Archive for the ‘bike touring’ Category

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Sail-trike Rider Completes Cross-country Voyage

Back in June, I posted about John McTaggart and his attempt to go coast to coast across the southern U.S. with the Pterosail, a pedal, sail, and electric-assist powered recumbent trike. Well, he’s done it! Check out this innovative machine and highlights of his journey in this 5 minute Youtube video.

Congratulations John!

Posted in bike touring, cycle touring, e-bikes, ebikes, electric vehicles, environment, hpv, human power attempts, pedal power, recumbent bikes, recumbents, solar power, sustainable transportation, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Sales guys gotta have a car right?

Not according to Steve Mitchell.

Steve’s groundbreaking pedal-powered 2007 sales trip

across British Columbia was a concrete example

not every sales call has to be made by car!

Join the Bike Doctor and Steve tomorrow night

for pictures and stories from his innovative adventure,

bike touring trips from a guy with thousands of kilometres

of two-wheeled travel under his belt and a Q & A on the NRG

products he represents (Ortleib, Sombrio, Electra, Knolly, and more).

Wed, August 29th, 6:00pm at the Bike Doctor,

137 West Broadway, Vancouver (across from MEC).

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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Girl Gone Goa on Youtube

If you missed the opportunity to join Ulrike Rodrigues at the Bike Doctor for her presentation of pictures and stories from her six month stay in Goa, you can still see the images and enjoy some excerpts of current Indian pop songs with this Youtube version of the show.

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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Lessons From the Long Road

Thursday, May 21 – 6pm to 7pm

Bike Doctor, 137 West Broadway

(across from Mountain Equipment Co-op)

A journey of a lifetime. 19 months.18 countries. A cycling pilgrimage. Southernmost South America, north to Alaska. Long Road North is an inspiration to desk-bound free spirits everywhere. Join the Bike Doctor for excerpts from the film and an in-store appearance by film-maker Gwendal Castellan, featuring some unusual advice from the perspective of a bike touring veteran.

Learn how to:

Cook high-altitude goodies easily with an inexpensive pressure cooker

Shoot steadier video from your bicycle

Keep your water bottles colder using a simple scientific principle.

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