Every Day Adventurers

An electrified Xtracycle is joining a fleet of utility bicycles in Portland at the Metro agency. Noting that “13% of all vehicular trips” are bicycles over four bicycle-friendly bridges, the agency wants to encourage the bicycle’s place as a healthy and clean means of transport.

Metro greens up with special bikes | Full Article.

Video detailing upgrade and transportation shift.

On our RootsRadicals Yahoo! Group, poppamando shared with us this little diddy. Enjoy!

Thinking about getting the Peapod LT, thinking about the BP oil spill in the Gulf, apologies to the Beatles…

Asked my girl what she wanted to be. She said Daddy, can’t you see? I wanna be healthy, have planet that’s clean, But you can do something in between…

Daddy you can ride a bike. Pedal power’s what I like. Daddy you can ride a bike, and we can be car free. Ding ding a ling ling, yeah!

Told my girl that my prospects were good
she said Daddy, it’s understood.
A clean environment is more than just fine,
It gives me a chance to live a long time.

Daddy you can ride a bike. Pedal power’s what I like. Daddy you can ride a bike, and we can be car free. Ding ding a ling ling, yeah!

I told my girl I can start right away
When she said listen Dad I got something to say
Just one less car is a fantastic start,
and lets get our friends to take on their part.

Friends you can ride a bike. Bad balance? You can get a trike. Friends you can ride a bike, and we can be Oil free. Ding ding a ling ling, yeah!

Bike When You Can blog

Patrick Boone, a Wisconsin Xtracycle rider, submitted a video to CNN’s iReport. CNN asked people to try to live car-free for one day (big leap, but better than nothing) by using their bicycle.

We offered up a store gift certificate to the Xtracycle riders that got their videos selected for the iReport. Congrats, Patrick, and thanks for the quality video and Xtracycle plug. Ride on!