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KBOO Bike Show: Cycling and Health
Listen to the show (mp3, 24.4MB) The Bike Show welcomes guests John Gorham, Wake Gregg and Chris Smith, three people for whom cycling has helped transform their health. All three suffer from serious health issues that cycling treats or manages– even with busy life/work schedules that challenge regular exercise. We discuss how they made the…
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What Active Transportation Means to Me Personally
I’ve been an advocate for “active transportation” – walking, biking and transit – since getting involved in public policy in Portland more than 15 years ago. But eight years ago when I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes it became something more for me, a very important part of managing my health. Tomorrow I’ll be…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Cycling and Health
Talking with people for whom cycling has been an important contributor to their health. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, July 6th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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Vehicle of Urban Transformation?
As an advocate for cycling as a means of daily transportation, I often get push back of the form: “Well, you can’t ________________ on a bicycle” (pick your objection – kids to soccer, stock up at Costco, etc.). But we’re increasingly seeing creative solutions. In many families the bakfiets has begun to play the same…
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KBOO Bike Show: Getting Muddy
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.6MB) This month’s Bike Show will go behind the scenes with bike racing. Guests Rick Potestio, Tony Kic and Sue Butler talk about getting muddy building race courses, where to ride around Portland if you want to ride fast, and how to get the peloton to stop with you when…