Today is a big day for students and organizations concerned about global warming as Focus the Nation takes place across the country. The brainchild of Eban Goodstein, professor of Environmental Economics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR, Focus the Nation is a simultaneous educational symposia being held… Read the rest

Two great friends of ours have set off to tackle the Andes Mountains on their bikes. A few weeks ago the duo landed in Buenos Aires and are making their way to Lake Titicaca. You can keep up with them here as they make their way north towards Bolivia.

Nat Hong and Bob Barrett commute on Puget Sound by bike — water bike, that is — to their jobs in Bremerton and Steilacoom.
The drive would be 80 miles round trip. But with his water bike, the trip to work is just 12 miles — including one mile… Read the rest

For those of you who don’t know that the Handmade Bike Show is in a few weeks here in Portland, take a few minutes to go through the list of custom frame builders that are showing their whoop-ass bikes. The number of exhibitors showing is… Read the rest

It took two years and hundreds of hours of negotiating, but we did it. Yesterday American Rivers and 25 other parties announced a landmark agreement to end decades of disputes over water in the Klamath Basin, and to chart a better future for the river and its fishing and farming… Read the rest

Sir Edmund Hillary passed away at the age of 88. He is known the world over for being the first man to reach the top of mount Everest, but to him this isn’t what he is the most proud of. “Nothing in life can be more satisfying than being the… Read the rest

A guy named Ernesto has started a brand of natural soy based bike lube that is completely bio-degradable, but the coolest part is when you have used it up you can send the bottle back to get refilled. Via Bike Hugger        

Do you know what a splitboard is? A splitboard is a type of snowboard that is cut down the center, so that it can be split into two skis with climbing skins and then reassembled back to a snowboard to ride down. They are way better a way more fun… Read the rest

Planet Bike, a leading manufacturer of innovative, high quality, and practical bicycle accessories, is proud to announce the addition of a new member of the staff — and this is no ordinary employee. Each morning, he begins work at the crack of dawn and never… Read the rest

Two guys from North Dakota are snowkiting across the state to bring awareness to the potential of wind power.
Via-The Gear Junkie.

This was New Year’s Eve and the first clear day on the mountain in a month. Clear means sun, overcast means powder, and damn there sure was a lot of powder up there.