called "Ready, Steady, Skip". "the game show where needlessly wasted food is recovered from the bin and turned into delicious dishes before your very eyes!"You might say they are doing some urban harvesting and feasting... of sorts.Here is the trailer for the movie.Related Posts:- Skipping Waste- Surfing The WasteCSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-88959824056689760102009-03-31T00:12:00.000-07:002009-03-31T00:28:50.461-07:00Compact Dymaxion Car...It just occured to me that the 3 wheeled electric compact car I posted on earlier (see video below) may be using the same steering technology as the Dymaxion car invented by Buckminster Fuller, the guy most famous for creating the Geodesic domes (among other things). See one of my favorite Dymaxion Car Video below. The dymaxion car uses the rear wheel as it's turning wheel. The front wheels do CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-54251066227869385972009-03-31T00:00:00.000-07:002009-03-31T00:08:37.313-07:00Air Powered on YoutubeHey guys, Youtube has been exploding with hundreds and hundreds of new compressed air powered vehiles videos. Recently, I even saw a vidoe of Dr. Michio Kaku (world famous physicist from New York) touting the advantages and future of cars powered by compressed air. One of my recent favorites is a test drive of a convertable MDI powered by compressed air.Here is a playist of some other interestingCSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-90069104309075732562009-03-29T11:28:00.000-07:002009-03-29T11:31:33.127-07:00Baker Electric CarFinally someone posted the video of Jay Leno showing his Baker Electric car. Jay, please consider putting up all your videos on Youtube, or at least make your videos embedable, so us bloggers can be able to show what we are talking about. Thanks.1909 Baker ElectricSEE MORE at....http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/Ba.......Although a crude electric carriage was originally created in Scotland in CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-36282824909054889832009-03-29T08:09:00.000-07:002009-03-29T08:10:33.048-07:00Obama Visits Electric Car Factory in CaliforniaPresident Barack Obama visited an electric car factory in California and urged workers to help the country lead the way in building a clean energy economy. (March 19, 2009) CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-14902518604480678912009-03-28T07:38:00.000-07:002009-03-28T07:43:14.586-07:00Buckminster Fuller ChallengeTHE BUCKMINSTER FULLER CHALLENGE 2008 -You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.Directed and Produced by Joao AmorimDirected and Produced by Joao AmorimBucky had it right. "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-14340718410994101462009-03-28T05:07:00.000-07:002009-03-29T11:04:58.364-07:00Folding Electric Car For Women?This is a film clip of two females assembling, unfolding a three (3) wheel electric car. The car can be fashioned as either a convertible with side doors or as a front entrance car with full cover for the passenger compartment. The car can be folded up for storage. Presumable it is an all electric drive vehicle for ease of maintenance and to eliminate the the issue of cranking the start motor of CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-76438508616458757332009-03-21T17:55:00.000-07:002009-03-21T17:56:27.226-07:00Obama on EnergyIn his weekly address, President Obama announced that in the coming week, he will highlight the core principles of his budget, including reform of the energy, education and health care sectors.The following is a transcript of the president's weekly address:Last week, I spent a few days in California, talking with ordinary Americans in town halls and in the places where they work. We talked about CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-19070467602656312962009-03-17T17:45:00.000-07:002009-03-17T17:52:33.071-07:00Governor Creates California Green CorpThis could mean support for alternative transportation, such as elementary, middle, and high school courses (including materials and equipment) for bicycle safety training. That might include teaches kids that may like to use a bicycle as a source of transportation on the roads with other traffic, like cars and trucks. It may include training opportunities for installation and maintenance of CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-28415673601660581272009-02-05T23:44:00.000-08:002009-02-05T23:59:54.840-08:00Santa Monica Bike ValetSlateV.com's documentary video on the Santa Monica Farmer's Market Bicycle Valet.See article: "How (Bike)Valet Parking Could Save The Planet"CSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19396355.post-2553422259155310522008-11-12T10:27:00.000-08:002008-11-12T11:32:46.806-08:00Olbermann On Bicycling?Kieth Olbermann made a comment regarding the Prop 8 voting results(see video below). He lays out a well thought argument regarding on why something like that proposition is wrong. It occurred to me that someone as articulare as him could do the same for the transportation bicycling community. It seems that there are parallels to these issues. Riding a bicycle for transportation, driving a car, orCSM!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15443850750426624205noreply@blogger.com0